leaving the cote d'azure

My layover in Montpellier

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May 1st 2008
While Iwas enroute from Nice to Barcelona, I had about three hours to kill in Montpellier, France. When I first heard about this layover I was really excited. On my flight from Newcastle to Paris I read an article in the complimentary Ryanair magazine about how awesome Montpellier is and ended up feeling pretty bummed that I wasn't going there during my break. So when I was adventitiously given ... read more

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