Oh Peter

So to start out this post, we have this bus driver named Peter. He’s a gem. He’s from the Netherlands and he likes to get on the intercom and say the most random things you’ve ever heard… “So today is Sunday and yesterday was Saturday and as you can see there are clouds in the sky and there are cows in the fields and if you listen to the music playing right now it’s my daughter singing some American songs that you all should recognize…” yeah he’s crazy. But so today he got over the intercom and starts telling this joke that I will now relate to you. ‘So there is a law in France that you can’t go in the forest between 7 and 9 (awkward silence) do you know why that is? (awkward silence) it’s because there are elephants in the trees between 7 and 9 and they fall out of the trees. Do you know why alligators have flat mouths? Because they go in the forest between 7 and 9 (followed by awkward silence then strange courtesy laugh)’. I hope you enjoyed that one haha I know I enjoyed it. Now down to business. Today was really fun, even though we were just sitting on the bus for a majority of it. We started out by going back to Saint Malo and just walking around the town for about an hour and then had to get back on the bus for another 2 hours so we could drive to Mont Saint Michel. That place is amazing! It’s this beautiful island church that’s fortified by all these cool walls and surrounded by the ocean. It’s so pretty here by the ocean and it’s really warm, but smells like fish. When we went through Mont Saint Michel I was amazed at how old it was. The guide said that parts of the abbey date back to 507. Five hundred and freaking seven! That blows my mind… It was interesting the contrast between that church and all of the gothic cathedrals we’ve been seeing because Mont Saint Michel is a lot more plain and utilitarian. It doesn’t have the intricate stained glass or the really detailed stonework all around. It was cool because it was so old and the setting was so amazing, but it wasn’t that cool on the inside. I enjoyed seeing that it was literally the castle from Tangled, though. We sang a lot of Tangled today… A little obnoxious, but whatever.