This time, I was taking the metro to the Gare de Lyon in Paris where my train was leaving from, when I couldn't get past the turnstile in the metro. A little Gypsie boy saw that I couldn't get through, so he offered me some kind of ticket (which is pretty illegal) for 1 euro and it got me through. Then, I had to wait another 10 minutes for my train to arrive.
Unfortunately for me, this time, the SNCF (the company that runs the TGV) stuck to their motto of "guaranteed punctuality" and left right on the dot. I was 1 minute late for my train, which meant I missed it.
So at this point I was pretty stressed out, because the ticket I bought was non exchangeable and non refundable. This meant that I would've had to buy an entirely new ticket (probably for about 200 euros) and just thrown out the ticket I had. I went to the information desk where there was a nice man working, and told him I missed my train by 1 minute. He asks me for my ticket and starts writing something on the back of it, hands it back to me, smiles and says to get on the next train which leaves in 1 1/2 hours. I was so happy because I honestly thought I would just have to stay in Paris for the week.
So anyways, I get to Montpellier just fine, and they really did stick to their guaranteed punctuality motto; they said my train would arrive at 5:34 and it arrived at exactly 5:34, not a second later. My friend Cesar (one of the boys I'm staying with) came and got me from the train station and took me to him and his boyfriend's apartment just outside of the center of town.
I've just been relaxing, walking around a little, and spending many hours booking plane/train tickets and hostels/apartments to stay in during the rest of my travels. We went to a movie the first night I got here, and yesterday we went to the beach for a little (even though it was a little chilly).
Overall, I'm just spending this week relaxing before I start spending all day looking for some kind of job or volunteer work in Paris to do for 6 weeks.