I've decided that French people probably walk up 1000-5000 times as many stairs as Americans do in their lifetime. They walk all day long, and every destination is only an interruption to their lifelong walking; and Americans wonder why their health system statistics are so much better than ours. I don't think it has much to do with socialized medicine..
Jean Luc lead us around the city for at least a mile before finding a suitable restaurant for us to eat at- not that I'm complaining because I quite enjoyed the tour of the city. Jean Luc as I know him is a very hospitable French man who wears royal blue fitted pants and dress shoes with a pointed toe. His manner matches his classy look and polished shoes. He invited us to stay in his extra apartment the within the first few minutes of meeting up with him, and we couldn't refuse, so here I am writing my post in the tiniest little apartment over a little stone garage covered in ivy.
The apartment Jean Luc let us stay in
Jean Luc himself
Jean Luc's hidden garden
The apartment Jean Luc let us stay in
Nantes is beautiful, clean, and very new compared to the cities we've been through. I thought our dinner at Cigale was very good and perfectly French. I remember Garrett talking about the Cigale a long time before we even came here, and have looked forward to it since. We arrived in Nantes around 1900 after spending the morning at D-day beaches and Mont Saint Michel, both of which were enchanting. Pont du Hoc was the perfect place to imagine the invasion of Normandy, with it's blasted bunkers and huge craters in the ground.
Inside vs. Outside views 
The Pont
Mont Sant Michel was a marvelous piece of history perched on top of a rock in off the coast of Normandy in the English Channel. From a distance it looks like something that could only be dreamed up in a book, and the stories behind the monks and prisoners who stayed there made me wonder why a movie has not been made on that site... *update I have since found out that the kingdom in Tangled is based off of Mont Saint Michel.*
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Mont Saint Michel
Using the Audioguides on top of the Abbaye
Pont du Hoc filled with blast holes
Inside vs. Outside views
German stronghold- shooting area
Mont Sant Michel was a marvelous piece of history perched on top of a rock in off the coast of Normandy in the English Channel. From a distance it looks like something that could only be dreamed up in a book, and the stories behind the monks and prisoners who stayed there made me wonder why a movie has not been made on that site... *update I have since found out that the kingdom in Tangled is based off of Mont Saint Michel.*
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Tangled Castle vs. Mont Saint Michel
Mont Saint Michel
Sneek peek at the Nantes castle
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