The castle on a cloud

Ten years ago my older brother Robert served an LDS mission in France. While he was there he visited a place that in pictures looked like a castle floating on the clouds. It was then that I put it on my bucket list as a must see. Today my dream came true as I was lucky enough to visit this castle on a cloud.

 This incredible castle is not actually a castle at all but The Abbey on Mont Saint Michel.

Amazing pics right...that's because they are pics of a postcard :) 

The building of Mont Saint Michel was quite a process starting in 708AD. Additions were built in many other centuries to make it the castle it is today. It was built on a rock island until the late 1800's when a causeway was constructed. Before that it was only accessible by walking across the marsh land during low tide. Many people have lost their lives trying to get to the tiny rock island because the tide comes in like a wave and can rise as fast as 17 feet per second. It is still a functioning abbey and we were able to attend Mass while we were there.

And just a few more pics from the tour of the abbey. 

The street leading up to the abbey with charming creperies and souvenir shops!

The drawbridge leading up to the abbey.

Just call it the stair climber island... There were so many stairs!

As you can tell it was rainy and cold today, but it still exceeded all my expectations!

With seriously wet clothes this is how I looked as we made the drive 6 hour back to Brussels! 

Euro style😉 Back to normal (well kinda normal) life tomorrow!