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Montpellier Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Montpellier, France
Wrinkly old balls
This is a top pick! I spent a few days in Cambridge before dashing off to Montpellier, before my first job interview the following Monday. I was going to Montpellier not to see how my brain would handle being jolted from Italian to English and then to French all within the ...
Palm Tree
... - not, at least, as soon as we see it. We spot the first as we pull into our hotel (a nip outside Montpellier), located on a strip vaguely reminiscent of some Nevada tourist trap. Once clear of the gloriously-obsessive amount of roundabouts we lurch into ...
Terrible Start, Great Finish
... and made it on time. See how one poorly chosen hotel can ruin a trip! My next stop was the historic University of Montpellier School of Medicine which was right next to the Cathedral. It's where Nostradamus attended but got expelled. Not much to see ...
Sep 21, 2010
What A Difference A Short Train Ride Makes
... unheard of in Spain. I've decided I'm not going to let a few extra Euros stand in the way of me having a good time in France, so I'm going out tonight for dinner and to check out the nightlife. But I am on a budget and Cannes is up next so I need ...
Montpellier Lost Episode
***This is a letter I wrote to Kira detailing how I ended up in Montpellier instead of Lyon*** Okay here's what happened: So the plan was that I was supposed to go from London to Lyon from Stansted airport. A swing frined of mine ...
French Riviera
... is quite lovely and as lots of new facilities like tram networks and public squares. They also say that Montpellier is the fastest growing city in France. One thing that I didn't get to see was the rugby stadium.......considering this was a Rugby ...
A much needed night in
I made it to Montpellier without a problem and headed to my hotel. I am actually in a hotel for two days because it was the only thing that was available. It is about a 15 minute tram ride to the center of the city in a quiet little suburb. It was ...
Another Travel Day
... one we have been in so far, so hopefully that means all French trains are good. Our first leg was to the Sothern French town of Montpellier where we are now. We had a three hour wait, but used up most of the time finding some lunch and now using the ...
Marseille
Got a ride early, and another one to Montpelier with a Portuguese truck driver. arrived there at 1pm, smoked with a guy at the bus stop in the center of town. went to Mia's joint, I met her whilst traveling last year, hung out, got a decent salad for ...
Montpellier
It was quite late when I arrived in Montpellier, I had no place to stay and couln't find anything close to the station. Some guy locked himself inside the ticket office and was gesticulating at me to try and help him, I asked some girl to help, the guy ...
Episode 8: "Son la Vie Française"
... then started to look for hostel numbers when I remembered that I had, oh so cleverly, already writen information concerning the Montpellier Auberges de Jeunesse (Youth Hostel) while I was in Toulouse. So at least one thing was going right followed ...
Montpellier
... to get a connecting train straight to Barcelona, so instead of spending another day in Nice or Barcelona, we had to settle for Montpellier. The lady at the train station hooked us up with a "cheap" two star hotel, and she really talked up the town as ...
Episode 9: "Kiss It France!"
... ll soon regret, but, none the less, completely necessary. And if the passport weren't enough, I also found Lindy Hop in Montpellier, have a place to stay with the Montpellier Lindy Hop organizer (Terrence) and the SUN IS SHINING! "Never saw the ...
Misery in Montpellier
... I just brushed my teeth, threw on the same clothes I wore yesterday, and headed out. So there I was, walking the streets of Montpellier, surrounded by hot girls on their way to school and work, wearing my wrinkled clothes, no shower, and messy hair. Won't ...
Beizer Journey Part 6: Montpellier
... , she and Mechel had begun the process of trying to locate one another. After deserting the French Army, Mechel went to Montpellier to find work, and coincidentally Esther decided to go to Montpellier as well. The two located one another by placing ads in ...
South of France, here I am!
I am in Montpellier. I have two fabulous hosts, Delphine and Patrizia. I am having so much fun in this wonderful city. I am lucky to have happened upon it. I wish I could stay ...
Montpellier : vive la France, vivre la France!
... le Languedoc et la Provence. En route ma belle, c’est parti! Vive la France, Vivre la France Marcher dans le centre-ville de Montpellier, partir à la recherche des meilleures baguettes, des meilleures pâtisseries, des meilleurs cafés crème et ...
Day 63 - 2 May - Marsielle to Montpellier
... a while until it was time to catch our train. Said our goodbyes and headed for the station. 2 Hours later we got off in Montpellier and waited at the station to meet Basset, our new host. Followed him to his apartment right above the main square (Place de ...
French James Bond
... . Sort of like a French James Bond. Malko likes dancing to reggae. He's a reggae baby. On s est arrete a Montpellier, juste apres Bordeaux afin de dire bonjour a mes cousins ( Catherine et Edouard) et pour dire bienvenu sur ...
cycling south along the coast to Spain
My first week was quite difficult with the wind always blowing from the wrong ...
You Won't Believe This
We actually saw a monkey. The owner was cranking a music box. An angry little girl was collecting money. We've seen it all. We're coming ...
Montpellier
... stay in the slow lane. So off we went, after driving at 140km, driving 100km back home will feel really slow. We arrive in Montpellier and after driving around this lovely city three times we now know this city like the back of our hands (I am terrible at ...
Montpellier
... -shaded by giant leafy trees--perfect oases from the hot summer sun. We spent a lot of time picnicking and sitting on Montpellier's numerous park benches. We saw our first Roman aqueduct in Montpellier. It's amazing to see how the Romans were able to ...
Montpellier
... out to a nice dinner tonight and still stay under 45 Euros for the day. I might even splurge and be forced to buy myself a couple of Magnum bars. After Montpellier, we are off to Aix-en-Provence, Marseille, and Nice where we meet up with Ryan's ...
Raggamuffin for a week
I've spent the last week in Montpellier. My grandparents moved out of their old apartment into a new one, and gave the old one to my dad. He is going to rent it out eventually, but for the time being, I was allowed to stay there. There ...