City of Corsairs

We are in Saint-Malo, a Breton walled city completely rebuilt after being destroyed by George Patton in 1944. (They named a street after him anyway.)
Saint-Malo was famous for Duguay-Trouin and other privateers who made fortunes by plundering the British merchant marine, and also as the home of Jacques Cartier, who left here to “discover” Canada (when he wasn’t designing expensive jewelry). The modern city is picturesque and has more restaurants per inhabitant than anyplace else in France. (Un...