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SAINT-MALO

Moving westward from Pointe du Grouin one spends almost an hour admiring ajewel from a coast Alternating prominent rock points and splendid beaches 5 ofthem until finally one reaches the magnificent and historical city of Saint-Malo on theright side of the point where the Rance river reaches the ocean

For newcomers to the newsletters best follow this trip on Google Earth bytyping Key words such as Saint-Malo This will give an easy geographic overview ofhow we move The same key words can be used in Wikipedia many of the places areso charged with history that Wikipedia has pages and pages with the most interestingdetails on each of them Saint-Malo is a good example on that

We continue with documented photographs

Here a few of the fortifications that go all around the city outside these are extensiveparkings with easy access to the now open gates

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Saint-Malo is OLD the first settlements go back two millennia This is likelybecause the Rance river mouth was excellent for boat shelter and at the same time arich source of either fresh water andor marine food of all kinds The waters aroundSaint-Malo are exceedingly rich in marine life

The city was important in the first millennium BC but it became increasinglyinteresting and notorious in the 15th century when many corsairs privateers andpirates settled in the region

The name of Saint-Malo is after the saint of that name an immigrant from WalesSaint-Malo got ambitions not to be Breton or French but Malouin A name comingback regularly in the area Also the name after which the Falklands are sometimesnamed icircles Malouines

Next to the parkings at about 40 meters from the gates the well protected harbor Iremember that at several occasions I could admire some of the most famous boats

from nearby such as the Pen Duick VI with which Tabarly was winning the transatlanticrace in 1976

The city walls are incredible they are wide and on top there is a walking paththat goes all around the city In a relax way this walk takes about one hour and onegoes from one splendid view to another when turning counter clock wise you have



the ocean and the beaches and the offshore islands on your right side the fantasticcity walls and roofs on the left

Near the main gates this touristic center with high-class restaurants They servethe best crepes one can imagine and a wealth of marine foods from excellent fishes tothe big diversity of marine crustaceans and shellfishes You find a collection of localmollusks in each respected platter Glycymeris Buccinum Ostrea CrassostreaPecten Chlamys Littorina and more

But for the less financially blessed at a hundred meters from there many moreaffordable restaurants and cregraveperies The latter are in my humble opinion all fantastic



Most roads inside the city but not all are quite narrow But this is not a defectrather a quality one feels cozy relax and comfortable between the nice shops Theshops are also diversified much fashion quite some touristic shops and abundantfood

Mona is a specialized cook and has her own line of delicious products in thePhilippines for her Saint-Malo yielded dozens of discoveries



The tourist shops play the cards of the city its notorious past is everywherehere a display of great privateers and pirates and their assets To the great satisfactionof the youngsters

The famous steak Chateaubriand is named after him He is important andconsidered the founder of romanticism in the French literature He is everywhere inSaint-Malo because he is buried - romantic - on one of the small Islands just outsidethe city His well-known work Memoirs from Beyond the Grave (Meacutemoires dOutre-Tombe) published after his death became particularly famous



Outside the city just south of it is an agglomeration called Saint-Servan

This area was particularly important in my early years as a conchologist as it isin Saint-Servan that at about 12-13 years old I observed and collected my first rockshells from Europe the famous Patellids mainly vulgata and intermedia variants thetop shells Gibbula pennanti and umbilicalis also Phorcus lineatus and the beautifulCalliostoma zizyphinus

Saint-Servan was also important for the privateers and consorts after havingmade a fortune at the risk of their lives on the wild oceans they often settled in Saint-Servan in nice small castles or big farms they build overlooking the Rance river

Repeatedly I stayed in hotels made in their former castles and this time it wasnot an exception we stayed in such a Malouiniegravere dating back from the early 17th

century and we were at a few hundred meters away from the fantastic GrandAquarium of Saint-Malo



This aquarium is nothing less or more than a real jewel It was opened in 1996and today it houses about 11000 animals belonging to over 600 different speciesHere a spectacular view on jellyfishes

Shortly after the Grand Aquarium opened several of the first shell shows fromBrittany were held in its facilities All European collectors and dealers got a great timethere

When we visited there were several schools with dozens of pupils each having aguided tour throughout the museum There is space for classes as shown here wherethe kids get plastic replica of animals to examine and play with while the teachersexplain



There is a geographic section where one travels through the world seas Herepart of the Mediterranean animals

In the center of the place a mega aquarium with bull sharks one has theimpression you can touch them



Outside are several pools with different topics Here Japanese carp Nishikogoiin short koi Not the Japanese quality but different and some with also pleasingcolors Koi lovers appreciate all and each pond is a discovery

And in the extensive touch pools a nice set of Pecten maximus There are fiveon this photograph and this is very much how the diver sees them

Our second day in Saint-Malo we returned to the city center and made a walkaround the city walls We saw that it was low tide and access to this small offshoreisland was easy a twenty minutes walk over the sand bar surrounded by crystal clearwaters brings you to what is called the Fort National

We were lucky as access to the Fort National is only between 1 June and 30September in general The Fort got many other names in its history and was build byVauban a famous military architect in 1689

Read more on the Fort National in Wikipedia



A splendid view on Saint-Malo photographed from the Fort National at low tideThe rocks you see are covered with thousands and thousands of snails

Only one small close up In the centre 7 Patella vulgata the right one belongs tothe uncommon variant secernenda with red lines beautiful inside On the top rightsitting together three Phorcus lineatus This species changed name my whole lifelong started if I remember well with Monodonta crassa then Osilinus crassusthen Osilinus lineatus now it is Phorcus lineatus Talking about stability innomenclature



We got a fine hour strolling around in the fort there is plenty space to sit and theview around on the ocean during this beautiful summer day was amazing The whitesails the fortifications and rocks all around contrasting with the deep blue sky andsea are always fascinating Young Alex did not sit down this little castle-like fort wasfull of old canons and was the perfect playing ground for a little boy here he chargeshis canon in which film he has seen that one

Back on the walls of the city Philippe got this lucky shot with a sea gull walkingjust in front of the Fort National Look how proud this bird is

So far for our visit and two days in Saint-Malo and Saint-Servan The day afterwe moved further westwards and this is for the next newsletter



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Saint-Malo is OLD the first settlements go back two millennia This is likelybecause the Rance river mouth was excellent for boat shelter and at the same time arich source of either fresh water andor marine food of all kinds The waters aroundSaint-Malo are exceedingly rich in marine life

The city was important in the first millennium BC but it became increasinglyinteresting and notorious in the 15th century when many corsairs privateers andpirates settled in the region

The name of Saint-Malo is after the saint of that name an immigrant from WalesSaint-Malo got ambitions not to be Breton or French but Malouin A name comingback regularly in the area Also the name after which the Falklands are sometimesnamed icircles Malouines

Next to the parkings at about 40 meters from the gates the well protected harbor Iremember that at several occasions I could admire some of the most famous boats

from nearby such as the Pen Duick VI with which Tabarly was winning the transatlanticrace in 1976

The city walls are incredible they are wide and on top there is a walking paththat goes all around the city In a relax way this walk takes about one hour and onegoes from one splendid view to another when turning counter clock wise you have


























































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NEWSLETTER: FRANCE, BRITTANY 2...Aug 10, 2019 · waters brings you to what is called the "Fort National". We were lucky as access to the Fort National is only between 1 June and