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30 mai à Saint-Malo – May 30 in Saint-Malo

30 Monday May 2016

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Monday May 30 is a normal work day in France.

It’s a Bank Holiday in the UK and Memorial Day in the US.

We watched a “cherry picker” come down the street.  It was guided by a worker using a remote control driving device.  He was taking photographs and examining the roof and chimney of a neighbor building.

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Cherry picker with worker positioned at the end of our street, working on the roof and walls of the building

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Worker in the cherry picker approaching the building at the end of our street

Sandy’s foot has continued to improve.  It felt much better today but is still a bit swollen.  She’s still not able to wear her normal shoes.  She did take a walk with Phil and did not have any problems.  Her foot still showed an imprint of the sandal straps in just 15 minute of walking.  Not completely back to normal.

During our walk we went to La Poste to mail a letter.  In the same square as La Poste, Place des Frères Lamennais, the former government tax office is being converted into a luxury hotel.

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Place des Frères Lamennais – Former government tax building (background) is being converted to a luxury hotel

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Worker tossing old material out of the former government tax office building as it is being converted to luxury hotel

We noticed “no parking June 1 to June 3” signs placed around our building.  Hopefully the city will be completing the work on the water pipes and finally resurfacing our street following the construction.  Fingers are crossed on this one.

Phil took Sandy back to the apartment and left with our neighbor Jean for a coffee.

20 mai à Saint-Malo – May 20 in Saint-Malo

20 Friday May 2016

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Friday May 20, 2016 and we’re out of our apartment and at the bus stop by 9:00.

Before discussing Friday, we wanted to post some pictures we took on our way Thursday evening to the movie at the Maison du Quebec.  The trees are in the Place des Frères Lamennais in the Intra-Muros area of Saint-Malo.  We are not sure of the type of tree, but the blooms are very pretty.

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Trees line the Place des Frères Lamennais

 

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Some of the trees living in the Places des Frères Lemennais

 

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Blossoms on the trees which line the Place des Frères Lamennais

Now on to Friday!  We needed a few items from the Carrefour hypermarche at the La Madeleine Center. We needed to try the dry cleaner which is located in the mall portion of the La Madeleine Center. We also wanted to stop at the Saint-Servan market for meat on the way home.

The dry cleaner stop was interesting.  We dropped off the cleaning, paid in advance and were given a ticket, similar to the process in the USA.  However, getting our cleaning back will be a little different. The ticket information is to be entered into an automatic retrieval machine that returns your dry cleaning.  We’ll return to pick up the cleaning on Monday and see how well it works.

Compared to last week, there were a lot less shoppers today at both locations, Carrefour and the Saint-Servan market. Last weekend was a 3 day weekend in France, so there were a lot of tourists in town, not this week.

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Marche shoppers

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Marche shoppers

At the butcher we purchased some rump-steak, a couple of slices of ham for sandwiches, and a thick slice of ham for dinner on Sunday.

We walked home from the Saint-Servan market and for the first time did not meet anyone on the bridge between the lock/ecluse and harbor.  It is usually a “fight” crossing the bridge.  The sidewalk is barely wide enough for two pedestrians.  If one of the pedestrians is wearing a backpack or they stop to admire the view, there is a chance the person walking in the other direction will be pushed into the traffic.  No problems today.😀