Seaside Adventure Part II

After leaving Mont St. Michel we continued our adventure with a quick stop in Cancale before continuing on to St. Malo.

Cancale is a city that is famous for oysters. It is the oyster capital of this region of France and is said to harvest 25,000 ton of oysters a year. These oysters were even the oysters of choice for King Louis XIV as he had his delivered to him at Chateau Versailles.

Here is the view coming down the hill along the coast into the village.

 Right next to this pier is the small seaside market that sells nothing but oysters!

 Oysters are one of James' favorite foods so this was like Christmas morning for him!

 You have the option to buy them to go or to have them opened and eat them right on sight. James knew that he wanted to grab a dozen to go but also couldn't resist trying a "wild" oyster while we were there. Here is the "ostréiculteur" (oyster farmer) that we bought our oysters from and he is opening the oyster for James to try.

James said that the oyster was amazing and he was so excited to have a dozen to go. I am not an oyster fan (something about the texture) but if you are this is THE place to go.

From Cancale, we continued on to St. Malo. St. Malo is a walled port city along the English Channel.  It the past it was notorious as a pirate city. The city is very charming with lots of shops and cafes to enjoy. We decided to take an intermission from walking around to enjoy a drink and share a dessert.

 After dessert we walked along the wall of the sea. There is just something about water and waves crashing into shore that is magical to me. It didn't matter that it was raining or windy we loved every minute of our time spent here.

 Another view of the wall and the homes and buildings right behind it.

 We decided to have some fun and be playful with the canon.

 Some of the boats in the port and there was even a large cruise ship docked here too.

We ended our time in St. Malo with buying some wine and bread to make our meal complete once we arrived home with those dozen oysters. Oh, and one last look at the port and boats!

I would definitely return to St. Malo if given the opportunity. I have a long list of "to visit" cities here in France and this one definitely earned it's spot on the list.