A Travel Day to Normandy 6/28

Sadly, we left Paris this morning but we are on to another adventure! After a few problems with our taxi, we finally found our way to the Gare St. Lazare (train station) and were in plenty of time to catch our 10:10 train. We rode 1st class to Caen then switched onto a small train to go to St. Lô. It took about 3 hours total to get to St. Lô. When we arrived, we had to wait about an hour for the rental car place to open (they close for lunch). So, we ate lunch at a café. We had onion soup and crèpes... It was very good. Once it was time, we picked up our rental car from EuropCar. The cars are larger than we had expected! Then, we drove to our bed and breakfast place. The drive was nice but I slept most of the way. When we got to the bed and breakfast, a nice lady named Leslie (she has a British accent!!) showed us our rooms and welcomed us. Grandpa and Grandma had already been there a few years ago so they were familiar. My first impressions of the place were that it looked very quaint and pretty. There are a few large gardens and the building is an old stone farmhouse. My parents and grandparents have their own building to sleep in. Brynn and I have a room in the main building. After checking in we decided to drive the 1.5 hours to Mont St. Michel. It is a huge castle/church on an island. The tide goes in and out so that sometimes it is surrounded by mud and at other times it has water around it. I loved the spectacular castle and the gorgeous ocean. I am a little dissapointed that it is so cold outside (60 degrees). It is also quite windy but we are close to the coast so I guess that is expected. Recently, they changed the rules and don't allow you to drive to the Mont- we had to park and take a bus across the bridge. In the castle there were lots of shops, hotels, and restaurants. We witnessed a funny incident where seagulls started diving at visitors- I guess they were trying to protect their baby that was on the sidewalk. We couldn't go to the top of the church because there was a workers strike (I guess the French workers are really unhappy at this time of year!) After touring the castle we decided to eat dinner at a restaurant close by Mont St. Michel. I had a salad with a really good cider dressing. Dad and Grandma shared a seafood platter. We also tried some desserts- a chocolate cake thing with ice cream, sort of an apple crisp, and Grandpa had some ice cream and fruit. It all tasted pretty good! We are now driving back to the B&B. Tomorrow will probably come early... We are supposed to eat breakfast at 8:30. I'm not sure if I have wifi but I will post this when I do!:)