Mum and I stayed over in a Travelodge in Gatwick last night before meeting Hollie for breakfast this morning to say goodbye. Then I checked in and went to catch my flight - which turned out to be running nearly an hour late causing some minor panic amongst my fellow passengers! Unfortunately the departures board was faulty so it incorrectly showed my flight as being gate closed which meant I had to run manically to the gate - it turns out that gate 27 is pretty much the furthest gate away!
I made some friends in the queue to get on the plane, including a lady who lives in Montpellier and ended up giving me her number and introduced me to her French husband when we landed, which was very nice and could prove to be very helpful!
After landing in the airport (which is right on the coast so there was a scary moment where you thought you were going to land in the sea!), I got a taxi to some offices for young people in Montpellier to pay for my 'logement d'urgence', and also managed to persuade my taxi driver to wait for me and then drive me to my hotel - win-win! He obviously realised that I might need his business again so gave me his card, so now I can take my Montpellian (if that's even a word?!! friend count to at least 2!!
I'm currently sat in my hotel room, which think I may end up having to share, although it wasn't quite clear so we'll see! The good news is that I've actually got it booked for a maximum of 7 nights, which gives me slightly longer to look for more permanent accommodation. The not so good news is that the hotel seems to be on the side of a major road in an industrial looking area so I'm not sure if there's much going on here which could be difficult for finding some sort of food for dinner tonight!
Anyway, I am about to go out for a wonder to see what I can find, so that's the update for my first (sort of) day in Montpellier done, I will keep this blog updated over the next week.
A bientôt!
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