Cousin Oliver

Dear Katie and Tigey,

Today we went to a church on a mountain that juts up out of the ocean off the coast of France. It’s called Mont. St. Michel.

A long time ago, a bishop dreamed that God wanted him to build a great cathedral on top of an island nearby. The only problem was that there wasn’t enough flat room on the island’s rock to put a church… so the builders had to do some very tricky things to build it. They actually built three churches on top of each other, just so they could support a third church on the top! You have climb lots and lots of stairs to get to the top.

The churches are very big and pretty… and they’re more than 1,000 years old!

Today is our last day in France. Tomorrow, we take a train (under the ocean!) to London for a couple days, then Josh and Rachel get on a plane and head back to their home.

Tags: Normandy

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