NORMANDY: We visited a MYSTiCAL Island Inspired By a Dream
Hi and welcome to our channel! Join us in this special voice-over only episode, where we take a road trip around the Normandy region of France. Normandy is undoubtedly famous for three things: the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Mont Saint-Michel, which is known for its unique aesthetic and importance as a Catholic site
The five beaches where the gruesome battles between the Allied Forces and the German Nazi took place as well as the production of apple brandy. And our plan is to tackle all three of them over the course of two days.
This being a road trip, the first thing on our itinerary was to pick up our rental car. We chose to pick up our car in the town of Caen and as we were in Paris the night before,
We needed to make our way to Caen. Let’s just say it wasn’t a good start to our road trip. Our train to Caen departs from the Paris Saint Lazare Station and heading there was a nightmare. We encountered not one, not two but a total of three
Disruptions! We won’t bore you with the details but here is a summary of all the disruptions. Thankfully we manage to catch our train to Caen. If we didn’t, we would have to wait hours for the next one.
The train ride to Caen took about two hours and thirty minutes and after we got our car, we began our visit to the cider mills. The first cider mill we went to was Calvados Père. Once there we went for their Calvados Père which had us walk through the different areas.
Each area was very nicely decorated based on what they were trying to explain. Overall, the experience was actually pretty informative and it felt like a ride in Disneyland. We got to learn the history of the brand as well as how their apple brandies are made – it’s
Apple cider distilled into brandy but different types of apples are used. At the end of the experience was a tasting session and we got to taste different types of their apple brandies. As the brandies have very strong alcoholic tastes, they were not to our liking.
The next cider mill we visited was Manoir de Grandoue. It wasn’t as fancy as Calvados Père but they allowed guests of their mills to watch a video of their brandy production as well as tour their cider mill for free. We could also taste their apple brandy and cider for free. We ended up
Purchasing a bottle of their Pommeau de Normandie – a kind of apple cider while we were there. We highly recommend heading to both of the cider mills if you have the time. It started to rain heavily when we left the second cider mill and so
We didn’t visit the Normandy beaches. Day one ended with us checking into our AirBnB. The rain continued the next morning but it wasn’t enough to stop us from visiting Mont Saint Michel. Here are some things we learnt from our visit and we hope they are of use to you.
You cannot drive into Mont Saint Michel. You have to park your car at one of the designated parking lots before sitting a shuttle bus in. The shuttle bus is free and there is no admission fee to enter Mont Saint Michel but you do have to pay for parking.
There are several parking areas and we suggest to park at parking lot P5. This is near to the shuttle bus first stop which means you are more likely to be able to board the shuttle bus. It was really very windy when we were
There. We are not sure if it is like this all year round but do secure your hats and umbrellas if not they will be blown away. If you plan on visiting the abbey right when it opens, purchasing your tickets on the spot might be better as it has a shorter queue.
We also recommend to purchase an audio guide as most of the exhibit explanations are in French. In total, we spent about two and a half hours visiting Mont Saint Michel and it was really awesome! It really felt like something out of a fairytale – fun fact:
The idea actually came from a dream. It was around 11 in the morning when we concluded our visit of Mont Saint Michel and began our journey back to the car rental shop in Caen to return the rental car. Overall the Normandy region of France let
Us experience another side of France, one that was different from the bustling city of Paris and we were glad we made the trip even though it was raining half the time and we didn’t get to visit any of the Normandy beaches. I guess this means we have to come back again.
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Link to Our Paris Videos:
Part 1 – https://youtu.be/RM_YWIhuL-w
Part 2 – https://youtu.be/0H0v_OZe3fg
We are still in France! After leaving Paris, we took a road trip around the Normandy region of France. Normandy is undoubtedly famous for three things:
the five beaches where the gruesome battles between the Allied Forces and the German Nazi took place, the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Mont Saint-Michel, which is known for its unique aesthetic and importance as a Catholic site and lastly, the production of apple brandy. The plan is to tackle all three of them over the course of two days but the weather has a different plan for us…
📍Gare De Caen
📍Calvados Père
📍GAEC du Manoir de Grandouet
📍Mont-Saint-Michel
📍Abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel
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