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| Montpellier |
For Easter weekend, and also the first weekend of my April vacation I went to Montpellier and Roquefort.
After my world wind February vacation where I went to Morocco and Hungry I wanted to stay in France as I'll be leaving so soon.
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| Square in Montpellier |
My friend Sarah and I spent Friday to Sunday in Montpellier. Montpellier is a town further east towards the Côte d'Azur on the Mediterranean coast that I've wanted to visit for a while now. It was absolutely adorable. Nothing like Toulouse, all whitewashed stone and tons of hidden squares with clusters of trees and cafés.
On the way home on Sunday I stopped off in Roquefort to stay the night with a colleague and do a hike in the surrounding Corbières mountains.
The hike Easter Monday in Roquefort was absolutely unbelieveable. It was a 6 hour hike with stunning views of the Mediterranean Sea and snowcapped mountains all at the same time. The breeze smelled of rosemary and we saw wild irises, tuplips, and asparagus along the way. At the top we had a panoramic view of the coast where we could see Spain and Sète, a town about an hour and a half further east.
Monday I did a day trip to Moissac with Sarah and her parents (I work with her mom) to visit the Abbey of St. Pierre, built (partially) in the 600s, a famous site on the Pilgrimage trail of Santiago de Compostela.
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| Aqueduct from the 18th century |
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| Trail we took |
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| View of the Mediterranean |
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| Trail with olive trees and old shepard's shelters |
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| Wild irises |
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