woodst-wanderers: Montpellier, at the Aquarium and our last evening

A great day in Montpellier - we had a few hours just exploring Montpellier and some of the beautiful churches and streets.........it really is a gorgeous old city

Exploring around the streets of Marseille and the beautiful St Roch Church -

Today the boys and I decided we would head to the Montpellier Aquarium and check out the marine life in the Mediterranean area. Mum decided she would have a chill out day and Karl was due home mid-afternoon. We headed off early catching the tram and easily found our way to the aquarium.

Coming up close to check out Loki

This shark was huge..................

Cute little Nemo's

This fish was wierd - it lives in this hole and pops up and down

The touch tank - water was freezing!

Scary sharks

We also really liked the interactive ship experience that they had which simulated being on a big ship during a storm - was very cool.

At the aquarium we met an English woman, Tracy, who is currently based in Marseille and so on our 2^nd trip around the aquarium the boys played “tour/information guide” - I think they were just really excited to have someone else English speaking to converse with!

We then found an American burger joint for lunch where they had the French tennis open on TV - perfect! We had a great lunch and then headed back to our apartment.

We chilled out for a bit and then went to “check the drains” or have a beer as most people would say. Mum and I went shopping first and we met the boys at the bar. Shopping was fun, we got a little lost in the winding streets but eventually found our way to the main square and the boys. We had a few beers and then a great dinner where mum had her first “real steak” in France. Here you can often get “steak hache” which is minced up beef of which she is not a fan! Anyway - great dinner, great company and a great last night for us in Montpellier.