Hi, Tom - Good to see you posting on LCT. Despite the undeniable touristiness of Mont St. Michel, it is a genuinelly memorable place. It is quite magnificent from the outside, from a long ways away, and also when you are inside, seeing the incredible feat of construction. I don't recall your dear wife having mobility problems - is that something new? In any event, Mont St. Michel has about a zillion steps, if one wants to see all of the whole fabulously intriguing place. We went all the way to the top of the complex; but that was ten years ago when Pat and I had a lot more energy and much better knees. But you can certainly get a good sense of the monument by just going to the first level, which still involves steps, but not too many of them. It can be very crowded on the lower levels, however. It gets much less crowded the higher you go, as the fainter of heart and hip drop off. I would definitely advise making the visit. Mont St. Michel is one of the most unique religious monuments of the world. And all of us who suffered through French classes in high school had posters of the place on the walls of our classrooms. Thus, we must visit the real spot in order to be able to purge those high school fantasies (now, Tom, I am only referring to travel fantasies, not to all of those other high school fantasies which cannot be addressed in this forum, unless this forum changes its rating to XXX) from our psyches. Have fun at Mont St. Michel - the omelet is not really anything remarkable; but it is fun. Cheers, Fred