"This cultural-year highlight brings an opportunity to spend a weekend in September visiting an endless variety of well-known (but usually off-bounds) and outright unusual historical monuments. The European Council instated the EU-backed Heritage Days in 1991 on a French idea dating back to 1983 (when the Ministry of Culture held its first historical-monument open days). More than 40 French countries and regions hold Heritage Days now. The Palais de l’Elysée (the French President’s residence), Sénat, Assemblée Nationale, museums and theatres are a few of the many historical hotspots that open their doors to the public one weekend a year."
Montpellier also takes part in this. Essentially you're able to see cultural sites that are otherwise closed to the public, or cost something, for free. I only went to a few sites since I had been gone Saturday.
First we saw Chateau de Flaugergues. I really want to say that it was a magical experience... but it was basically a rich guy, distantly related to historically significant people, showing us his house and all the expensive things in it. I didn't really even take pictures inside, it was blah. It didn't help that I couldn't understand half of what he said.
I liked his cactus and aloe plants though
These are all over the place here
Then we went to Cathedrale Saint-Pierre, where, just for this weekend, we were able to climb to the top of it for a view of Montpellier.
Then we went to the old medical university, saw some old books.
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| Back when books were still considered luxuries and were hand-written, one by one |
Then we went to this tea place. I had passed it at least five times before, and I had been promising myself I would go eventually. It's a really chill hangout place, very bohemian. What really mattered was the tea, which was fantastic, I haven't had really good tea in a very long time.
Some random guy came in and played the piano while his dog slept under his chair
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