Honfleur to Saint Malo Tuesday, 27 June

So it was off the ship by 9:30 with luggage stowed in our “yellow group” bus now. We said our goodbyes on the ship and then were sent off with the crew on the sundeck waving. Can’t reiterate enough how wonderful they all were. By the second day most knew our names and by the end of the cruise, it really did feel like one big family. 

Our first stop of the day was back in Caen where we were able to spend about 2 1/2 hours touring the exhibits at the Peace memorial. We really needed a whole day, but did manage to see the film, visit General Richter’s Headquarter bunker, tour the Battle of Normandy: the D-Day Landings  and then spent quite a bit of time in the World before 1945 section. To do this museum justice, you really need a whole day. 

 
It was sad to say goodbye to those friends we had made, but we have email addresses and hope that our paths will cross again.

Then it was on to St.-Mailo with Christophe who will be our PD for the last part of our trip. Just about 2 hours on the coach where we did get time to take a brief nap.

We arrived at the Grand Hotel Courtoisville, checked in, and dropped our carry on luggage in the room. It was an older hotel, quaint, but without AC. I am glad that it wasn’t as hot as we had experienced it in Paris. 

We met Christophe in the lobby and did a brief walk around the vicinity. It’s always helpful to know where restaurants and ATMs are. We then got our first glimps of the sea. St.-Malo was the setting of Anthony Doerr’s book, All the Light you Cannot See  and I was so excited to be able to put a real setting to that which I had imagined. 

We decided on going to L’Artimon for dinner. It was about a third of a mile walk, so really very close. I had a scallop brochette and Charles, Barbara, and Earle all had a gallette. 

Back to the hotel after dinner with a walk by the sea to get organized for the next few days.