American Reacts Mont-Saint-Michel - France's Famous Monastery
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- čas přidán 7. 07. 2023
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As a french who lives the next region over, Brittany, you wouldn't see me in the middle of the bay at low tide... Two reasons: the quicksands and the tide itself! The speed of the water rising at the changing of the tide equals to that of a galoping horse !! No kidding !!
I went there in 1982. Amazing place. Also check out St Michael's Mount in Cornwall.
I’ve been there almost 15 years ago. And it’s really worth while to visit this place. Too bad that the lower part of the mountain is really touristy. But the summit is incredible! The view from up there is unmatched.
My mother came from this part of Normandy, and was a direct descendant of the first Normans who set foot in Cotentin. Her father was from a long lineage of master stonecutters, and it's very likely that our ancestors took part in the construction of the mount as well as the cathedral of Rouen.
I've been to the mount very often. I think I was 3 or 4yo on the first photo my dad took of me and my mum in front of the monument.
I love it much more than the Eiffel Tower.
Staying one night in the Mont St Michel is worth it 'cause visiting the Abbey and the cloister at night, with the sound and light show, is magic.✨
And before that, you'll be able to see the high tide cover the bay.
Love your videos, man.👍
If you go, make sure to go out of season - preferably winter/early spring when the tide is at the most impressive. Make a point of staying overnight in one of a few "auberges". It's magical to stand on the moonlit rampards at night, when all the crowds are gone, listening and watching to the water rushing in. It's said that the tide waits for no man and that it comes in at the speed of a galloping horse - not to be missed! Get aquainted with the tide calendar for the biggest impact.
I went here in the 90's and fell in love with the charm of the place. I bought a book in the gift shop that tells you all the history and which bits were built when and how. There were a couple of small hotels and several restaurants open then but I think there are less people that actually live there now.
Theirs one in south-west england aswell named the same.
Grew up seeing it from my window. Hope to go see the french one sometime soon.
After the climb, you should taste the " Omelette de la Mère Poulard " ! Insane for the taste buds !
they did not specify that during high tide, the mountain becomes an island completely surrounded by water. Even the road is flooded
I was there 1 month ago!
During high tide it is very dangerous. The "mascaré" of the bay of mont saint michel is the most powerful in europe (a big wave forms because of the great flatness of the bay and the contact between fresh and salty water) with strong currents... there are interventions, several times a year by helicopter
I was taken there years ago. The great Bay has silted up, so Mont St Michel used to be further from the shore. We're quite used in the British Isles to have bays like this, and they are indeed dangerous. I believe the only place in the world to have a greater tidal range is the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia. The great problem is the quicksands. These can vary in position; when you are caught in one the mud can solidify around your legs like concrete. If rescuers get to you in time they have to use jet hoses to free you; but the tide comes in faster than a man can run, and you can be drowned because no one can get you out.
Ireland and Britain, not B.I.
I visited there on a school trip from UK back in the early 90s when I was a kid as for quicksand I remember picking up a small rock and throwing it into quicksand and the rock completely disappeared, so definitely made me stick to the road, beautiful place though.
Went there a few years ago really lovely! we went in the autumn it was quite quiet but very interesting!
It's all too easy to be caught by the tide near a place like Mont St Michel, ..and you'll be lucky to escape alive. I.i.r.c, only the Bay of Fundy has a greater tidal range. I'm from another such place (near Morecambe Bay in north west England) and drownings still occur far too often.
There were also dungeons where criminals were thrown. It was impossible to get out. They were condemned to starve there in complete darkness and limited space, or to eat each other.
Of course some tourist traps at the bottom, but no obligation to buy something … you just can feel centuries of history and enjoy breathtaking landscape, the beauty of the abbay … amazing experience and sensations.
Each time I ride along the coast toward Brittany, I'am mesmerized and hypnotized by the scenery ... but I must concentrate on the road, it's quite dangerous but the landscape is so fascinating.
I’am norman, and I live quite close to Mont-Saint-Michel at Saint-Lô not far away from the two US landing beaches of Bloody Omaha and Utah (where my maternal gran mother is buried at Saint-Martin-de-Varreville). My mother told me her DDAY she experienced at 8 years old at Carentan, the coast in the direction of the beach illuminated in the nigth due to the allied ships pounding german objectives on atlantic wall.
Not only the DDAY itself on 6 june but also the assault of the town by US paratroopers of the Screaming Eagles on 12th june … she remembered litterally hundreds of dead or wounded german soldiers lied everywhere, a lot of them bleeding, crying or shouting … and finally the evacuation of the civilian … the chewing gum and chocolate children experienced for the first time, offered by US troops, US cigarettes "Lucky Strike" for the adults and military K-rations ...
You have also a quick access to the DDAY locations everywhere along the lower Normandy coast or inland and to the norman/viking history, like the norman stronghold of Chateau-Gaillard at the former French-Norman border on the river Seine (Upper Normandy). In upper Normandy you have also beautiful cliff landscape just in front of its british counterpart on the other side of the Channel.
Mont-Saint-Michel give you also access to the region of Brittany that you can see from it due to its location at the exact Norman-breton border but just on the Norman side of the bank of river Couesnon which is mark the border for centuries.
And Paris is only at 2 hours by car or train and Uk is accessible by ferries from several ports like Cherbourg or Ouistreham.
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the guide explains in detail why the flood can be dangerous. In the background: miles and miles of the finest white sand that is then flooded (this happens twice a day).
American guy: just swim. why is is dangerous? worst case scenario: you just have to swim to the shore.
From my own experience in the bay (last visit was two weeks ago): You're not swimming anywhere. In this situation you won't even know where the nearest beach is and where the strong current is pulling you. Good luck with the inevitable drowning if no one pulls you out of the water.
Face palm.
The real danger is the quicksand, which is quite difficult to get out of in case of a panic... check the tide times before doing this... and the speed of the tide is said to be described as the speed of a galloping horse...
i remembred visiting it as a child therewas no road that was going to it at this time you have to wait low tide to go in it and at low tide you could find ways that will open between water and kind walk across the sea before the water will deasapear but i imagine that it don't always act the same way according on seasons, weather, ect
dear boy, if you are interested you will be able to discover that starting from ireland up to israel, there is an oblique line that for 2000 km several abbeys dedicated to san michele have been built, i advise you to look for SACRA DI SAN MICHELE in italy and you will see that this is also spectacular, hello
Been there about 5 times. Stayed at one of the hotels, too expensive but good experience when cut off by the sea on the Island.
merci McJibbin pour ta réaction. Tu aimes l'histoire, les châteaux, ce documentaire va te plaire .PERIGORD NOIR - Les 100 lieux qu'il faut voir - Documentaire complet
I think you said "crazy tides". Yes, one of the biggest tidal ranges in the world. Up to 52 feet.
It's crazy what men could build back in those medieval times. Today we make bridges that fall down.
Not to dismiss the great talent of Medieval engineers, but you can just look at the Beauvais Cathedral; building started in 1225; the vault collapsed in 1284, a tower collapsed in 1573, other damages were observed between 1960 and 1990. And to this days engineers still work on it to prevent the cathedral from collapsing.
And that is one case where people decided to keep the building. In several other cases, such collapses were seen as an occasion to level the building to make a newer one (Medieval and Renaissance folks had different ideas about restaurantion and conservation).
And when Medieval buildings weren't made at the limits of the available technology, they were on the contrary overengineered.
You can also visit medieval towns all across Europe. Some houses are very "straight" but you may see houses, sometime a whole row, that are crooked, leaning on the side. They were certainly not built that way, but various events caused them to shift and settle in those positions over time.
Wikipedia has a page on human structures collapses : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_building_and_structure_collapses not all of them were caused by poor engineering, but quite a few were. (and this only list notable collapses. We have complaints from the Roman era about shoddily-built insulaes that collapsed and killed dozens of people)
We've got a shit version of that in England called st Michael's mount😂👌
Eastbourne stalking me I'm scared to leave the home is from France
Was there on 2003
That's more like it 😁
ah ah ah ah, LOL, just swim and reach the shore, LOL, no but you're kidding, the tide goes at the speed of a galloping horse, more than 40 km/h!! and you, when swimming, how fast do you go? we tell you that there is quicksand, if you sink your legs in it up to your knees or at the level of your thighs, the rising tide will submerge you and drown you!!
I am so sorry for switching you off last night when you talk about France I have been getting stopped by a man from France Eastbourne sending me text messages telling me but I belong to him nobody else and I'm taking you back to France it's happening every day in England women getting stuck by men I don't go out anymore on weekends I'm living in fear I'm so scared
You can also visit the British one . Fewer French people !
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But too many English people. What a nightmare !
French people sound preferable.
It's a toursit trap with not a lot to see and do except shop and eat
It's a tourist trap only if you go there in touristic season, and spend your money to buy crappy things and having expensive meals or drinks, you know? You'll be trapped only if you accept to be, you can just make your sandwishes and visit the village and the abbey: you won't be a trapped tourist, but only a visitor... visiting is not only a question of seeing, but of feeling too, you've to travel also inside of yourself when you travel outside...
Mont Saint Michel inspired Sir Tolkien to create the town of Minas Tirith in The Lord of the Rings.
#1 a double 1st ! Yay !!