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When I arrived at this place, I gradually realized why, during my time in France, the peasants of the Vendée region of Brittany did not react to the execution of Louis XVI of Bourbon, which had nothing to do with him; The forced conscription of them led to a rebellion of the Vendée peasants, who resisted desperately. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

In the story of "Ninety-Three Years", the French aristocrats who wanted to restore were actually "hitchhiking", taking advantage of the desperate resistance of the Vendée peasants (the more frustrated the more courageous), they took the desperate Vendée peasants to fight with the republican ** team.

In the book, when the Marquis de Landenac, the leader of the Vendée rebels, landed in France across the English Channel with the patronage of the British royal family, he took advantage of the darkness to climb the vantage point to watch the enemy's situation. That commanding height is the famous Mont Saint-Michel.

Oh, and there's one thing that's special about Brittany. Grapes and wines can be grown throughout France, with the exception of Brittany. So Brittany's specialty wine is cider.

When you come to Pontorson, Mont Saint-Michel is really thunderous, and travel books often have the comment that "if you haven't been to Mont Saint-Michel, you haven't been to France". I won't introduce how good this place is, but let's talk about how to get there and how to live.

For those who drive their own cars, a stay around Mont Saint-Michel (rather than a day trip) gives you the chance to take a good look at the sunrise and sunset.

Most travel books will recommend staying in the hotel village at the foot of Mont Saint-Michel, which is very expensive. An Qingju and An Chuyu expanded their geographical scope and chose to live in a small town called Pontorson, 8 kilometers south of Mont Saint-Michel.

In fact, the town has a straight road that can be driven directly to Mont Saint-Michel with one foot on the accelerator, and it is cheap and good. It's so convenient.

After lounging on the beaches of Normandy, An Qingju and An Chuyu drove to Pontorsong. This time, I changed An Qingju to drive. I was a little nervous at first, the road was so narrow that I couldn't slow down. An Qingju and An Chuyu did not choose high speed, just to take a look at the scenery on the side of the road, and the price was a very test of driving skills.

Fortunately, An Qingju made his debut. Successfully complete the driving task...... The scenery along the way is also worth the thrill of driving, and everywhere is lush and green, and you can see wind-blown wheat waves everywhere. The roads in the countryside are really rudimentary, and in some places the towering trees are intertwined and completely block the road.

But there is a kind of magic pruning car in France, and An Qingju and An Chuyu have seen it drive in front of An Qingju and An Chuyu, and it can trim the road into a beautiful shade "tunnel", which is particularly amazing.

Despite seeing the scenery all the way, An Qingju and An Churan arrived in Pontorpine at more than three o'clock, earlier than the booked check-in time. Knock on the door with the mood to give it a try. Welcoming An Qingju and An for the first time was a gentle Japanese woman.

She fully understood that An Qingju and An Chuyu arrived early, and suggested that An Qingju and An Chuyu go around first, and wait for her to pack up the room in half an hour before moving in, which really made An Qingju and An Chuyu grateful. So An Qingju and An Chuyu parked the car and took a general look at the town of Pontorsong.

An Qingju and An Chuyu's residence is in the center of the town, diagonally opposite the tourist information center, and the town actually has only two horizontal and two vertical four main roads, which is clear at a glance. There are large supermarkets such as Carrefour around the town. The centre of town is home to restaurants, shops. Like other small towns, it is very quiet and tidy.

Half an hour later, An Qingju and An Chuyu came back on time. The hostess is already warmly welcoming An Qingju and An for the first time. What a clean B&B it is. The hostess is Japanese, so as soon as An Qingju and An Chuyu entered the door, they changed into the slippers she prepared for An Qingju and An Chuyu.

When changing shoes, I found that the French bull terrier of the hostess was very well-behaved and stood in the yard curiously watching An Qingju and An Chuyu go in and out, and suddenly missed the little bullfighting bull called "pig" at An Qingju's colleague alley's house:

Tortured dinner, at noon I just wandered around the beaches of Normandy and ate a few casual bites. After settling in. An Qingju and An were already hungry when they first met. At this time, it was half past five, and I went out to eat!

It doesn't matter if I go out to inquire, I find another trouble with French restaurants: they don't open until the time comes. And this opening time for dinner is still very late, it will be 6:30 in the morning, and it will not open until 7 o'clock in the evening.

Do you want to start your meal early? People don't entertain at all. Or don't open the door at all. Some restaurants also serve coffee snacks, but they are just as stubborn, and you can only order something or snacks before dinner opens. Oh, this really made An Qingju and An Chu feel sad to death, hungry, and eating everywhere.

An Qingju and An had to have fun when they first met, walked through restaurants one by one, and finally chose an Italian restaurant (tired, eat something comfortable), and wandered around the neighborhood of people's shops for a long time until 7 o'clock when they stepped in on time. Strange to say, when the time came, diners entered almost one after another in a short time, and in less than half an hour, a small restaurant was full.

An Qingju guessed that there should be many people who were hungry and waiting for food like An Qingju and An Chuyu. I ordered tagliatelle and spaghetti, which suited Ann's appetite for the first time.

After a hearty breakfast at 8:00 a.m., An Qingju and An Chuyu set off for Mont-St-Michel. First of all, let's talk about the problem of going up and down the mountain, in and out. First of all, it is not expensive to go up to Mont Saint-Michel itself.

The money is Mont-St-Michel abbey on the hill, 9 euros per person. Of course, if you don't pay the 9 euros, it means that you don't come, because you can only walk 100 meters into the monastery along the entrance of the mountain gate, that is, 9/10 of the entire mountain belongs to the monastery; To go up the mountain is actually to go to the monastery, and in ancient times it was "worship".

In addition, there are 4 private museums, which can also be visited for a fee, all of which are some ancient armor or something, and An Qingju and An Chuyu did not go.

Let's talk about how to park the car for tourists who drive themselves (there are other routes for public transportation, please find out on your own) and how to get to the foot of Mont Saint-Michel. Mont Saint-Michel is an offshore island, and the daily high and low tide is less than half a day when the land is exposed to the mountain.

At the end of the 19th century, a dam was built to connect the island to the mainland, which made it easier for future generations to visit. An Qingju and An Chuyu's hostess of the B&B where they lived said that before. If you are driving, you always park along the dam, which is said to be quite chaotic. Later, the government invested in the transformation, and it became what it is now:

Visitors who drive their cars should park their cars in a special huge parking lot closest to the dam, and the parking fee is 12.3 euros a day. This parking lot is about 2 km from Mont Saint-Michel.

From the parking lot to Mont Saint-Michel you can take the free shuttlebus dedicated to the foot of the mountain, starting at 7:30 am. It is open until 12:30 p.m. and runs every 10 minutes.

Let's take a look at the process of parking and entering the mountain when An Qingju and An first met. In the morning, when you drive close to Mont Saint-Michel, you will see the "P" sign, so just follow along. The parking lot is very large, and it is probably divided into many areas such as A-H.

When entering the parking lot, press the button and lift the crossbar to give a parking card. The entrance to the car park is clearly indicated at the rate of 12.3 euros for 24 hours, free from 7 pm to 2 am, 4.2 euros between 7 pm and 11:30 am, 6.2 euros for less than 2 hours at other times, and free for less than half an hour all day.

When you want to drive the car away, you are not paying ** fees, but you have to send the card to the toll machine in the parking lot and pay the fee according to the prompts; The machine will punch in and send out the parking card. In this way, when the car drives to the exit, the card is swiped and the parking lever is raised. Look, the parking lot is still some distance from Mont Saint-Michel.

Once you have parked your car, follow the signs to walk to the Shuttlebus parking spot. This type of bus is large and wide, and it is supposed to be electrically pulled. Because the dam leading to the foot of the mountain is actually very narrow. The shuttlebus can't turn around, so this shuttlebus can be driven at both ends, and the driver can drive the other side of the cab in reverse at the terminal:

The Mont Saint-Michel ticket office has yellow Chinese guide books that explain the history of Mont Saint-Michel, as well as detailed tour guides. I won't say much about An Qingju here, just want to know more about Baidu.

Mont Saint-Michel has high and low tides, and there is a tradition of watching the tide like our Qiantang River every year, once a year in March and September. For the past two days, the tide of the Atlantic Ocean will rush in with lightning speed, drowning the quicksand around it in an instant. Suddenly, there was an ocean, and even the usual causeway would disappear.

It is said that the people who watched the tide in the past two days were peoplemountainpeoplesea. The Mont Saint-Michel photographed on the Internet and by famous photographers is like this: to tell you the truth, no matter how good the building is, it also needs good angles, good weather and good light to shoot to produce such a psychedelic effect.

An Qingju and An first met like this, when they set off in the morning, it was dark clouds, and when they arrived at the foot of the mountain, it began to rain lightly. By the time we got to the mountain, it was already pouring rain.

When the light is not good, the Mont Saint-Michel is really not spectacular, and it is a bit of a desert island and the old prison of the lonely castle: after getting off the shuttlebus, tourists walk about 300 meters to reach the mountain gate. The mountain gate is two narrow gates, and it is not difficult to guess that in ancient times, it must have had the effect of defending against the enemy:

After entering the first gate on the left, you will see the TouristCenter on the right hand side of Mont Saint-Michel, which has public toilets. After entering the two mountain gates. Good dragon drip! I saw Aunt Prader's industry:

There is a story about Aunt Lamerepoulard, who during her lifetime (late 19th and early 20th centuries) ran a small hotel on the mountain, mainly for the saints who went up the mountain to rest.

The aunt herself is also a believer, and it is said that it is very kind, and the saints cannot afford to pay for the food, and the special omelette she makes is definitely a golden delicacy in such a remote place. Later, many famous people came here to rest and stay, and this place became famous.

The children of the aunt carried forward this industry, and now half of the property on the entire Mont Saint-Michel is the same aunt who used to take care of the saints, there are the aunt's restaurant (the signature store is the one at the entrance, there are also inside), the aunt's snacks, the aunt's biscuits, and the aunt's hotel (there are several, but also outside the island).

Some travelogues say that "not eating my aunt's omelette is equivalent to not coming to Mont Saint-Michel"; OK, at noon, an ordinary omelette (in fact, similar to omelet) costs about 30 euros, and a box of Big Mom biscuits seems to be 6 euros, so travel "mustgo + mustdo" believers may wish to give it a try. (The novel "He Came from the Last Days" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued.) )

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