13 years of hairdressing experience.Worked and learnt from different places such as London,Hong Kong,Taipei & Japan.
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On the third full day of our trip, we finally made it to Mont Saint Michel. The weather was not good at all and I was really worry that the rain will ruin everything ( I have been waiting to visit for all these years.... ). Fortunately, seeing the silhouette of MSM from a great distance on such misty, gloomy weather was sensational. It looked like a mysterious floating city, something so dreamy and surreal !
Although the rain was quite heavy, but hey, its lunch time anyway and so we rushed right into the main street and found ourselves a dry spot to enjoy a touristic lunch. The nasty rain stay with us for quite a while. Since there aren't any options left and so we decided to head straight up to the abbey (atleast we've got shelter there.....). Along the steep narrow road to the abbey was a long chain of gift shops ( basically just plain tourist trap) was packed with tourists. Trying to get through all of that in the rain was not easy at all........
Finally after quite some struggles and hustles, we made it into the abbey and that was when the rain stopped.... how ironic....But we didn't mind at all since we were all very impressed by this amazing architecture and was having a good time. The idea of using the huge rock formation as the base foundation or the artistic designs of the abbey itself were innovative.
After we came out of the abbey, the sun that gave a few of us a burnt yesterday, was back. Finally we were able to walk around and take some nice photos. Mont Saint Michel is also another UNESCO world heritage site and I am giving out 8.5/10 for being such a one and only strange place to build an abbey. The 1.5 was deducted for having WAY TOO MUCH irrelevant tourist gift shops.... which really did ruined the medieval atmosphere of the main street.
On the way back home we have come to our last stop, Rouen. This is the capital of Haute Normandie and where Joanne de Arc was killed. Also, Rouen is well known for the numerous middle age half timber houses in the city. Rouen is by far more interesting than Amiens and Caen. Almost half of the old town section were these wierd looking houses ( some are even dated back in the 13 centuries ). While I was still having so much fun looking at these houses, the rest of the group were already complaining about their empty stomach. With a bit of luck we were able to find a Chinese-Japanese restaurant. How was the food? ....... when having too much grill steak and fries ( and the Normandy sausages.....), any Asian food will be a pleasure......
The next day we spent about 3 hours to walk around the old town again, this time with an audio guide. Available at the tourist office infront of the cathedral. For 5 euro you get an audio guide and a leaflet that shows you the ideal route to see all the interesting things in the city. With this helpful system I was able to reconize the difference between those buildings, which period it was built and so on. Of course, not to forget the Gros Horloge, the big clock made for the city dated back in the 14 century!
Finally our trip has come to an end, it was a fantastic trip and now we are looking forward to our next destination/activity.... any good suggestion?