Grand Bé & Petit Bé

What I love about a wall are the exterior exits - monumental doors, fisheye windows and stilted arches that seem to hold you as you pass between pillars. I could continue describing all kinds of passages in Art History terms but I mostly like this place for the surprise effect it had on me. It was a spring day in Saint Malo and though it was very sunny, the sea moisture was cold and the wind flapped gulls, so I had to go and get warm. Up and down those intra mural streets curiosity piqued me and pushed me into a hole in the wall. I looked and there was the sea. Curiosity deserves a kiss! Actually, I was told, it was not my discovery as everyone knew what was on the other side.