Brittany and Normandy: France's Northern Coast
After about a month and a half of being inland, we finally got our first "beach days" of the summer during the last stretch of our bike tour! Granted, beach days in Brittany and Normandy, the two regions lining the English Channel, are not quite occasions for tanning or catching some surf. Just remember that England is right across the water, and you'll have an idea of typical summer weather on France's northwestern coast: cool (like 60 F), windy, and frequently drizzly. Nonetheless, we were incredibly excited to arrive first at Saint-Malo, located in Brittany. As I said in our previous post, we had been longing to visit St-Malo since finishing All the Light We Cannot See, so we were itching to explore the old walled city! Our campground was a few miles east of St-Malo, situated between two private beaches. It was pretty exquisite to see the sea from the comfort of our tent site! After settling in, we took the bus back to the city and explored...