Relax to be easy

Photo@Saint-Malo France July 2014

The second time I had my solo trip, and the first day I traveled to France.

After taking the train from Rennes to Saint-Malo station.

At that time, I was relatively nervous as I had little experience in solo travel, and I didn’t know what the French were like.

I stepped out of the station tremblingly and stood at the front door looking at the city map shown at the station.

I didn’t buy a phone card at that time, so there was no internet coverage after I left the hotel.

Just after arriving at Saint-Malo Station, I didn’t have a map in hand, and I had to go to the tourist centre to get one.

Only relying on memory and intuition, I remembered the direction of the old town.

But along the way, there are not many tourists. Is Saint-Malo not attractive to tourists?

I began to wonder if I was lost.

I started thinking that the road seems to be endless, even if it is only a flat road.

After passing by a stone chair, I stopped and thought about the route.

I can’t get the answer at that moment, so I decided to ignore the doubts in my heart.

Going straight ahead, I could smell the fishy smell of seawater after a short walk and felt that the old town should be almost there.

Then I came to a pier full of oyster shells. And the city gate was behind the pier.