Bonjour From France

Bonjour from France

For the past few weeks, I have been traveling around France with my family. After our long ferry from Ireland, we finally arrived in St. Malo. After our first week in St. Malo we ventured in to Belgium. Then back to France for a week in Paris.

The tidal pool. 

St. Malo from out of our window.

St. Malo was a very beautiful city. We rented a little apartment right in the city centre, so we could walk and see a lot of the town very easily. We could also walk 10 minutes, and see the Atlantic Ocean. They had a little swimming area on the ocean that kept the water in a large pool, even when the tide was down. We never went swimming though, because my fur does not dry very easily. We spent most of our time in St. Malo walking around to all the little boutiques and shops that line the sides of every street. My favorite part about St. Malo was being able to pick up fresh baguette and croissants from the local bakery. They were so delicious, that we picked up fresh bread almost every day! One of the first nights in the city, we went to a little creperie to have crepes for dinner. Mmmm they were so good!

 

St. Michel

On our way to Belgium, we decided to stop at a place called St. Michel. St. Michel is a church built on an island. In the past you could only visit during low tide, but now there is a bridge that you can walk out on, during high tide. The church is surrounded by a small village. There are lots of tourist shops on the tight little cobble stone streets. We spent a lot of time walking around and seeing all of the little shops. We had lots of fun in St. Michel, and I suggest a visit there to any of you who will be visiting France soon.

 

Ally's Uncle Dan

When we were in Belgium, Ally’s Uncle Dan met us. He came over to visit us for 2 weeks. Ally’s uncle is very funny, and he made my ears wiggle because I was laughing so hard. Ally and Meg were very exited when he came, and they had a fun two weeks visiting with him.

 

The Eiffel Tower

The Eiffel Tower at night.

The Mona Lisa. 

After we visited Belgium, we headed back to Paris for another week. We visited many places in Paris, such as the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre and the L’arc de Triomphe. The Eiffel Tower is a big tower that stands in the middle of Paris. You can climb up the tower, all the way to the top if you want, but my family only climbed to the second level. The view out the side of the Eiffel tower was beautiful, you can see the whole city from it! We also got to see the Eiffel Tower at night once. It was all lit up and at 10 pm at night it started to sparkle, it was very pretty. Another of my favourite things to visit in Paris was the Louvre Museum. The Louvre Museum holds the famous painting, the Mona Lisa, by Leonardo Da Vinci. We got to see that along with many other paintings by famous painters. We also got to see many other neat and interesting places around Paris such as L’arch De Triumph and Versailles Palace.

We sure had and amazing time visiting all of these places, and can’t wait to see what is in store for the next leg of our journey.

Written by: Socks

Translated by: Ally