The Beziers Blog

Oh dear- so many good intentions. Who said retired people have time on their hands?  I will now endeavour to be more organised and bring you good people up to date.

 Mothers holiday- Well we managed to visit several places in the region. While she was here it was necessary to visit Montpellier to have a look in Ikea. Bad move really (the Ikea bit I mean)  They are very large stores aren’t they?  After about 15 minutes Mum had had enough, her leg was sore and she was bored. (See it is not just the youngsters) Anyway we had seen and priced what we thought we wanted so we left.  It was possible to leave the car at the tram park and catch the tram into the city.  By the time we got there it was coming up to lunchtime, a very good excuse to visit the Entrecote, a favourite restaurant.  They only serve steak with frites, all they want to know is how you want it cooked.

It was ideal for Mum because she only has a small appetite, this meant she had a plate and shared mine and Geoff’s.  The steak was cut into thin small slices and served with their own special homemade sauce, laid out on individual serving trays.  After lunch we very slowly strolled around the Place de la Comedie.  Montpellier is a very beautiful city with a mixture of old and new architecture.  Again I did not think it through and Mum got weary very quickly (where has that spritely lady of old gone?).  Before when we visited with her we wandered and looked for ages.  The fountains, the street-side cafes and the snickety little side streets are all well worth seeing.  On this visit however after 1 hour we left, caught the tram, collected the car and came home.  The day taught us a lesson - walking was out of the question.

During her holiday we drove to many interesting places just to see the views.  The river at Cessenon-sur-Orb, the lakes in the Haut Languedoc and also the beach at Serignan Plage.

  What a busy two weeks we have had.  Two weeks ago this blog was started.  Then people started to arrive. First to arrive was mother - 87 years young with a recently injured knee to cope with.  She flew from East Midlands airport into Carcassonne airport using Ryanair.  They were very good and wheel-chaired her on and off the plane.  It was a big surprise to see her in a wheelchair but better to be safe than sorry.  After our initial greetings she said she was upset because she could not walk as much as usual.  Thank goodness in and around Beziers there are plenty of places to visit without walking very far. (more…)

So here we are in sunny Béziers with our own blog to go with the website about our holiday apartment. We’ll be adding lots of Béziers info over the coming months so please pop by often and see what’s going on.

We’ll be including as many places of interest in Béziers as we can find, to suit all tastes and budgets. We’ll also be trundling around the department of Hérault and the region of Languedoc Roussillon and putting up the things we find.

We’ll be trying to add things that will help people having a holiday in Béziers or perhaps looking for a Béziers property so if there’s anything you think we might be able to help you with please drop us a line here.

Over on the right there’s a list sites of local interest. We’ll be adding to that too over time.

Well I think that will do for our first post. I hope you enjoy the blog and we look forward to maybe seeing you in Béziers in the future - we know where there’s a great apartment to rent!