Mont St Michel

Quite possibly my new favorite vacation location. Beautiful scenery, awesome castle town, sweet tides, great seafood, lamb, cheese and cider. Also a fierce rivalry between Brittany and Normandy about who the castle belongs to (currently Normandy, as the river that divides the two regions currently runs to the ocean on the west side of the Mont, although it has changed sides many times over the past few hundred years), whats not to love?

1) Storm over Mont St Michel

2) Approaching Mont St Michel, still a few miles out

3) Casting a shadow over the salt flats

4) Downtown

5) Sun setting on the abbey

6) Night view from the draw bridge

7) Castle at night

8) High tide

9) Another night shot

10) Sunset shot of a guard tower

11) Another part of town

12) View from my hotel room

13) Inside the abbey

14) Crypt supporting the church

15) Statue of St Michel on top of the abbey