We conquered Mont Saint Michel today. I mean those words seriously… We conquered it. At almost a two mile walk just to get to the base, we were just getting started. The Abbey is at the very top of the hill which meant A LOT of steps and a lot of STEEP climbs. Darla was an absolute trooper and made it all the way to the top of the Abbey with us.
Just for perspective, once we made it to the base of the Abbey, we still had 350 more steps to go (about halfway up the mountain)
If I’m completely honest, I didn’t learn much history about the place… But after a bit of a research, it’s said that the first record of an Abbey at Mont Michel was in the 800s. So really old.
What I do know about it is that it’s completely surrounded by water during high tide and that it has been used as an Abbey but also a prison for a period of time. It’s natural defense is the sea.
Overall it was worth the visit even if to just see the magnificent rock! Tonight we have to pack and prepare to say goodbye to France.
