Monday, November 08, 2004

Random Musings....

So bush has won, and the whole of europe still exists. Good news, i
think.
This past weekend, I visited some fellow pepperdiners in montpellier, a
small city (pop. 250K) about 90 minutes train ride from Marseille.
There is a quote that the Marseille tourist office uses to describe
marseille - "It's not a city, it's a shock." After seeing Montpellier,
i have to agree. Montpellier seemed to be the charming town that we
read about, imagine and picture. Small, quaint, and walkable. But with
a whole different side as well - Montpellier is also a huge college
town - so about 25% of the population is college aged - and from many
parts of the world. So it's young and energetic, but truly French. We
partied with Jared and Jason all weekend, and met some fo their
friends. interestingly enough, there are about 2000 swedish exchange
students (70% female), and J&J seem to know all of them. No problems
with that for me....
Regardless a good time was had by all.
This weekend is a marseille weekend. We're off to watch L'Olympique
Marseille (the local football team) take on Strasbourg in a Ligue 1
match. Should be fun. Anyhoo, various personal events and exhaustion
are conspiring to keep me from blogging very much, so if you'll excuse
me, I'll be signing off now.
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