On today's join us in France, the lovely city of Monpuleer in the southwest of France, and why it has so much to offer. the the Thank you for tipping your guide Kelly Woods. If you two would like to support the show head on over to

join us in France.com support. Thank you. I misspoke at the beginning of my

conversation with Elise on Monpuleet.

I said it was episode 104 and it's not it's 105.

There's been so many I can't keep track.

This is join us in France episode 104.

Hello I'm Annie and I'm Elise and join us in France is a travel show all about France and today we go to the beautiful city of Montpellier.

Momp, or Montpellier for those of us who are not born in France.

Mon Pelier.

Yeah, well, people there might say it Mon Pelier as well.

So it's not, it wouldn't be so surprising.

But before we get to that, of course, I need to ask you what you've been up to because you've been gone on.

I know you always ask me. Well, excuse me. I've just come back from going back to the States for a fairly long time to visit my family on the West Coast, which is always a pleasure.

Yes, yes. I actually spent a few days in the San Francisco Bay Area

Which is the first time I've it's the first time I've been back in a quite a while and it reminded me of just how beautiful it is there.

It was lovely, although it was very short visit.

And then into the Pacific Northwest, where it rained what else predictably what else which is why the

trees are so huge yeah did it rain a lot or was it more like actually this time

it rained a lot. Oh wow. Yeah I always go back in the winter somewhere between

January and February and I've had in the last three years one year where I got snowed in which was extremely rare

yeah one year last year where there was a lot of sun and no almost no rain and this time

where I had a little bit of sun in about three or four days and

...