A corner in the Wall

This is the protective wall of Mont St. Michel.

The Mont St Michel

Another view from the land sided wall up to the abbey of Mont St. Michel.

The entire mountain

Mont St. Michel is a small city in itself and here is view above some of the roofs.

Tourist Stuff

You visit a site like Mont St. Michel... and you expect touristy stuff to be there. But then the shops still shock you, slightly, with relatively unrelated stuff. Like these handbag things.

Fisheyed

This is the side of the abbey seen through a fisheye lens.

The Elevator

An image of an elevator? Well, yes. This is a historic elevator system, that used man power to draw the sled up. The sled is that thing hanging on the wall there. It was riding up rails that were steeply built into the wall of the castle, up the mountain.

To operate the elevator, a monk was running or walking in that gigantic hamster wheel and spooled up the rope.

The hall of columns

The hall of the gigantic columns in the abbey is very impressive. It almost feels as if the columns take up more space in the room than the air.

Columns

These columns are used to support the structure above it. But really... they look cool just by themselves.

Mont St. Michel, France

Stained glass windows

Here is an array of the glass windows in one of the abbey halls.

Mont St. Michel, France

Walk way

Here is the wandering walk way in the Abbey of Mont St. Michel.

Monks' Hall

This is the former dining hall of the abbey ontop of Mont St. Michel.

Where the steps go up in the back right there is a sitting stool in the wall. One monk used to sit up there during the meals and read religious texts to the eating monks.

The mountain Abbey

Ontop of Mount St. Michel, France

The altar room

An impressive church in the monastery ontop of Mont St. Michel. April 2015.

The high ceiling

An impressive ceiling domed the entry hall of the monastery.

The Monastery

Ontop of Mont St. Michel there is the actual monastery that we payed a visit to. This is the main church in the morning sun.

View from the top

Inside the monestary on Mont St. Michel. The view down this rail in the front it actually historic. A tilted elevator was running up here to transport goods to the monestary.

The Illumination

Mont St. Michel in the night time illumination and with the high tide almost all the way in.

Sunset silhouette

This silhouette I photographed on Mount St. Michel. April 2015

Another night time shot

This is another shot of the same street on Mont St. Michel

Night time on the mountain

Mont St. Michel in the blue hour. When only few tourists roam.