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Second to last day in France and we woke up to leave for Mont Saint Michele, an old monastery. The place is very beautiful though with a whole little town on the island before you go in. While driving to it, there are many places to stop and get pictures of it. We got our breakfast there since there are quite a few restaurants and shops on your way in. It has some of the most gorgeous views around it (we were there during low tide) and even while walking in, there are just a million different points in which you can capture beautiful photos. It is a pretty vast place with high ceilings and a dark stone interior. We spent an hour or two here until we left to go explore some other places. We drove awhile until we hit Bretagne and stopped in a gorgeous city called Fourgeres that seemed a bit like it was built into the side of a mountain, as I guess a lot of Europe is. The fortress we toured in was called Chateau de Fougeres. The original wood fort was built all the way back in 1000! The 12-1300s is when most of the place as it is today was built. Crazy to think of how much history is in those stone walls. There were different towers you could climb up as well as the walls of the interior and it was fun to look out the tiny holes in the stone where they would fire out of. Not to mention the panoramic views of the city you had when you climbed up to the top. We also stopped at a church at some point before Versailles, however me and Megan didn't really feel up to going in to yet another church; don't get me wrong they're very beautiful but we had just woken up from napping in the car and were ready to just get to the hotel and eat dinner. Most of this trip our eating schedule was very off. It was not uncommon to eat lunch until 3 or 4 pm and then dinner at 9 or 10 pm as was the case today. The meals also take a lot longer so you may start at the later end of lunch but finish more towards early dinner time. It is very different here than back in America I've noticed, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, just a change. Tomorrow is Versailles palace which is huge and then I've sadly just been informed that we have to once again lug our bags onto the train and metro and through the stations. This time I tried to plan out where we could get on/off at so that we could make minimal stops and not be so confused though. Hopefully it works out, if not it won't take up much of my life so I'll just have to suck it up and get it over with! Sadly tomorrow is the last day and then we head near the airport and then the long, treacherous plane ride(s) back home. At least the next thing I have to look forward to when I get back is moving in to Columbia!