Mont Saint Michel

We visited Mont Saint Michel last weekend. If you aren't already familiar, Mont Saint Michel is this crazy edifice in the middle of nowhere.  Above, you can see end endless field of sand that surrounds much of the religious complex.  However, as tranquil and surreal as the sand may look, be careful....
Because there's quicksand here! If you look at the second warning down, you'll see it: Sables Mouvants. I have always wondered where on earth one would find quicksand, and Mont Saint Michel was the last place that I expected to find the answer. But check out the graphic next to the warning: A hand reaching out of sea of sand - pretty hilarious, I think. 

Anyway, the inside was also nice, and fascinatingly old. I found the largest columns I have ever seen in my life...not that I'm a column aficionado. But seriously, they're huge.