MONT SAINT-MICHEL, FRANCE
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MONDAY, JULY 18, 2011:
It was a 225 mile drive to Mont-Saint-Michel from Paris.
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We made a rest stop in the picturesque village of Beuvron-en-Auge on the way to Normandy.
The village has been declared one of the most beautiful in France by an independent association
aimied at promoting small and picturesque French communes of quality heritage.
The video below is two minutes long and covers my comfort stop in Beuvron-en-Auge.
It rained during most of the over four hour drive to Normandy but cleared up upon arrival.
Mont Saint-Michel is a rocky tidal island and a commune in Normandy, France.
It is located approximately one half mile off the country's north-western coast,
at the mouth of the Couesnon River near Avranches. The population of the island is 41.
The island has been a strategic point holding fortifications since ancient times,
and since the 8th century AD it became the seat of the Saint-Michel monastery.
The narrow street lined with shops was very crowed on the way up to the abbey.
Mont Saint-Michel was previously connected to the mainland via a thin natural land bridge.
A causeway now connects the island to the mainland. A project to build a hydraulic dam using tides
and the waters of the Couesnon River to help remove the accumulated silt deposited by the rising tides,
and to make Mont-Saint-Michel an island again. The project is scheduled to be completed in 2012.
I had about four hours to explore the island before having to return to Paris.
I walked out into the sea to get a nice view of Mont Saint-Michel before leaving Normandy.
The video below is seventeen minutes long and covers my visit to Mont Saint-Michel.
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