Montpellier
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| Arc de Triomphe |
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| Panaromic shot of the Porte |
It is a city that took us by surprise in many ways. I think it is the prettiest city out of the 4 that we visited in this trip (Nice, Marseilles, Montpellier & Toulouse).
It is a very vibrant and crowded city, filled with young people. The city buildings are beautiful and reminds me of Paris on a smaller scale.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montpellier
It is also the coldest city, as the wind never stops blowing. Aka i'm wrapped up like an eskimo in all the pictures =)
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| The main street leading to the Arc |
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| At porte de Peyrou |
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| Typical building at city center. Reminds me of Paris |
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| Place de Peyrou |
Montpellier is one of the most under-rated tourist destination in France
We stayed in Comedie center and it felt safer than Marseilles. I didn't feel as nervous walking the streets at night and we went out till quite late for the 2 nights that we were there.
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| Comedie center at night |
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| Globe in Comedie Center |
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| Comedie Opera house with Xmas lighting |
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| Comedie center in the day time |
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| Fountain in the center |
When we got into the bus station, we took the tram to go into the city center and the tram is very clean and efficient. Very impressive.
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| Tram to city center |
We had a decent late lunch at 2pm at the cafe d'arts.
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| Lunch at Cafe Des Arts |
Bill realized that wine bars serve very good food for a reasonable price in France. It's a similar concept to tapas in Spain. We ended up going to L'Amuse Vin for dinner that night and it was a fabulous meal with shrimp, scallops, beef tataki, tasting platter and good wine!
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| L'amuse Vin |
The next day is my day of crepes! We started off sightseeing and stopped at a cafe for crepe and hot tea to warm up from the chill.
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| Van Gogh cafe for crepe with nutella and chestnut jam |
After that we went to the Musee Fabre and spent 2 hours looking at Fine Arts
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| Artwork that caught my eye |
The old town in Montpellier is quite grand, especially with the cathedral.
We were told that the medical college next to the cathedral might be the oldest and one of the best medical school in Europe
https://www.medicographia.com/2015/10/the-medical-faculty-of-montpellier-one-thousand-years-of-medicine/
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| Medical school beside the cathedral |
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| Impressive Cathedral but closed for renovation |
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| One of the streets in old Town. Girona? |
After that, we stopped at the Christmas market and had a Spinach crepe that was excellent together with a duck breast sandwich. Chatted with a lady who just moved to Montpellier in August and she gave us some insights to the city.
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| Xmas market |
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| Duck breast sandwich and spinach crepe |
We were not able to get a food tour in Montpellier as the guide is on vacation. But she told me that Bruno Liegard has fabulous tarts and it is impressive! Easily one of the best tart in my life! Raspberries with pistachios and hazelnut chocolate tart
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| Bruno Liegard tarts |
We continued the theme of wine bar and ended up at La Robe Rouge for dinner that night, with scallops Risotto and tasting platter as we are still full from lunch and tarts!
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| Dinner at La Robe Rouge wine bar |
Saw some funny signs in Montpellier as well as some good art in buildings!
Reading this blog, i realized we missed the Space Invaders street Art. grr.. I need to go back to Montpellier, for the food tour, the cathedral and finding the Space Invaders =)
http://www.angloitalianfollowus.com/montpellier-street-art
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| Buildings with half bicycles |
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| Building Art |
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Another Building Art, pardon the truck =)
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I"m guessing kiki = dog??
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| Leaving Montpellier,to Toulouse we caught the sunrise! |
