Scenes from Clermont

I keep referring to it as Clermont-Ferrand, but some locals I met last night simply call it Clermont.  (Forget about that 18th-century merger with Montferrand.)  Here are some random pictures:

Fountain near my apartment

Hydrangeas

Statue of Urbain II, Pope who started the First Crusade from Clermont

View of Place de la Victoire, site of Urbain II's statue, from Cafe Pascal, named after another famous Clermont native, mathematician Blaise Pascal