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| The Market |
We ate paella at El Coso (another great recommendation, Kevin!). We ordered the house Valencian paella with chicken, rabbit, artichokes and snails. I let Jason enjoy the snails. After a jarra de sangria I wanted a nap but we made the ride home nonetheless. Jason got footage on his GoPro but will post later when we have hearty wifi and enough time to load the footage.
It was a lazy day after a week of Las Falles plus we had an early train to catch in the morning. Next up, Madrid!
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| Jason's pro AV skills hooking up the GoPro |
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| La Playa |
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My sister lived in Montpellier when she was wrapping up her French degree, and I got some Southern France ideas from her, for you:
ReplyDelete- Sete, a little fishing town southeast of Carcassone, on the way toward Montpellier. It's very quaint and pretty with a big big hike up a hill. My sister was enchanted with it, and you can get a huge 3-4 course fresh seafood meal for a decent price.
- In Montpellier, there are a ton of old medieval structures still standing. The town is spirally with a lot of hills in city center (Centreville, Place de la Comedie). There's a big garden and an opera house. Not too far from Comedie, going east, is Antigone, which is a really cool structure with pillars and a Grecian feel but from 1977. Just something to do on a Comedie walking tour. If you like felafel, the best felafel my sister has ever had has fries in it, is 5 Euro, and was from HipHop's (or something like that). It's like a 20 min walk from Comedie, but it's right off a tram stop (*possibly* the Louis Blanc stop, on the Rue de l'Universite). West from Comedie, is the Palais du Justice, Hotel Petrarque (from the 1500s!), and Cathedral St. Pierre (1364!, near a garden). There's also a mini Arc de Triomphe built by Louis XIV. The Promenade Peyrou is further out of town, but my sister says it's incredible and has a fantastic Greek feel to it. It's from the 1700s.
Really, you can't go wrong with a walking tour of the Comedie area.
- Nimes is a bit of a haul, but my sis loves it. It has a Roman aquaduct, Pont du Gard, and a hippodrome, Place des Arenes.
- She LOVES Avignon (castle and bridge). Says it's can't-miss.
We talked about you guys at fighter practice! Safe travels, and props to Jason on those Sunglasses of +5 Awesomeness.
- Amanda (Rashida)
That sounds like a lot of cool stuff! But we probably won't get to utilize it, our train tickets our already booked and our trip through France is muchos short! But we probably will come back to southern France sometime, so I am sticking a pin in all this!
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