Mont Saint Michel.

You can see the place on top of the Mont as you are approaching, it’s very impressive.

The legend goes that in 709 the Archangel Michel appeared to the bishop of Avranches and asked him to build a church on the rock.

The Mont Saint-Michelis a tidal island located at the northern coast of France in Normandy. The tidal is the second fastest in the world; it comes at the speed of a galloping horse. I wanted to see the tidal wave come in but that day it went out at 9 am. and it was coming back after the last bus, so no luck.

You can cross the sand when the water is low, however, you need to do it with a guide because there are quick sands and because of the tidal waves many people had drowned. I guess they did not look the times. As for me, I would not do it even with a guide because how do they know exactly where all the quick sands are? I went by bus up to the entrance.

Mont Saint-Michel was one of the main pilgrimage sites in ancient times. So a village was built at the foot of the sanctuary to accommodate the pilgrims.

The Mont is very nice, however you cannot appreciate its full beauty because the village has been converted into restaurants and souvenir shops, one next to the other. The streets are very narrow about 4 to 6 ft. and there are thousands of people visiting the place every day.

Anyway, it started to rain for a change, so I went back to the hostel.