We are on our way back home, but here is some of our adventure of our last day in Montpellier and then a few days in Marseille, France. I can tell you that I will never get used to the # of people who smoke in Europe; it blows me away. We have also had a couple crazy Airbnb experiences along the way as well, but even though we had to book a hotel in Bordeaux, it was nice to have AC.
My last game in Montpellier for the Women’s World Cup. Knockout match between Italy v. China.
Place de Comedie at night facing the opera and fountain. We wanted to see how this area looked at night when we returned.The old Roman water tower at night.The La Panier neighborhood that has been inhabited since 600 B.C.This is the Cathedral de la Major. So very different and impressive as well as overlooks the sea.Toren checking out some old water feature at the Palais Longchamp.Palais Longchamp is now an old musuem and has a beautiful, large park behind it.The Notre Dame de la Garde overlooking all of the city and even the islandsChateau D’if. I had to come here as I love the book, The Count of Monte Cristo. It was more impressive in my imagination though. This place still has a lot of interesting history though.Stones reflecting names and even messages from prisoners.There are also some from military stationed there. In another area there are some from tourists written in pen.
The view from Chateau D’if across to Frioul.
The center courtyard inside Chateau D’if. Some of the more valued political prisoners had pretty decent accommodations from what we could see. The most awful places were in the dungeons below which weren’t open to the public, I assume for sanitary reasons.This is a happening place in old historic Montpellier, Place de Comedie.The other end of the Place de ComedieThe Prefecture at Place des Martyrs de la Resistance.Saw this and had to take a shot. Carre Sainte-Anne, which is now the Conservatoire de Musique.The Arc de Triomphe in honor of Louis XIV to imitating the gates of Paris.OH my goodness. Such perspective. Asher is sooooooo tiny. Place Royale de PeyrouChecking to see how deep it is near the Peyrou water tower.The old Roman aqueduct connected to the water tower. Amazing to see.I’ve never seen so many cheetahs and young ones at that. One of them was super attentive the entire time we were watching. It was either looking at Asher as a meal or the other animals across the way.Don’t worry, it was totally safe. The Amazon greenhouse was Toren’s favorite part.Beautiful animal!Chilling out after a long day in front of the Opera Comedie.This is the Eglise St. Roch.Eglise St. Roch, such remarkable architecture.The beautiful red doors at the St. Pierre Cathedral.The front view of St. Pierre. Such an interesting arrangement of style.
