topics: oysters (food), Football/Soccer (HISTORY), the World Cup, Montpellier, Béziers; jump to dispatch

BikeAbout Log

At 6:00 PM June 9, 1998
Sunrise (local): 6:07 a.m. Sunset (local): 9:25 p.m.	Weather 85°F
Traveled Since Last Dispatch 77 mi / 124 km Cumulative Total 5742 mi / 9246 km	Lat: 43° 20' 33" N Lon: 3° 12' 57" E Elev: 131 ft / 40 m

Fast Facts

Where We Are: Béziers
Where We're Staying: Hotel Alma Unic
Places We Visited: Montpellier, Nîmes, Béziers
Featured Site: Montpellier
Person of the Day: a dashing trio of hardworking French students
What We Ate:: Food of the Day: huîtres (oysters); Breakfast: cookies, bananas and water; Lunch: ham-and-cheese sandwiches, yogurt and fruit; Dinner: fish soup, oysters, confit de canard, magret du canard and tarte au chocolate; Olive count: 2311
Word of the Day: If you are a little short of lunch money, you might ask a French friend, "T'as pas dix balles?" ("Do you have 10 bucks?"). If you are lucky, he or she will say "oui" ("yes") but, it has been more likely, in our hungry experience, that you will hear "Non, je suis desolé." ("No, I am sorry."). "Balles" is a slang word for the French currency - the French franc [10 francs equal about 2 dollars] - and is used much in the same way we say "bucks" in American English.
Tech Fact of the Day: Football: Flat Count (Cumulative): 45; Broken Spoke Count (Cumulative): 33


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