Bicycle Stories From Montpellier

 

I’m in Montpellier, Southern France, for a month, to attend an intensive French language immersion course at the Accent Francais. I have classes five days a week, 3:15 hours a day on Mondays and Fridays and 4:45 hours on Tuesday, Wednesdays and Thursdays. I stay with a landlady who speaks only French. Weekends are mine and yesterday, I rented a bicycle for the day (paying €15 for the pleasure) and cycled in and around Montpellier for around five hours.

I found it very easy to cycle in Montpellier. Though I am used to cycling on the left and out here I have to cycle on the right, I found the going very smooth. There are cycling lanes everywhere and even if there isn’t a cycling path, bicycles are treated like any other vehicle on the road. I followed the traffic signals like every other driver on the road and felt very safe. 

I had lunch at an open air restaurant, with my bicycle propped up against a nearby railing. I returned my cycle at 6:30 pm and walked back to my flat.

A cool building that I spotted enroute 

I reached the sea, 7 kilometres away

I had an ice cream break, before I returned my cycle to the shop.

 

Some more random pics taken during the day.