Started my day off right with a typical French meal. Hit up the local supermarket for a baguette and a wheel of munster cheese and headed over to the park near where I would meet my host a little later on. Sat out on a bench and enjoyed my meal on a beautiful morning and enjoyed how many other people I saw either walking around with their own baguette or having a little meal similar to mine. My host, Christophe, picked me up in his car by the tourist office at noon and we drove out to his place in the suburbs. I had noticed that the weather here was a little cooler than I expected and after talking to him I found out why. The Provence is notorious for its strong winds which the locals ... read more

I got up after having a nice night of sleep in a bunk bed that I could tell was for her daughter. My bed was littered with stuffed animals and the room was full of coloring books but it got the job done. Dominique prepared me a simple and standard French breakfast of toast and espresso. It was pretty difficult trying to talk to her over breakfast because of the language barrier. We each sat there with our own English-French dictionary and used those to speak to each other in very short and broken sentences. Interesting experience. After breakfast we headed down to the port (Vieux Port) to meet up with her new guest, another CouchSurfer from Chile who would be staying the next couple of nights. I was looking forward to having someone I could ... read more

So today was my big day to check out Montpellier as it is my only full day here. I started by just wandering around town for a couple hours looking for nothing in particular but still seeing a lot. Last blog I mentioned I would talk about the city so here it is. It is fantastic, one of my favorite places on this trip so far. It only has about 200,000 there and it feels like less. The city is pretty condensed and has just a friendly and lively ambience 24/7. A lot of this can be contributed to the university here and all the internationals it attracts. While the city has no real defining monument the downtown is made up of a bunch of 18th and 19th century buildings which have been well preserved. The ... read more

Got a decent night sleep in Kabul despite people coming in and out of my room all night. Oh well. That's what happens here and it's dumb to complain about it since you know what to expect. Went to take my shower before checking out and all 3 sinks in the hostel bathroom had different colors of puke in them haha. Welcome to the Kabul Hostel! I already knew I wanted to move to a different hostel tonight since I have an early train ride tomorrow morning but that pretty much solidified it. I'm heading over to Sun & Moon Hostel which is about a minutes walk which makes it nice and easy. That's all for now. I'll blog it up a little later in the afternoon. Peace for now. Disclaimer: I am typing this in ... read more

Checked out of the Yellow Nest Hostel around noon today. The place was good to me for the two days I was there and if I knew how much I would have enjoyed it I probably would have just booked it for my whole stay here but after hearing so many good things about Kabul Hostel I had to give it a try so I headed down there after a quick stop at the train station to book my train north to Montpellier on Wednesday. Put down my stuff and headed out the door to my day tour of some of Gaudi´s impressive work. I started by heading to Park Guell. Getting there is a pretty daunting task. The entrance is at the top of this hill which you have to climb. Some parts are so ... read more