wild weekend in Montpellier: 19°c vibes, wandering lens, and zero plans
tuesday rolled in like someone forgot to hand me a map. woke up in my rented flat by the old port, squinted at the sun, and muttered,"it's 19° right now, feels like 18.17ish but who cares? the air smells like lavender-or maybe that's just the old lady yelling at her cat three doors down. neighbors here have routines: the postal worker whistles opera at dawn, the baker's kid drops fresh bread on my balcony every wednesday. classic.", i said.
walked to café Le Zéb à La Grave-they had the best chocolate here, judging by the rumors. “some barista told me it's the best chocolate this side of nimes," a friend slurred last night. “but don't ask for this exact spot, it's cash-only and the owner stares at you like you owe her taxes." “interesting," i thought, biting into a €3.5 pastry. “silky, but not ‘silky,’ she said. “silky like justification."
spent 90 minutes photographing the train station. tim, my old lens cap, kept falling off, but i got that shot with the steam from the latte meeting the elixir sky (
). then wandered to saint-roch church. shadows were long, like the earth itself stretching to shake off winter. “this place," said some guy in a vintage sweater, “here the architect,” pointing at the stained glass. “lying. a local’d told me it's cleaner than our ethics meetings."
ate at mergoleto, “spaghetti that slaps,” cried a nutritionist i'll never remember. wednesday drizzled a bit, but only enough for the old man on the bench to hum better. “today," he said, “today the humming feels like confession."
going back to café Le Zéb à La Grave for more coffee. “nihilism is overrated," the bartender said, sloshing me a macchiato. “but the espresso? perfection. - “http://yelp.com/coffee-nooneaskedfor”
noticed the graffiti on the bridge walls. looked like Tim’s old setlist scrawled in spray can.
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