Saint Malo

This past weekend we went up to "the beach" for a day. We took the train about an hour and a half north to the town of Saint Malo in Brittany. It wasn't exactly warm enough for the beach yet, but I think we all have cabin fever and just wanted to pretend that it was Spring already.

Saint Malo is near Mont Saint Michel and and is similar in that when the tide is out you can walk out on the sand to the nearby islands. Not trusting that I wouldn't slip on a rock/we wouldn't make it back before the tides changed, we contented ourselves with walking to a litte island with a fort on it that ended up being closed. It was a windy day (see photo below) but we had a great time climbing the rocks and walking along the ramparts of the old (fortified) part of town.

So even though all we did was walk around the beach and the ramparts we managed to work up an appetite(it doesn't take much with us).

Brittany is crepe and cider country so there was no doubt we would be eating crepes. We had the most delicious crepes in a charming creperie with a really friendly owner. The crepes were certainly the highlight of the day.