Blogs from Languedoc-Roussillon, France, Europe - page 52

Bonjour! I arrived in Montpellier about 1:03pm today. Lugging my luggage down the stairs and then back up did a number on my thumb nail (I banged it into the back of my luggage as I was trying to prevent myself from toppling over and down the stairs). But I made it and found my way to the Taxi Stand with Katie and then we met up with some others in our group who were waiting for taxis. The Citadines Antigone is quite a step up from Hotel Lecourbe in Paris. We have a kitchen and 2 English-speaking channels!!! Also, a major plus is the free wireless internet. (By the way, The Simpsons in French is quite fabulous - I could basically tell what was going on so I was happy.) Also, there is a ... read more

Day 5 (6/25) See photos from our adventures url="http://picasaweb.google.com/kosmatka/AdiosSpainBonjourMontpellier?authkey=CU38YC5Ltfw" target="_blank"here And…our traveling luck continues. First we got ripped off by our cab driver on the way to the train station. Then, after traveling 4 hours on the train, we got to our midway stop over and were told that the train to Nice was sold out. We couldn’t get on another train until tomorrow. We had to laugh. That is so our luck. So, like everything else, we decided to make the best out of a bad situation. We went to the first hotel that we saw (directly across from the train station) and got a room for the evening. After napping (a vacationing must) we decided to go for a walk and see just where we had ended up. As it turns out, the ... read more

Hello hello, ?ontpellier! 5and the French keyboqrd::: hehehe9 After three years I am finally back to spend four lovely weeks in my long lost paradise of France. I worked like someone who hasn't got a life for the last two weeks (yesterday evening I even shared a pizza at work with my colleague Kent because we were there for so long...) to be able to come here and relax.... I can't explain to you how great it feels to be back, almost like I have refound a part of my body ;o) Ah!!! The first thing that struck me was the French logic. Haha... Contrary to what you might think, the Frenchies do have a logic when they plan and do things (si, si, it is true), it is just that their logic does not follow ... read more

The title for this one really should have been Going, Going, Gone; but I have already used that one. Anyway you will see why later on in the blog.... After Barcelona, it was another early train ride and I made it with 7 minutes to spare (for someone on holiday, I seem to be giving myself alot of those early starts. I really am a glutton for punishment), then it was a relaxing ride to Carcassone via Narbonne. I just escaped Barcelona in time as it looked like a thunderstorm was coming into town, and arrived in France to perfect sunshine. So I got off the train with no idea where I was going, or where I was staying that night, and I couldn't help grinning! This is what backpacking is all about. In the ... read more

c'est fini! Europe » France » Languedoc Roussillon » Montpellier By montpelliEMMAMay 14th 2007emma i am done! i have finished! i ended my athletic six exam spree with an oral interview or sorts, where i talked about the sixth harry potter book, of course! it was an unfortunate end, since speaking isn't my forte, but i am not going to worry because at this moment tom is at the airport working his way towards france! he will be here tomorrow and i am excited and waiting until then. here are a few pictures from my week: mänja took me on top of the corum, and we had lunch ... read more