Musees des Beaux-Arts, Beziers, France

Friday, October 29, 2010

We have another day in Bezier and have decided to visit the Musees des Beaux-Arts, which is actually two museums. A paltry two Euro will get you into both and it is well worth it. The two buildings are completely separate old houses and its about a three minute walk to get from one to the other. 

Le Petit Montmartre, Beziers France

Thursday, October 28, 2010

We asked the staff at our hotel desk to recommend a restaurant and it was  suggested we visit Le Petit Montmartre. Since we now weren't going to be visiting Montmartre in Paris, due to the strikes in the city, we decided to check it out.

Beziers, France

We arrived in Beziers and checked in to our hotel. It is a mid-sized city and looks much like others in the area.

Beziers if famous for three things; The first is it's four day bull fighting festival in August of each year; Feria en Aout. That may soon end, as it has in nearby Spain. Animal rights activists are trying to have the grotesque 'sport' banned. We did not attend a bull fight.

Lyon Layover

Our 'high speed' train turned out to be a low-speed train, but we made it to Lyon and are killing time here by wandering around the big mall near the train station and having a bite to eat.

 

Mall food is mall food everywhere and the 'service' (I use the term loosely) at this restaurant was terrible and so was the food. At least they are consistent. 

I am happy to see that Lyon has a great bike sharing program with more than 300 locations! Lyon saw a 500% increase in bicycle ridership following the unveiling of the system in 2005.

 

Later the same day...

We have arrived in Montpellier. Our hotel room is small and spartan, but it is all we need. It is late and we are just sleeping here tonight and catching a train to Beziers  in the morning.

We went for a walk to get some juice and beer. I have never seen so much dog shit on the streets of a city in all my life. There is much more to Montpellier than the few streets I saw, and I'm sure some of the attractions are nice. But my current opinion, based on what I saw is that this place is disgusting and I will not be rushing to visit again.

Just google; dog, shit and France and see what comes up!