Normandy-9/28/2015
- 10/1/2015
Le Mont St Michel, Normandy
Going up to the Abbey
On our way up to the abbey we stopped by the
Historic house of the knight Bertrand Du Guesclin.
Bertrand du Guesclin (1320 – 13 July 1380),
nicknamed "The Eagle of Brittany" or "The Black Dog of Brocéliande", was a
Breton knight and French military commander during the Hundred Years' War. He
was Constable of France from 1370 to his death.
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It rises out of a wide sandy bay with one of highest tide in Europe. The
tides can vary as much as 15m and the car park can be under water so time
your visit.Just to update you since our first visit a lot of work as been
done to stop the flooding of the car park. - See more at: http://www.a-taste-of-france.com/mont-st-michel.html#sthash.mpf85s6K.dpuf
It rises out of a wide sandy bay with one of highest tide in Europe. The
tides can vary as much as 15m and the car park can be under water so time
your visit.Just to update you since our first visit a lot of work as been
done to stop the flooding of the car park. - See more at: http://www.a-taste-of-france.com/mont-st-michel.html#sthash.mpf85s6K.dpuf
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Knight armor at the entrance. We find
out it cost money to get so we skipped it and went directly to the Abbey
More stairs to climb to get to the abbey.
A lot of people rest here briefly after to
see the nice scenery ...
The main street of the village wends its way
to the monumental Grand Degré Exterior (Great outer Stairs) leading to the abbey
gateway.
We are about half way up and this is
looking down and realizing how high up we were...
To buy tickets to get in you have to go up
to more stairs into this small door...
Which open up to huge and bright room.
This is where you buy your tickets to get in abbey.
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Plaster model of the archangel
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There are lots of renovation going on...
Repairs are being carried out to rectify
problems with the infiltration of water around the bays in the Abbey church.
On top of the abbey is a sculpture of the
Archangel Michael (you saw a plaster copy recently up above).
The spire of
the church dates from the 19th century as well as the statue of St. Michael at
the top.
This where we arrived earlier by bus but
this is the view from up above.
