Frog Blog

i just booked some tickets online for vacation. lord help me, i hope everything turns out ok.

i leave for dijon on oct. 25; from dijon i need to buy a ticket to beaune, which is only about 20 mins away by train and shouldn't cost too much.

i'll be in beaune 3 nights then head down to montpellier, near the beach, for 5 nights. i had to do some careful planning; i bought two round-trip tickets: from reims to dijon oct 25-nov. 2; from dijon to montpellier oct 28-nov. 2. get it? so nov. 2 will be a big travel day for me.

i thought i would be able to print out my tickets here but my only option was for them to send them to me at school. this should take about 4 business days. hopefully they'll come.

all in all, i charged about 100 euros for the train travel. my room in beaune only costs about 24 per night; i may try and stay in a hostel in montpellier to meet other people and sleep for cheap. there are a number of smaller beach towns near montpellier; i chose it because i knew i wanted to go somewhere south to get some sun and because lonely planet said it was a cool place. it's about the same size as reims and it has a tram.

it's so strange; i feel a bit apprehensive about traveling. i have no idea why. i think maybe it's because i remember the poopy parts of traveling; eating dinner alone, not knowing where to go, feeling lost, not talking to anyone for days... i think it will be a good idea to hostel it for a night or two to get my bearings. and traveling is one of the main reasons why i came to france; i want to see more of europe.

here's to hoping it's a little warmer and a little less dreary in montpellier than here...