Bike Trip - Day 7 - Driving to Mont-St-Michel

Friday -  bike riding done, had breakfast at the hotel, packed the car and headed for the town of Mont- Saint-Michel.   A serious storm came in that morning –‘Miguel’ – that made driving difficult and led to  the four deaths in the town of Les Sables d’Olonne where we had stayed Tuesday.

We stopped for lunch in a small town at L’Authentique.  Great three-course meal for 12 euros.  And the serveuses – two ladies in platform heels serving about 45 people on two levels.  They RAN up and down the stairs carrying plates empty and full.  Never missed a beat.  It was worth it just to watch them operate.

Restaurant L'Authentique through Car Window

We arrived in Mont-Saint-Michel, actually a town called Pontaubault and checked into our hotel, the Treize Assiettes.  It has been in business since 1896, was originally the Hotel de la Gare and it is adjacent to a former railway station, now a home.

Hotel Treize Assiettes

Former Railroad Station Behind the Hotel

Dinner at the Hotel

Behind the main building are a series of modern stone duplex buidings where we stayed.  We ate that night in the hotel – very good.

The next morning as we were getting ready to leave, we noticed a fenced field next to the hotel parking lot.  In the field were a number of small goats who had their very own house on stilts!

Luxury Living for French Goats