29th July - St.Malo

Woke up to seagulls and security – the seagulls had strewn all the rubbish we’d left outside overnight and security came to tell us to clear it up. We’d planned a mission to find an internet cafe. We got a map from reception and set off on our way. We bought “breakfast” in the patisserie – I bought a really nice cheese and ham thing.

We got to the main city of St. Malo and got the directions to the cafe from the tourist desk. When we got there, the owner told us we couldn’t use the computers so we found another.
We ordered coffee and when we got online we made a reservation for the next campsite in Rouen. Me and Lu also booked our ferry and coach back to Newport and we’re both planning to surprise our parents. (I’ve told my mum I’m coming back in two weeks)

Once that was done, Alex bought some postcards and we made our way to a restaurant that we saw had a three course meal deal for €7.50. It was such a nice meal and it was good to finally get some decent food in us!

We then went to the beach and attempted to sunbathe, but the clouds kept blocking the sun and wind blew sand in our mouths, bleh!

We sunbathed a little at the campsite where there was less wind, then ate some sweaty space brownies before the circus that was supposed to be on in the campsite. After a while of wandering the campsite (oú ést la cirque?!) we gave up the idea of the circus and went to look for a bar.

For some reason we walked past all the bars until we were drawn to some neon lights up a steep street we hadn’t been up before. The neon was just a restaurant but we ended up finding another village with loads of shops, a theatre, patisseries etc. We sat in a bus stop to try and find our bearings. (found an unopened tub of couscous...we’re on a low budget so of course Louise put it in her bag).

We walked a bit further and found a supermarket – very cheap – it was like a thing of dreams!! We bought crisps, bread and finally some TIRAMISU! And took them back to the campsite. We ate and stayed in the tent because of the rain. We’re so hardcore; we went to bed at 10.30.