Part 2: Montpellier June 6 to June 8, 2009

We got into Montpellier around mid-morning and hung out in a plaza right near the tourism office. After our usual picnic lunch we went to a really great photography exhibit that just opened. It was free, but also had a wide variety of photographers as well as view points. It is one of the most comprehensive photography exhibits I have been to in my life.

We finally met up with the people we were staying with in early afternoon. After we dropped off our stuff and showered we all went to a little town of Sete. It was nice to walk around and see a smaller town. It seemed every older person in Sete was sitting outside on the front steps in lawn chairs. I have a feeling as the summer continues more and more people sit outside on their lawn chairs.



After our brief tour of Sete we went home and ate dinner. That evening Brook and I went to a French discotheque (dance club). We wanted to go dancing but the funny thing is not a lot of people dance at French dance clubs. They just stand around and drink, very strange. There were a few people dancing so that was fun, but overall I would skip the dance club. They are full of too many people not dancing but merely posing like pretty boys and girls from an Ambercombie and Fitch catalog. Oh, and, French men, what a trip. I am so glad that I have traveled most of France with Patrick by my side. Not just because he is my love, but French men, at least at this place, were...um...I guess I will go with not-my-type-of-person-to-meet and leave it at that. After an interesting adventure home we finally went to bed at 4:30am. A typical disco night in Europe, but I did not get my dance on enough to consider it a true success.

The next day we went to the beach all afternoon after going to market in the morning. Yeah, I said morning. I woke up at 9:30 to church bells, oh don't you love church bells after a night of dancing! That evening we had a nice dinner and went to bed early.

Alas, we did not get to spend a whole lot of time in Montpellier for one reason or another. It seems like a bigger Boulder with more art and closer to the beach. I realize that this is truly a brief summary of our time in Montpellier, but I have my reasons. I will say that the key information I left out will only highlight why it is so brief of an account. I am sorry for being so mysterious but you are all smart; figure it out.

Tomorrow we travel to Perpignan!

Later gators,
Molly