Saint Malo, a fortified city dating back 100s of years, an important center of maritime trade and the closest town to fort La Varde where my grandfather was stationed prior to his death. A fascinating place. I hope the pictures do her justice.
Solidor tower – a maritime museum paying tribute to the history of merchant mariners and the ships that rounded Cape Horn to expand trade routes from France.
French sea scouts – scouts mariner.
Museum of local history houses in a former castle.
Francois- Rene Chateaubriand – French writer.
Restaurant and tourist hotel within the walled city.
Flag of Brittany.
Scenes of walled town.
Jacques Cartier- discovered Canada!
Scallop dredger – I missed the offload!
A French mothership – these are floating fish processors, they hang out on the fishing grounds so fishing boats don’t have to run to port to offload their catch a costly and time consuming task. Plus small catcher boats don’t have facilities to process their catch or to keep it for long periods of time.
Map of the beaches around town!
Rebecca Francesca Reuter Puerto 
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