Friday, November 23, 2012

Monks & Oysters

Our last day in the Normandy region we drove to Mont St Michel.  No cars are allowed on the island that holds this working abbey, but the walk in was beautiful.

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We had heard strollers could be a pain here but after many days of sight seeing there was no way we would have made it without the stroller.  This place was packed with tourist so it was nice to have all of our children confined in some way.

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One of our only family pics from this trip I think.

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The village underneath the abbey was lined with touristy stores.  Its a very charming village but we were not expecting it to feel like Myrtle Beach underneath a working abbey.

The stroller did prove to be a pain when we tried to get up to the abbey.  We ended up just eating in the village and then

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headed out to drive the Brittany coast.

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It was a gorgeous coast and we stopped at a couple of beaches along the way.

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The girls looking for critters with their Daddy.

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Payson has grown so much since this trip.

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Brittany also claims to have the best oysters in the world. We drove to Cancale, the oyster capital of this area, for our supper on this night.  You can see the oyster racks off the coast in the picture below.

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All the oysters for sale at the docks.

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This was our dinner that night.  I normally am not a huge fan of oysters on the half shell but these I loved. Carolyn was in heaven. She still talks about the oysters that tasted like the sea. Sidney even had a few as well.

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