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Montpellier Slideshow
Montpellier
Travel Blogs from Montpellier, France
Side trip to the South of France
... time making our train out of Madrid for Barcelona, then to cruise 4 hours along the southern coasts of Spain and France for Montpellier. While Matt slept almost the entire trip, I spent my time writing for the blog and enjoying the breathtaking views of ...
C'est la vie
After making the decision, things have all seemed completely different. We are more relaxed, enjoying the city more, managed to sleep better, we feel happier in general. Yesterday was the best day yet in fact. The weather was better, a little cloudy ...
Montpellier
... wear supporters clothing (a day late I know, but still). Everyone was stopping us in the street and chatting, it was great. Montpellier is mainly a university town and we decided to stop here mainly because of the trains. Its really pretty though, so the ...
Rest and Relaxation
... , looking around a bit and watching movies. It has been a wonderful little interlude to recharge the batteries some. Montpellier is a smallish city with lots of Universities and a beautiful very old town centre. We had a small apartment ...
The first day...
... next to me asked me who I was going to support in the game - we ended up having quite a conversation (in French!) about rugby, Montpellier etc etc. Had to try and defend the All Blacks against the 'allegation' by the guy that the ABs are only as ...
I moved in!!!
... passport... that was bad!!! And really lucky! So the reason I had my passport at the cellphone store is because in France you need identification to buy everything important! I used my passport at the cellstore, and because I couldn't find my ...
Smelly Pelly
... drove down my street and we saw the house...but that was in...on we went. We kept going and going, and ended up in Montpellier that night. Driving past lots of swampy smelly areas...BUT we did see flamingo's!! Which was very cool! Ok, this update wasn't ...
Je Vois la Vie en Rose
... Sud (Civilization of the South), which sounds like it would be really interesting, given the fact that I'm in the south of France, but it's been a little boring thus far. Maybe because we are sitting for 2.5 hours straight listening to the professor talk ...
La Plage!
... office what we wanted to do they were skeptical, but told us how, and gave us a map that showed us which path to take out of Montpellier, but the map cut off at the city limits so we had a long way to go mapless. It took us about 45 minutes to bike ...
Montpellier & Paris
... nbsp; I love it here- like more than I can ever explain. I spent a week in Paris with Kate before coming to Montpellier, which was a great transistion, but I'm glad I live here; Paris is wonderful, but there's such a unique culture in the ...
Quick stop in Montpellier
Took the TGV from Paris to Montpellier and then had a few hours to spend there before catching my connecting train to Barcelona. Went for a walk around the Town and took a few photos of Graffiti and Buildings there, wasn't really much interesting to see! ...
First Day of School- Take 3
Today I had 3 whole classes! My first was one on the public sector of the economy, which I got to 15 minutes late because I couldn't find the classroom. Then I had grammer and phonetics which were great! I also finally got a student ...
Paradox of La Viande
I have always assumed that it would be impossible to be a vegetarian in France. This is a view that has always been perpetrated by my Father, who can generally be found at his happiest prowling the aisles of French supermarkets, stocking the trolley full ...
Carnivale a Les Matelles
... as fast aroeund a corner like that as a car can, so you just head for the middle of the lane and go for it. Once I left Montpellier, I ran out of bike trail, so I chose a route that avoided the highway. It entered St jelly through the back way, and I ...