An American Student in London

June 23 - My sister and I biked along the River Thames through the park to the school she will be attending in the fall.  Richmond, the American University in London.   We picked up some rolls and croissants, and sandwich makings.  We had a picnic in the park and it was beautiful.  Just from our bike ride I can see why she wants to go to school there..  

We biked around the school then headed back to catch our ferry from Portsmouth to St. Malo.

June 24 - When we arrived in St. Malo we sent a large amount of things home - we way over packed.

Next, we caught a train to Pontorson, France where we would then bike to our bed and breakfast near Mont Saint-Michel.  We met two guys who were very interested in our folding bikes...  They were also biking around Europe.  We have found that the bikes are a great conversation starter for us meeting other travelers.  Specifically biking travelers.

June 25 - morning we biked into town and had two crepes for a late breakfast/ early lunch..  We both had an egg, ham, and cheese crepe as well as a Nutella crepe.  They were soooo very delicious, I wish I would have taken a photo.... I will have to look into crepe cookery gear for my apartment when I get back to the States and move to Texas.  I love the way the french plop an egg on the top of some foods, such as pizza and crepes, and serve it nearly uncooked.

We biked to Mont Saint-Michel and glad we had bikes, or it would have been a very long walk.  There were honestly miles of sheep around the mont.  Beautiful.

When we headed back into to town we found an even more beautiful, quiet, and quick, way back into Pontorson, where our train left from.

Our train took us into Lorient, were we stayed for a couple nights.  The first night we missed dinner all together because it gets dark so late here in the summer we did not realize how late it was when we finally left the hotel.  So we ended up picking up some sandwiches from this large/store vending machine.   Pretty cool.

One night, we went out for pizza, and after we shared a pizza ended up ordering three desserts;  passion les glaciers (I am pretty sure interchangeable with gelato.), a banana split and chocolate mousse.  All were great!!

June 26 - We met several very kind people during our time in Lorient.  FOR THE RECORD:  The French are very kind, not to mention beautiful, attractive people.  Our hostel/hotel was right on the harbor, riding our bikes around the area was so fun!!

I'll post again soon!

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Paige