Exploring Incredible ISLAND MONASTERY! (Mont Saint-Michel, France) 

Makes sense. Two magical structures 😍

I've never seen any evidence of this

@@stevencassidy6982 Tolkien was in France during World War I, he goes there after

So I wasn't imagining it!

Nogent: Tolkien also named Aragorn and Rohan after Bretons. (Oh, and the elves are like them too.)

I think it'll have the same effect on us. So unique!

evilgiraffey me too. I went there there in 07. Hoping to go back in the next few years.

Went in 1975…probably won’t get back, but its beauty is etched in my mind.

That's awesome!

Same here Brandon. I saw a short video of it on fb so I hurried on over here to you tube. It's so magical !

It looks pretty neat! We'll have to check that out next time :D

I've been to both and the cornwall one is like the french ones baby brother haha but still worth going to.

@@ONLYFOOLSNVIDEOS Yes, but a pretty ordinary place compared to Mont Saint Michel...

Sicco Dierdorp: yes, St Michael’s Mount was a cell of Mont St Michel, endowed by Robert, Count of Mortain, when he became Earl of Cornwall, after Brian of Brittany went to Italy for more adventures. Both Robert and his brother Odo, Bishop of Bayeux had deep family links with Brittany.

Heck yeah, it's worthing seeing!

Same here. Felt like it was out of a movie!

Julia Sherlock: this and Neuschwanstein.

I was surprised by that as well, the omelettes there are pretty famous

Crazy!!👍

Overland Autism Adventures: seriously? That’s a signal honour!

My ancestors are from nova Scotia...we were exiled to louisiana, usa. They call my people Cajuns...cajun french.

1785? Is that a typo?

Mar Martel: if I’m not mistaken, your name can be rendered “hammer of the sea”.

@@zoetropo1 it sure is as my family name history refers to "hammer" French word "Marteau". 😉

+tbone35453 hah that's an adventure!

+Aidan Clarke 😂

The Endless Adventure 🐉💨🏰🌅

I have an idea for you if you haven't done it already (which you may well have because you are quite brilliant) You could edit together all your awesome drone footage of the most beautiful views and sites and just put it to music with subtitles. Your editing & film-making skills are great so no doubt you would make it look amazing.

lol

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We hope you get over there soon. It was so amazing to see in real life 😍

The Endless Adventure I hope so too. Who knows? Maybe next year. 😊

Travel-Blog-Repeat: don’t stop at the border, visit beautiful, ancient Brittany.

Hi Stuart! Thank you so much for the note! We absolutely love sharing and showing off the world, so it's always nice to know that people are enjoying it :) And ya, the packs definitely suck to carry around. We're constantly trying to lighten them, but they're still pretty heavy haha. Thanks for making our day 🙌

+Rafael Ortega that's awesome! Glad we could be helpful 😂

Love us some Oysters 👌

Thanks so much, Paul! It's a pretty amazing place, definitely worth visiting. Next time we go, we want to get a time-lapse of the tide coming in 😍

Paul just avoid going in high summer, I've been twice and the last time we could barely get through the gates there were so many people! Also, they have now changed the approach to the island so that you have to get a free bus service, in our previous visit we drove right up to the gates nearly. Still, one of he most beautiful places I've ever been , so hope you enjoy it

Have you been able to see it yet? Mont Saint Michel is always one of our stops for its history. We visit every year and made a video just now on what it means to the French people. It's on our channel if you're interested. :)

+Matthew Pike agreed. 😬 I stayed very far from him though and he had been flying the same path for over an hour. I just had to make the call to fly. Was too good of a spot!

Ours too! What a crazy/amazing place!

+planningto stay tuned for the next vlog 😄

OMG! In the next video you went to literally all the places I suggested. Obviously you're not posting this on the same day that you did it, so I guess I'm psychic or something.

planningto: Norman/Breton/Flemish/etc invasion of England.

+Miguel Bonilla thanks so much!

Steven Cassidy: the Couesnon River will get you every time. 😱

+Gareth Jones so happy to hear that!

+Gareth Jones this comment made our day btw 😊

For real!

BrOcCoLi SaLaD: if you lived in the 10th century, and were Duke Conan, you’d be buried here.

Well, in the 16th century it was still in construction, it was often attacked and had several massive fire so... not the best place to live in. And it didn't get better, in 1615 the abbé (the religious who rules the abbaye) was only 5 years old, not the best to defend it and then it became a prison for a while so..

+Whitney Greene thanks Whitney!

+iamtimchung thanks mate! 🎉 and yeah, us Americans are obsessed with our automatics 😂

That's great to hear! So happy to have you along for the adventure :D Glad you are enjoying the vlogs!

Definitely worth a visit! Glad we could give you a little taste of what it's like :)

You will! If you plan it, it will happen! :) When you go, learn about what this place means to the French people and it adds so much gravitas to your visit. We just made a video about it on our channel if you're interested. "5 Tips for Visiting Normandy" :)

It is so gorgeous on the inside too! There are some shots of it on a video we just made on our channel if you're interested. "5 Tips for Visiting Normandy" :)

Yeah we debated traveling that far, but we figured since we have the car we better make a trip out of it. So glad we did!

And then William the Conqueror went here with his troops for a final blessing before launching off from around Barfleur to the Battle of Hastings in 1066. This place has so much history! We touch a bit on it in our video and what it means to the French people in "5 Tips for Visiting Normandy" if you're interested :)

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Glad to have you back! Really glad you enjoyed it :D I hope you get the chance to see it in person! Definitely worth it 👍 Thanks for the support!

Thanks!

Did you guys know that there is a similar site in Cornwall, SW UK called St Michael's Mount? It's not quite the same, but the sea does surround it at high tide.

+Audrone's Life so glad you enjoyed it! We'll definitely have to checkout the one in Cornwall too 👍

Do ittttt!!!

Thanks!

Thanks mate!

+Jacob Carlson (Check Out Jacob) we honestly could believe it was real even in person 😂

they are twin monastery ,william the conqueror gave the monastery of St michel (who gave him support while he was in england) some land in england and they decide to remake the same monastery there

lordgunner TGSTEL: more than that, the designer of the Bayeux Tapestry was Scolland, the treasurer and chief illuminator from Mont St Michel, whereas the first Earl of Cornwall was Brian of Brittany, brother to Alan Rufus who seems to have been a friend of Scolland’s: Alan Rufus appears in most of the Bayeux Tapestry. Alan was also William the Conqueror’s palace guard captain and a hero celebrated by 12th century poets.

+whoo11 one day!

Pretty ordinary place compared to Mont Saint Michel...

+Stephen Halbhuber thanks so much Stephen!