25 May — Montpellier

Today the Kohlmanns leave–BooHoo!! They will spend a few days in Barcelona before heading home.

Since they will be leaving from the Montpellier train station, we are sight-seeing there for the day. It’s a bit gloomy but thankfully it’s not raining. I’ve searched on TripAdvisor for recommended restaurants so we go off in search of a great place to eat. A very nice lady finds us pondering over the map and asks if she can help us find our way. She knows exactly where the restaurant is that we’re looking for! When we arrive she is really out of breath and I realize that she helped us even though she is not well.

But unfortunately that restaurant is closed. Just at the corner is a lovely square with tables under the massive plane tree. It’s a good sign that there are lots of people already at the tables so we say “why not?” Our server is a cute, young man who tells us that we are in luck because he speaks English. We ask how he became so proficient in English. He tells us he was born in France but lived in New York for a while.

We start with Sangria. Gene, Howard and I have the “plat du jour”: A fantastic sautéed mélange of salmon, shrimp, Provençal vegetables and olives. Sheri has a delicious ham pizza which she nicely shares with us after we’ve gobbled every bit of our dishes.

We take a very leisurely stroll around the town visiting the Arc de Triumph square. There is a wonderful view of the city from there and you can see the ancient aqueduct that brought water to medieval Montpellier. There is also an antique market in the square and we enjoy looking at all the old French items.

We head to the train station to make sure the Kohlmanns are ready for their train and get them settled. We look for the homeless man to thank him for finding Toby’s collar and give him a little money but he’s not to be found.

At home that night we lament that the house is awfully quiet.

 

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