Profile of St. Malo

Thanks to Jeremy's drawing class in the rain on Pont des Arts I thnk I'm getting this 'profile' thing. This time in the seafront town of St. Malo, Brittany.

We went for 3 days. I wouldn't have minded staying longer.

Another profile view of the fortified walls of the town, the ramparts.

A lot of the town has been reconstructed post-WWII, but it still feels like a lovely step back in time.

Profile #3

An overview map of St. Malo. Over 2 kilometers of ramparts to walk. The cité started in the 12th century.

There are tempting beaches beside the city walls.

Towers and turrets.

And of course dozens of creperies.

The strawberry lady sent us to Creperie des Bé since the creme de la creme, Cafe Brezih was closed on Tuesdays.

The formule - 12.60 for main, salad, dessert and cider. Absolute yum.

We stayed at Hotel l'Universe, simple and well-located in the main square, Place Chateaubriand. Writer, politician, diplomat Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand was born in St. Malo in 1768 so his name is splashed about liberally.

Mainly a pedestrian town with plenty of cobblestones. Leave your Louboutins at home.

Not just crepes either. Seafood! I suggest eating at the poissonier might be a good idea.

Blue is the town's favorite color.

You read over and over do not bring your fav Breton-striped shirts to wear in Brittany, yet every other shop is selling stripes for the whole famille.

Bear preferred the stripes on the Brittany railroad cars.

If you're longing to visit a walled city with crenelations, ramparts, castles etc. I say choose St. Malo over Carcassonne. Its much closer to Paris..2-3 hours by train, wonderful food (more coming on that tomorrow), lots of nearby towns to visit by bus or boat like Dinard, Dinan, Cancale, even St. Michel isn't very far away. And the Brittany strawberries are super.

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