We were up early to catch the train. By the way, Bayeux is pronounced as Bay-ø (sounds more like the ir in bird).
We are staying in the Intra Muros (walled city) which has few cars and lots of cobblestones (not a great place for a roller bag). One of the specialties here are Galettes which are very thin crêpes folded around virtually anything. Our VRBO hostess speaks very little English, so we had our first real language challenge. I think we did okay! Deb was able to understand almost everything she said, or she was just nodding and pretending (I’m not asking, she’s not telling).
Saint Malo is the Corsaires city. Corsaires are pirates who plunder for the king, so it’s okay! These pirates plunder British ships so that makes it even better. Today is the annual festival of the corsaires, complete with a Welch bagpipe parade (yet another group not fond of the British).
This is our only chance to do laundry. As in all of Europe, we have a washer but no dryer, so we have clothes drying everywhere. Hopefully, they will be dry by tomorrow.
There are more restaurants in Saint Malo than anywhere else in France, but if you subtract seafood restaurants and crêperies, you get Italian (that’s Deb math!) Lasagna and Calzones and a happy wife!
Tomorrow we walk the wall around the city.
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