Mont Saint-Michel

Saint-Malo, a fortified coastal city in Brittany (also where the 100th Tour de France is tomorrow)

A seaside castle at Saint-Malo

My friend Abbi and I in front of the island of Mont-Saint Michel

«Seule, l'abbaye escarpée, poussé là-bas, loin de la terre, comme un manoir fantastique, stupéfiante comme un palais de rêve, invraisemblablement étrange et belle.» --Guy de Maupassant

Climbing to the cliff-top abbey that rises from Mont Saint-Michel

The chapel at the high-point of the maze-like abbey

Stumbling upon one of the many gardens and courtyards tucked in between the abbey's chapels, chambers, and towers

Outside the youth hostel in Normandy where we will spend the night.  We ended swimming in the (really cold) ocean later that night.