1) Mont Saint-Michel, Normandy, France As you drive across the mostly flat land of Normandy, suddenly in the distance a spire appears.  Mont-Saint-Michel was originally founded in 708 by the Bishop of Avranches, who built a series of simple crypts after the Archangel Michael appeared

We arrived in Amritsar at night, and went directly to see the beautifully lit Golden Temple. Our next destination was Amritsar. This was not a night train, it took about 4 hours.…