Culture, culture, and more culture

I’ve now had 5 months to explore Montpellier (I know, where has the time gone?!), so I thought I’d break my ridiculously long blog hiatus and talk about one of my favourite things: culture. Like in any big city, there is a lot going on here. From operas to art galleries, markets to carnivals, there really […]

Montpellier: Land of the Cafés

It’s no secret that I love a good café, and if you’ve seen anything that I’ve posted since arriving in Montpellier, chances are it was about a café, featuring a café, or posted from a café. I’m a tad obsessed, and Montpellier just keeps feeding my addiction! So for this post I thought I’d try […]

One month in (and a bit)

So I’ve been here in Montpellier for just over a month now, and as you can tell by the lack of posts on this blog, it’s been rather busy! The start of lectures saw me thrown into the deep end of French university: long days, long lectures, and, of course, a heck of a lot […]

Je suis arrivée

The year abroad has begun!! I arrived in Montpellier a week and a half ago, and I think it’s safe to say I hit the ground running. My time here so far has been a blur of exploring, and meeting new people, not to mention a mountain of paperwork! I’m here on an ERASMUS exchange, which […]

And Finally: Toulouse (City No.7)

The last stop of my trip was the beautiful southern city of Toulouse. Dean and I left the château along with a friend of his who had visited us there for a couple of days, and headed to Toulouse by train. Once we arrived we headed to our friend’s hostel to drop off our things […]

Château de Fajac la Selve

My longest stop of the trip (a whole 6 days!!) was the Château de Fajac la Selve. The name means ‘Castle of the Forest of the Fairies’ in old French, and I found it to be just as enchanting as it sounds! After parting with my friend in Amsterdam, I flew to Toulouse, then took […]

City No.6: Amsterdam

We arrived in Amsterdam after a 6 hour journey, and promptly collapsed in our room. My friend went out in the evening to meet up with a friend of his from home, but I’d come down with a cold, so I stayed in and got an early night. That made the first night rather uneventful […]

City No.5: Heidelberg

Heidelberg was our shortest stop of the trip, as we only stayed for one night. I have to say though, it was quite possibly the most beautiful place we’ve visited so far! I was going to add it on to the Munich post (hence it’s lateness), but after having been there I decided it deserved […]

City No.4: Munich

The train journey from Vienna to Munich has to be one of my favourites yet. Rolling hills and colourful towns gave way to more mountainous scenery as we moved through Austria. Based on my view from the train alone I now want to visit Salzburg. As well as being the birthplace of Mozart, it looked […]

City No.3: Vienna

We took the train from Budapest to Vienna, and arrived in only 3 and a half hours. I’m not sure I’ll ever get used to being able to get the train to a different country, let alone not having our passports checked at the border! Interestingly, the cheapest place we could find to stay last […]