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still within the vicinity of saint-malo, you drive to dinard a city just opposite the bay of saint-malo, you go there because you know from dinard you can see the wall and old rampart of the old wall city of saint-malo.

first september

you arrive at the main beach, known as plage de lécluse or la grande plage.

a strip of sand between the peninsulas that have many big villas and mansions facing the sea. you look at those big villas and let your imagination running wild... you will one of those could be yours and that you wake up everyday facing the sea, sunrise, sunset, how perfect would that be. then a cool breeze sweep your face and wake you up from your dream, day dream. you walk on...

you look back. the beach is so wide, the sand is so fine, so white, and the sea is so calm. it is almost a perfect condition for a day at the beach, what is not perfect is you don’t have your swimsuit with you.

you walk along the beach, past the white sandy beach and reach promenade du moulinet, you take a stroll along the route, the walk is not that dangerous but you do have to pay extra attention to reach the other side.

 and then the beauty of saint-malo wall city reveals right in front of you.

you hang around at the different viewing platforms at promenade du moulinet for awhile and then you walk back following the same route where you came from. back to the la grande plage

you cannot resist the beach any longer and you run straight to the sea to have a taste of atlantic ocean from this emerald coast. the water is perfect, refreshing and relief your feet after the walk. you can't afford to get wet, so you turn back and walk toward him.  you say to each other "we will be back here again, some day", and surely then you will be more prepare, with your swimming suit. so you leave la grande plage with some regrets but you know it will be perfect the next time round.

third september

you return to dinard on another day, while he insists on going back to la grande plage, you want to try out another beach. that's you. you are adventurous, you want to extend your territory... so instead of going back to plage de lécluse, you head to plage du enogat. a little further, an even smaller and secluded beach.

you arrive at 3pm where you almost have the whole beach by yourselves. you lay you beach mat, take out your towel, and your book "the angel's game", your current reading.

you do another jump. he jump, you jump!

you take your time to swim in the sea, you enjoy the water in a perfect temperature. you ride on the waves, jump on them and let yourself lost in the sea... you read. you sunbath, you swim. you chat. you repeat these again until it is time to go...

on your way back to saint-malo, you stop by at a yatch haven and take a last peep of dinard and bid goodbye.  tonight is also the last night before you return to your adopted land.