Sunday, January 23, 2011
Bike ride to la mer
Our second Saturday in Montpellier, and we were originally supposed to go snowshoeing in the mountains with the group. But, despite the freezing cold weather here in town, there’s no snow on the mountains. So Marianne and John cancelled snowshoeing and gave us the 37 Euros instead for us to do with as we please. Chris Lim had the idea of going to the Mediterranean Sea, about 10 kilometers away from Montpellier. Our tour guide Jeremy mentioned to us that one could rent bikes for 2 Euro a day in the tourism center. So ten of us from the group met at the fountain at the Place de la Comedie Saturday morning for a little bike riding adventure. After a slight mishap at the TAM bike rental place (Lim broke his lock and had to pay 15 Euros to replace it), we found our way to a bike path by the river. A line of the ten of us wound our way along the path by the river, through a couple of cute boating towns on the river until we reached the end of the path. We found ourselves in a sweet little beach town on the Mediterranean. It was so great to see a beach again, reminded me of back home. Chris and Paul went crazy jumping in the ocean—which was freezing cold by the way—and we collected some Saint James de Compestella seashells on the beach while taking photos. Then we grabbed some lunch at a cute café along the ocean, with some gelato and crepes for dessert. After a self-timer group photo, we hopped back on the bikes for the trip home.
Great day!
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Sounds like you are having a great time. Your blog is fun to read and makes us all want to go back to Europe! It looks like it is cold there. Love, Dad
ReplyDeleteI have read and reread your blogs...so interesting and your pictures are fantastic. When do you go to bed...some are written so early!! Grant was here for the weekend and is ready to play Risk with you. You are loved by your Grandmother Barbara.
ReplyDeleteGrandma B- Say hi to Grant if you see him again for me! I'll be ready for a Risk rematch when I get back. Most of the blogs are posted in the afternoon over here, but it's about a 9 or 10 hour time difference I think, so it must look really late! haha :)
ReplyDeleteHey Dad! Keep reading for posts about Spain this week! I just got into Cartegena a few hours ago and all the hotels have internet, so I should be able to be online more. It was freezing cold in France, like ridiculously cold. Tonight in Spain wasn't as bad, but it might rain later this week. Hold down the fort at home, love you!