Southern France: Montpellier

We next traveled to Montpellier, where upon arrival we ate croque-monsieurs at a restaurant near our hotel that was filled with locals.  Unfortunately croque-monsieurs were apparently not their specialty and we ended up eating non-French food for the rest of the day.

We walked around the city and found many amazing sites throughout the city including: the Saint Clément Aqueduct, the School of Medicine, and the Cathedral of Saint-Pierre.  During our site-seeing we built up an appetite (the croque-monsieures were not terribly satisfying) and our noses directed us to a wonderful little Arab restaurant.  Exhausted, we napped for the rest of the day and found ourselves eating pizza and gelato for dinner! We promised ourselves that the next day would be full of French food.

The next day was full of more site-seeing at the Musée Fabre, and the "Garden of Plants."  The day ended with one of the best French meals of the trip (however there are two dinners that rival it!) in one of the historic Hôtels (old private mansions).

Lunch: bad croque-monsieurs
Dinner: Italian pizza and pasta
Breakfast: pastries and coffee
Lunch: crêpes, a good croque-madame, and a ham and cheese sandwich
Dinner: (at l'ancient courrier) steak tartare, salmon carpaccio with ginger, duck, and cheese fondue.  Dave came up with the brilliant idea of wrapping steak tartare in crispy duck skin!

Cool fountain in Antigone, a neoclassical
housing development designed by
Catalan architect Ricardo Bofill
(who also designed the new
terminal at the Barcelona airport).

Crazy building

Heavenly church?

I think we are in France?

Resting tourists in the Jardin de Peyrou

The gates to the aqueduct in the Jardin de Peyrou

A monument, still in the Jardin de Peyrou

Cathedral of Saint-Pierre

It is tall (that wee person is Tom)

Dave wanted to eat his delicious Arab food

Another picture from Antigone. 
Paris isn't the only place with a
Winged Glory.

Pretty flowers in the Place de la Comédie

Dave was feeling at home

Tourists don't follow rules

The "Garden of Plants" was beautiful...

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The biggest thistle ever?

Thistle with bee

Is that Harry Potter in Spanish?