Allen Guest Blogs From France II

Typical city street.

French city street view from my hotel room.

My hotel (on the right).

For a first-timer, I have mastered Montpellier transit! This colorful tram is an above-ground "subway", and it takes you anywhere in the city. Once you reach a point where the tram goes no further, you find a bus... and then sometimes even a bike. For $6, I can get anywhere in the city, to and from. So cool!

Raculte de Medecine, one of the oldest schools of medecine in the world. It is however only a French monument now. Montpellier, in medieval times, was "the place" to study medecine. Nostradamus studied at this school.

Arc de Triomphe of Montpellier. The Arc nearly opens the city "walls" where endless cafes, shops, fountains, la comedie, ancient buildings, tram... etc... are located.

Montpellier's most lively part of town, La Comedie, at night. Cafes, accordion players, street performers, endless shops, hotels, the opera, etc...