We went over to the tour the Abbey when we arrived and, even though Mike and I had been here before, we enjoyed visiting again and sharing it with Amanda and Greg. They really liked it and thought the whole place was very cool. I have to say that I really love this place, there's just something almost magical about it.
That evening, I was all set up with the camera and tripod and waiting for the tide to come in. The bay is quite large and when the tide is out, its possible to walk quite a way out into the bay since it's not very deep. So when the tide comes in, it's not like a giant rushing wave but more of a steady increase in the amount of water covering the bay. The really great part is the beautiful reflections that you can get if the wind is calm. Well the wind was not in my favor this particular evening but there was interesting cloud cover, so I still got some great photos.
The next morning, we woke up to find that the tide was just starting to go out. The Mont was an island once again! After breakfast, we walked over to find that people were waiting to get in the city gate because the water hadn't retreated far enough yet to cross over. It didn't take too long before it was down far enough to cross and just get your shoes a little wet. It was far more crowded today than the day before, it turned out to be a holiday of some sort so there were lots of visitors. We explored some parts of the Mont we hadn't seen the previous day and then reluctantly left for our next destination.
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