it does thunderstorm in south france

I love thunder!! The last three days have been awesome. First parts of the day are super sunny and nice, then I get the treat of fabulous dark clouds and rolling thunder and a sprinkle of lightning. I've missed watching a good storm.

I have 4 weeks left in Montpellier before I take off backpacking. I'm really looking forward to that. But of the next 28 days, I'll only be in Montpellier for just over half. I have a trip to Greece and another to Barcelona planned before exams.

I got back last Wednesday from 8 days in Germany and Austria. I started an 8 hour road trip to Stuttgart, Germany with two of my German friends. That night, we stayed at Julia's house, then picked up Melissa from the bus stop. That evening we headed out to Lindau, Germany, a town on Lake Constance, to her summer house. It was absolutely beautiful there. You look across the lake and you're staring out at Austria and Switzerland while in Germany.

After a night in Lindau, Melissa and I took a train to Salzburg, Austria. We treked to our hostel at 12:30am while all the locals were heading out to the bars, because it was past midnight on Good Friday. It was a hike, but quite pretty seeing Salzburg lit up at night like that.

We had three full days in Salzburg and they were as sunny as ever. We sat by the river and had picnics, got attacked by bees, went on the Sound of Music tour, walked through many flower gardens, and did a bit of damage shopping. It's quite a pisturesque town. Just as you would expect it (if you've seen the movie).


A few of our favourite things...
- Mirabel Gardens (they ran through these in the movie and they are even prettier in real life)
- Radler (beer mixed with either Sprite and lemon, or lemonade)
- Wiener Schnitzel (I was nervous ordering it, because I really didn't know what it was, but it tasted really good)
- 8pm nightly screenings of The Sound of Music at our hostel (we watched it twice)
- The fun Aussie sisters we bunked with
- Picnics by the river
- Being in four countries in one day (on our drive back, we were in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and then France)