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Montpellier Slideshow
Montpellier
Travel Blogs from Montpellier, France
Favourite city in Sud de France (South of France)
... before our arrival!) Matthew was our guide around Montpellier and he led us very admirably through the historic centre. Montpellier is a thriving city built around the university and is crammed with shops and restaurants and historic buildings. We ...
The beginning!
So, flights are now booked! For all of you interested (if there areany), I'm flying from Charles de Gaulle airport on the 12th October,arriving in Tel Aviv the same day. The first night I'm going to be staying in a hostel (which reminds me, I should get ...
Ecole Maternell
I went to PreSchool with my friend Denise and her host mom to volenteer for a day. Thought you'd like to see the ...
The hills get bigger
... to the top of the mountain where there is a viewing point. The work was well worth it. From 850 m, I could se Sete, Montpellier, Agde, and everything inbetween, along with lac Salagou, and much of the Cause behind. I wish I could say that I rode to ...
I Don't Wanna Be Here
... slightly more satisfied and I joined a large group of fellow strand-ees on an afternoon ride to Barcelona. I can't really speak for Montpellier as I was only really able to catch the inside of the train station, the inside of an Internet cafe, inside ...
First Day of School!
... the right classroom! The only problems were that the Science University started last week (which apparently isn’t a big deal, France over all is pretty laissez-faire) and the professor was a no-show! Since there are only about 10 ...
OMG what a day!
... the weather was lovely, but not so for us, and the inclement weather delays our train for 40 mins. We arrive in Montpellier at about 2:00pm, after passing through more jaw dropping countryside. We follow the signs to the hire cars (Avis etc), which ...
Finally finding a normal life...
... of a tarmac--making this aerospace engineer VERY concerned--we took off an hour late to arrive at our destination. Montpellier is in southern France and welcomed us with blue skies and 50 degree weather. Since then, it hasn’t been quite ...
Lunch, it must be Montpellier
... 6am this morning to get the bus to Nice station for the train to Montpellier (on the way to Barcelona). We stopped for lunch and changed trains at Montpellier. Great scenery on the way, About a 4 hour run with 1.5 to 2 hours between trains at ...
Allez, Allez, Allez, Allez, Allez, Allez!
My first Match du Foot was quite an experience! It was Montpellier, ranked 1st, against Auxerre ranked 3rd, and since the rankings were so high and so close it was a really big game! Before the match there was a ...
Montpellier, a Quick Stay
... we were all asian with such different backgrounds. France's population is so varied largely due to all of the colonization of France. Montpellier looks like a cool city to cruise in. Its definitely a college town and the town center is built around ...
Montpellier take 2
... started harassing the people behind us. Lucky we can’t understand what he was saying. Overly good day. Note: Love the fact that Montpellier feels extremely safe and that we do not have to watch our bags. Day 3: Today I like to think that we had one ...
Montpellier
Saturday Montpellier A noisy night. The alarm went off seven times and of course there was nobody there to turn it off. The builder started work at 6 a.m. hammering in the room underneath us. Got a big apology and a discount off the bill, but ...
Hôtel Nova - 945pm
... was live music, waiters in shiny colourful Abba-esque clothes. Popular with young people – language students for example – Montpellier by night is a place with a beat to it. Like Barcelona it comes alive at night. At 930pm ...
Weekend dans le sud (Part 1)
... bureaucratic trauma of trying to open a French bank account, but this weekend has more than restored by love for both France and Languedoc in particular. It started with my medical exam on Friday afternoon. In order to practice a sport at Paul Valery ...
Strangers on a Train
... I met were also heading to Barcelona so at least I would have company for the next ten hours. When we got to Montpellier we were starving and ready for the best, greasiest meal ever from McDonalds. The receipt looked more like a receipt from a ...
Transition....
Arrived 9ish last night to Montpellier and realised we werent even staying in Montpellier but in Perols, a small hotel in the middle of nowhere on a motorway. And there were no restaurants open. Or shops. Only nightclubs. Lots of nightclubs along a ...
Classes are underway
... had to stop in a pretty little town for a beer (part of the French hydration programme which will prepare me for the Tour de France). I also picked some thyme and rosemary. I love them. The road back was nice. I passed though a couple of towns which ...
TALEBE CENNETİ MONTPELLİER
... 'en 32 no lu otobüse biniyoruz durduğu yerde cicili bicili bir tramvaya bindik ve şehir merkezinde indik. Montpellier [mɔ̃pəˈlje, mɔ̃pɛˈlje] (Oksitanca: Montpelhièr), Fransa'nın guney-batisinda, ...
May in Montpellier
May 1st is labor day in France, so naturally nobody works. My host familly told me it's the only day nobody works- even most restaurants are closed. Also, you give each other flowers that look like baby's breath; it may very ...
Just a massive Jeux des mots….
... onto his words with the reverence that a pious nun would display towards her last set of rosary beads. Now I have been living in France for over 6 weeks, I have been waiting for this Eureka moment for quite some time, and I am sorry to report that it has ...
Snow in Montpellier
... now there's snow here; I hope I didn't bring the mid-west with me! According to the weatherman (although in France it's actually a very fahionably dressed young woman) the snow should stop tomorrow and then tuesday it should be sunny again. ...
Mezerable rain
The forecast this morning was for showers in the hills (Ganges), but none in the plains (Pezenas). So I headed south. I have figured out some of the routes, so I made good time heading out. I followed the route along the river Herault that I plan ...
A little bit of this and that
Montpelier.Francois picked us up from the train station, looking the same as ever in his camo cargo pants, a newly acquired beard though. We headed to his and Szu-rus' place where we spent ten days fabulous days with some of the best hosts around. We ...
I'm sad
Today philippe is going to stockholm for a whole week, so im here alone during the day until my other dad s coming from work. ...
Et voilà le blog est lancé!!!
Bonjour!!! nous sommes en juillet et le grand départ approche!!! Je crée donc mon blog pour pouvoir vous parler et vous faire profiter de notre voyage! :-) jessica et moi partons pour trois semaines un mois dans le nord de l'inde. En attendant nous ...