Balladins Montpellier - St. Jean Express

Always try to speak the...

by Lanae

Always try to speak the language, the attempt is appreciated and usually greeted with an English reponse. Also, be prepared to be stared at. It's really common to stare at people here, so try to get used to it!

Mac Coy Saloon!!!!

by viny32 about Mac Coy Saloon

Really close to my office, we use to go there 1 time a week!
Not so expensive (for lunch), the waitresses and waiters are also really nice, and have the sense of humor! Well, not a supprise I always take the same dish .... (like usual), I take a 'boulier', I's a kind of 'chinese calculator' (with balls). You can chose what you wish to put in your salad mix.
-Tomato, Different kind of cheese, chicken, cuncumber (beurk!), Corn...it should have around 20 things to mix as you want (or don't want).
As a desert, you can not leave the restaurant before eat the 'cherry crumble' (ok ok, may be a little bit of sugar in it ;) ) or the brownies (if your stomack is still 'empty'.
After you have lots of Chicken or Beef BBQ meals.... if you're not confident with my 'boulier' ;)

Alluring capital of Languedoc-Roussillion region

by kenHuocj

"It's on the Pilrgims' route"

I had complete the Camino Frances from St Jean pied de port to Santiago de Compostela, and the reward was to visit my student friend/gourmand Richard and wife Kristine in Montpellier, for food and wine.

i was duly informed that i'd join them on the regular Sunday outing ~ it was to be a good hike in the Hérault Valley and Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert

In 1998, the outstanding universal value of the pilgrim routes to St Jacques de Compostela has been recognized by the inclusion of the "Chemins de St Jacques de Compostela in France" on the World Heritage List by UNESCO .
"The route Via Tolosana or Arles route to Saint Jacques de Compostela crosses the Hérault Valley . It runs between scrubland and forest, through the gorges of the Herault to reach the Abbey Gellone .

"Saint Rogue"

On his return incognito to Montpellier he was arrested as a spy (by orders of his own uncle) and thrown into prison, where he languished five years and died on 16 August 1327, without revealing his name, to avoid worldly glory.
The townspeople recognized him as well by his birthmark; he was soon canonized in the popular mind, and a great church erected in veneration.

"The Pilgrims Hospital"

"In 1289, a bull of Pope Nicolas IV establishes a Studium Generale (legal education, civil and canon, medicine and arts), assigned to the University of Montpellier with a status equal to the largest, as Bologna or Paris. The students come from afar to listen in a city renowned masters open to the influences of Arab and Jewish scholars. By Cami Roumieu , pilgrims walking to Santiago flock too."
from the City's official website
The seven century old building is still used today, a good vibes inside, pity no time to tour and get more information

Montpellier

by AlfredSt

Descendons tous à la rue chanter
L'ouverture d'esprit est sans danger.
Les gens sont tous robotisés,
Les gens vivent à un rythme effréné
On devrait bouger la société
Arrêter de travailler
On pourrait partir et voir le monde
Car la vie n'est pas si longue