Mont Saint Michel is awesome with the exception of climbing over 300 steps (not including the ones up and down during he tour in the abbey itself) with a baby stroller. It was the “castle” that Mickey and friends went to in the Disney version of the Three Musketeers so we told Katie we were going to the “Mickey castle”.Of course, trying to save a few Euro, we also walked from the town across the causeway to the fortress. It was good experience though and helped us walk off some of the bread, cheese and chocolate we’ve been eating too much of lately.
The kids really liked the Medieval town setting (of course, we explained it to them that it was a castle, not a fortified abbey), but they did get a little bored during the tour itself. It was quite a site to see Katie running around laughing in the courtyard at the very top outside of the cathedral. Some Asian tourists (I think from Japan) asked us permission to take a picture of her. It made us really realize that we had actually made a voyage half-way across the world with three kids in tow.
I would have to recommend this as a site that everyone should really try to see sometime in their lifetime. Very impressive.
3 comments:
Oh man am I ever glad you're writing this trip up AND posting pictures. It does my heart good to know that you guys are right in the spirit of the trip and getting so much culture and adventure all at once, heehee!
I'm glad things are going so well--keep posting!
Kaye
I love the pictures! Sounds like a great trip so far--something I will have to do one day. Enjoy the yogourt, Becky--I am envious!
Hi Hedricks, This blog is wonderful. Pete, I'm reading these in your voice. Thanks for writing. Happy trails, Alex
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