June 1, Mont St. Michel

Today, we got back on the train to spend the day at Mont Saint Michel. This world heritage site is known for it´s variable tides. A whopping 46 feet lies between it´s high and low tidal marks. This rocky island has been used as a monastery and prison. Legend has it that St. Michel the archangel told St. Aubert to build a church on this site. He did and it became a pilgrimmage site. We visited the abbey, which was our favorite part. There are several museums there, which are quite expensive. I definately reccommend the abbey over any museum there. It is at the top of the hill and we had to climb many steps, but seeing the monastery and view overlooking the water was amazing. The weather was cold and rainy when we were there, so the view could´ve been better, but it added to the mystery of the Mont. I reccommend surfing the net and viewing pictures of it from above.

We had lunch at a great restraunt. Joe ordered seafood, but the plate that came out surprised him. On it, was crawfish, shrimp, conk-like creatures, and lots of snails on a bed of seaweed. The snails were especially difficult for him to get out of the shell, but once he got over what he was eating, he actually enjoyed it. He did say, it was the weirdest meal he had ever had, but he would eat it again.