Once we arrived, we settled into our hotel and got a pizza down
the road for a quick dinner. After a
quick trip to see our day 2 sight-seeing location glowing in the night sky, we
headed back to the hotel and quickly passed out.
Day two got underway late in the morning. Croissant for the road and we were off to Le
Mont Saint Michel. The abbey on the island
in the English Channel sits atop a small village. With an extensive history as a church and a prison,
the abbey was built across the centuries beginning in 708. It is a fun tour and the third most visited
sight in all of France (behind the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre). And yes, like the picture suggests, it is
all uphill.
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| Le Mont St. Michel |
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| The Archangel St. Michael |
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| At the Mont |
Luckily for us Siena was excited to be on her first day of
vacation and walked almost all the way up on her own. This was an impressive feat for a three year
old (and a 45 year old too). At the top
we toured the abbey and the many rooms within it. Half way along the tour Siena made some new
friends from France. She adopted a new
family and walked the rest of the way with sisters Rachel and Claude.
As we journeyed back down we stopped in the chapel of St. Michael
and Siena and Lisa lit a candle for Grandpa Doug. While we are excited to be on vacation and
getting away our hearts remain heavy with the loss of Lisa’s dad last
week.
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| Candles for Grandpa |
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| Siena Praying at the Nativity |
After a good day of exercise at Le Mont we jumped in our car
and head to the Loire Valley and our stay at the “castle”. More to come as we journey through France.
