After our museum day, it was time to pack up and head to our next stop: St. Malo. We stopped briefly in Coutances to see the cathedral, but it was chilly and rainy, so we pressed on. The drive was really wonderful, especially after we got to the coast. We drove through all sorts of unbearably cute little villages by the sea with stone houses draped in wisteria. I definitely enjoyed this area of France so very much!
Along the way, we stopped at a scenic overlook called the Point du Grouin, and we saw a pirate ship! (It was most likely a tourist pirate ship, given that it was towing a safety (or prisoner??) boat behind it, but you never know!)
We eventually made it to St. Malo and got viciously lost attempting to find our flat, but eventually made it, after being parked outside of the wrong building for 20 minutes or so. Apparently our street was not always the same name, making it rather confusing. After a longer drive, it was nice to be able to settle in to the new place and just hang out. The flat had a nice kitchen (induction stove!), and we had fun cooking dinner together.
What our flat did not have, however, was heat, or lights in the bathroom, or shades on the bathroom window, or a shower curtain. Which meant that the flat was consistently ~60 F, once the sun went down we were brushing our teeth in the dark, and we showered in a sitting position so that we weren't giving the neighborhood a show. It was a quirky sort of place, but I guess you just have to roll with the punches when traveling.
Any day that involves cute villages and pirate ship sightings is definitely a good day!
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Along the way, we stopped at a scenic overlook called the Point du Grouin, and we saw a pirate ship! (It was most likely a tourist pirate ship, given that it was towing a safety (or prisoner??) boat behind it, but you never know!)
We eventually made it to St. Malo and got viciously lost attempting to find our flat, but eventually made it, after being parked outside of the wrong building for 20 minutes or so. Apparently our street was not always the same name, making it rather confusing. After a longer drive, it was nice to be able to settle in to the new place and just hang out. The flat had a nice kitchen (induction stove!), and we had fun cooking dinner together.
What our flat did not have, however, was heat, or lights in the bathroom, or shades on the bathroom window, or a shower curtain. Which meant that the flat was consistently ~60 F, once the sun went down we were brushing our teeth in the dark, and we showered in a sitting position so that we weren't giving the neighborhood a show. It was a quirky sort of place, but I guess you just have to roll with the punches when traveling.
Any day that involves cute villages and pirate ship sightings is definitely a good day!
