21.8.09

Weekend getaway in northwestern France

From Paris to Rennes, Saint Malo and Mont Saint-Michel

Rennes - beautiful & peaceful town
Rennes - beautiful & peaceful town
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It takes about 2.5-hour by high-speed train from Paris to Rennes. We're lucky having friends in Rennes to enjoy a weekend getaway here and to visit some famous places nearby. Thanks you guys!!

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City Hall Rennes

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Opposite our friend's apartment

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High-speed train from Paris

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"Special nut" which was believed to be similar to the one in the Ice Age movie ^^, we were happy to find them the first time

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Rennes park on a beautiful sunny day

The next morning we went by bus from Rennes to the Saint Malo beach. The weather was cool and a little windy. We visited first the Castle, then relaxed at the beach which was rather crowded.

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Saint Malo streets

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Weekend getaway - Saint Malo

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Saint Malo beach
"What a great idea to head to Brittany. Especially in St Malo, probably one of the most beautiful area in Brittany." - a comment from a flickr's friend, Py All.

Saint Malo beach
Saint Malo beach
Sun-bathing (:-D) and enjoying..

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Beach activities - the various jumps!

Saint-Malo: Amorino ice-cream
Amorino ice-cream five favors: cafe, passion fruit, strawberry, lemon & mango. Truly my fantasy ^^
"WOW... me drooling now! love this pic!" - a comment from a flickr's friend.

Saint Malo - favourite dish
Saint Malo - favourite dish
We're in love with this French oyster platter, followed by moules-frites.
"That looks great!" "Nhìn hấp dẫn quá!" - comments from flickr's friends.

On the next day we travelled again by bus to another tourist attraction place nearby: Mont Saint-Michel.

On the way to Mont Saint-Michel - View through bus window
On the way to Mont Saint-Michel - View through bus window
no wonder why beef & milk here are so delicious, haha. :">

On the way to Mont Saint-Michel - View through bus window
On the way to Mont Saint-Michel - View through bus window
"omg this is the place that i've always wanted to go" - a comment from a flickr's friend, Kuong.
"This is really beautiful :) I wish i can be there 1 day" - DoubleVirgo.

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Mont Saint-Michel
Weekend getaway - Mont Saint-Michel

Mont Saint-Michel
Magnificent Castle stands alone in a wide field
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Mont Saint-Michel
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top left: Mont Saint-Michel's characterized by very narrow roads from entrance to top, that makes the place even more crowded; top right: movable up-down entrance gate/ bridge; bottom left: street cafe at entrance;
bottom right: famous local omelets in famous restaurant La Mere Poulard (expensive though, and according to our girlfriend Trang, it's not really different from normal omelets, so should not try unless you have some money not to spare :-p).
p/s: fresh ice-cream on the narrow street near the entrance is delicious, although a bit sweet to me :-).

Mont Saint-Michel
a great traveling day for all of us!

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Fun time!
We had fun trying many many times to jump as high as possible, even though not very successful at the same time but we all busted into laughter :-D.

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Weekend getaway: Mont Saint-Michel
"Cảnh vật tuyệt vời, anh ước trong đời được lang thang như em lắm." - a comment from a nice flickr's friend, Piero_HN.

France, 21-23. August 2009.

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