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5 mai à Saint-Malo – May 5 in Saint-Malo

06 Friday May 2016

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Anse des Sablons, bus, forum des arts, hôtel de ville, hotel quic-en-groigne, parc de la briantais, Saint-Malo, Saint-Servan, vide-grenier

It is Thursday May 5, 2016 and a holiday for most of France, Ascension Day.

Almost all of the hotels are completely booked for tonight, tomorrow, and Saturday.  Since the holiday is today, Thursday, a “bridge day” is planned for tomorrow giving most workers and students a four-day weekend.

We walked to Saint-Servan this morning for the annual vide-grenier / garage sale. It is held in a grassy field in a park connected to a retirement complex.  In 2014 when we attended, it had been a very wet spring and the grass had just been mowed.  The grass bothered Sandy’s allergies and we hadn’t stayed too long that year.

Today, it was again in the grass but it has been fairly dry-so no allergy problems today.  We purchased 5 champagne flutes for 2.50€.  A great price! The lady that wrapped the glasses in bubble wrap for us looked familiar.  She was curious if we were on vacation since we don’t speak French like natives.  Phil explained to her how long we were here and she told us she works in the Hotel de Ville or Mayor’s office.  She is the lady that gives out the yellow recycling drawstring bags that everyone uses here for recycling.

Champagne flute from the garage sale

Champagne flute from the garage sale

On our way back to our apartment we walked by the water at the Anse des Sablons.  Someone said “Bonjour” to us. It was our friend Eric, the notaire.  He helped us purchase our apartment back in 2011.  It was good to see him and talk to him.  We plan to see him again.

We stopped by the Hôtel Quic-en-Groigne to speak with Marie Dominique and Michel about our plumbing problem.  Marie Dominique said they had phoned the plumber three times and their faucet is still working sporadically.  They don’t always have hot water for a shower, so we are fortunate.

We left our apartment after lunch to take the bus to Christine’s house for tutoring at 14:30.  However, the buses were running on a holiday-Sunday schedule so we arrived later than usual.  We also had to stop our session 30 minutes sooner than usual in order to return to our apartment.  On our way back to the bus stop at the Parame Mairee, we ran into our friend Claudine.  She was window shopping while waiting on her husband to finish moto racing.  It was an unusual day to see two of our friends while out walking and to meet a new friend at the vide-grenier

When we got back to the Intra-Muros area at the esplanade Saint-Vincent we saw that they were setting up a stage and several marques in preparation for the Forum des Arts festival which is happening this weekend.

Castle with marque in the foreground

Castle with marque and stage in the foreground

Last Sunday we went to a flower show at Parc de la Briantais and had purchased a small black cat door stop.  Here is a picture of it.

Black cat door stop

Black cat door stop

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April 30 in Saint-Malo – 30 avril à Saint-Malo

30 Saturday Apr 2016

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Saturday April 30, 2016 is a beautiful sunny day but still cool and it will be Saturday in the Park.

Sandy experimented with a different boulangerie today. She went to the boulangerie on the Grand Rue.  She purchased two croissants and a loaf of bread shaped like a baguette, but much fatter and longer.  Sandy did not think the croissants were the best and will return to La Fournee Malouine for OUR croissants.  Sandy prefers very light, flaky, melt in your mouth croissants from La Fournee Malouine boulangerie to the heavier, thicker croissants we had today.

The chili Sandy made yesterday turned out just great. She used the same ingredients as last time so she is 2 for 2.  Today we are making meatballs.  Phil got the “get your hands dirty” job of forming the meatballs. We cooked the meatballs in the oven rather than frying them. They look and smell delicious!  We will have them with lasagna tomorrow for Sunday dinner.

In the afternoon the Parc de la Briantais held their Marché aux FleursRTEmagicC_aff-marche-aux-fleurs-2016---briantais-fond-rouge_2_.jpg There were over 60 vendors and exhibits.  It was in a beautiful setting overlooking the sea and a gorgeous looking château is there. Here is the information from the Saint-Malo tourism site:

Remodeled in the 19th century by the Bühler brothers, this magnificent 27-hectare park offers stunning views over the estuary of Rance, the Solidor Tower and the Bay of Saint-Malo. You will discover an extremely diverse herbaceous flora, a rich forest flora and numerous species of birds.  The castle, formerly owned by Guy La Chambre – former State Minister, deputy, mayor of Saint-Malo – was transferred to the diocesan association of Rennes. Ever since it was acquired by the City of Saint-Malo in 1999, it regularly hosts expositions and events.

The flowers were brilliant, the sunshine bright, and of course the wind was blowing.  The following slideshow will give you a flavor of the event.

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We had to change buses both going and returning to get to the park.  We would have preferred to visit tomorrow, Sunday, but the buses don’t run as often on Sunday. We did not have any problems changing buses.  We followed the “itinerary option” located on the local bus company website.

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