When all the passengers were re-booked with no trouble, we supposed that it was not done for security, but to consolidate travelers on lightly booked flights. Security at JFK seemed even lighter and friendlier than usual, and there is no obvious additional security at de Gaulle. The conductor just came through to check tickets and didn't even ask for identification. After arriving in Saint-Malo, Brittany, for a couple of days of relaxation, we take an invigorating walk. A stop for coffee yields the American equivalent of a dodo bird sighting: ashtrays on every cafe table. This year, it was raw oysters from the Brittany coast and fresh cod in a tarragon butter sauce. The Mont Saint-Michel monastery in Normandy is the third most-visited tourist attraction in France (after Paris and Versailles). The Place des Lices, surrounded by timber-framed houses, is packed solid, with throngs of Saturday shoppers haggling over vegetables, cheese, meat, fish, local cider, jams, honey and bread. Though the station is bustling, we see just three armed and armored gendarmes. On the way north of Paris, the highway passes the stadium that was attacked.