http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Midi-Pyr-n-es/Toulouse/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , France , Midi Pyr n es , Toulouse en-us Sun, 06 Dec 09 08:31:07 +0000 Sun, 06 Dec 09 08:31:07 +0000 We recently visited Sarlat which at only 2.5 hours drive from Toulouse and discovered a typical regional French medieval village. Sarlat has one of the most beautiful open air markets of France and is reknown for this. Hard to choose amongst all the types of fresh sausages from duck meat sausage to porc sausage with truffle or from porc sausage with roquefort to porc sausage with wild mushr http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Midi-Pyr-n-es/Toulouse/blog-448370.html Thursday and we are a week away from Australie children school lunches CPD Milward et al ... and it sure seems it ... it so warm ... in a lovely comfortable gentle way. There is absolutely no need for cardigans and jackets at this stage of the journey ... and sitting in cafes having a beer or a mineral water guess who that is at day's end has become very attractive ... Toulouse on this day http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Midi-Pyr-n-es/Toulouse/blog-435622.html Being in Toulouse is not to lose but to win by a LotA picture paints 1000 words and we have many of this terracotta city. Byzantine ceilings French painters and streetscapes galore ... blended with warm days and nights ... lends itself to cafe sitting and postcard writing or people gazing ... Toulouse is an architectural feast with lots of narrow streets and loads of character at every turn. W http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Midi-Pyr-n-es/Toulouse/blog-435271.html Am writting this from Toulose so keyboard is weird so sorry for typos.. on a spur of the moment decision we decided to go to the south of France because it was soo hot in spain and i wanted to enjoy a bit of french culture.. so we headed to Nice and then we couldnt get a hostel anywhere but Toulouse so here i am first impression werent good as our hostel was actually hotel and in hobbo crack http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Midi-Pyr-n-es/Toulouse/blog-426207.html Good afternoon relatives and friendsSorry for the delay in writing. There were no Internet cafes in Lourdes. Only lots of god and virgin mary. We have finally recovered from the running of the bulls and the party. We have enjoyed an afternoon in Toulouse A beautiful city Grant has gone off to do the washing for 15 dollars. And I have seen 5 prostitutes on my way to the internet cafe. We have sp http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Midi-Pyr-n-es/Toulouse/blog-419482.html Toulouse is one Beauty of a city. the Pink city of southern France has a great Opera house where my brother sings as a basso and a big University. Toulouse is also known for being the city where the Airbus where many of us go on holiday is built.So we had a double purpose attending Mylne Farmers concert at the Zenith and visiting my brother and my nephews who are also a musical family. It is http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Midi-Pyr-n-es/Toulouse/blog-404524.html The SightsWe took the public bus into town which was effortless. The new metro is open but it is still only one line and only gives access to the most populous places. Old Toulouse is pretty small so it was not too much trouble to get around town.Toulouse is really an incredible city and probably does not get its due credit despite being the 5th largest city in France. The town has changed and http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Midi-Pyr-n-es/Toulouse/blog-369477.html It has not snowed as much in 15 years I was told today. Toulouse has not seen that much snow in ages and naturally I did not recon with these temperatures. When I arrived in September the days were hot the nights mild and now 5 months later I wish I had taken my gloves and scarf from Haarlem in Holland. Toulouse and southern France is a beautiful and warm place on earth. Small streets and aven http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Midi-Pyr-n-es/Toulouse/blog-361867.html Friday 31st OctoberHalfway to Toulouse we stopped at a place called Agen. With difficulty we found a parking space. We had our lunch in the motor home and then started our exploration.. The streets were deserted. At first we thought it was odd but then we realised that the south of France shops and boutiques shut at midday for longer hours. The old town is beautiful but a lot of restoration wor http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Midi-Pyr-n-es/Toulouse/blog-344498.html JE voie la vie en rose ou estce la ville en rosebref nous avons connue toulouse en temp de pluie et tatati et tata tale soir arriver a toulouse nous avons rencontrer un fameux personnage au nopm de antoine driot avec qui nous avons ete prendre une biere et ki conduit un camoin de 84 blanc roullie avec seulement 3place qui sont tous a lavant. NOus avons ete heberger chez trois informatitien bien http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Midi-Pyr-n-es/Toulouse/blog-341841.html 31st OctoberTrebe Carcassone AurignacMum and I got up this morning and went for a slow jogsprintbowling run down the side of a canal. Trees lined the path and we saw a white heron fly off the canal. Itrsquos amazing in France because you can camp in Aires de service for free and they seem to be all beautiful. We drove 5 minutes into Carcassone. There are two cities within Carcassone http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Midi-Pyr-n-es/Toulouse/blog-341589.html I leave tomorrow for Aix and Irsquom a little relieved for things to go back to lsquonormal.rsquo This week has been good though Irsquove spent a lot more time in Myself than I usually do. Irsquove meditated every day written out and focused on my goals for the future and tried very consciously all day long to rid my brain of unhealthy thoughts. Irsquove also studied my ass off http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Midi-Pyr-n-es/Toulouse/blog-339756.html This week I am in Toulouse with the children at their grandparents. Murielersquos brother his wife and children are here also itrsquos kind of like a weeklong vacation with the family in the countryside except the family isnrsquot mine and they speak a language only semicomprehensible to me. So then you can understand my hesitation to assume that this would be a good time right It ha http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Midi-Pyr-n-es/Toulouse/blog-338695.html Et voil. Pour finir on a d faire un bout de chemin en stop depuis la frontire italienne jusqu' Toulouse.objectif financier dpass. Sans compter le prix du billet on a tourn 13eur par jour chacun. en comptant quelques souvenirsLe stop ... tendre le pouce pendant une heure c'est vraiment gonflant. Marcher 1h12 pour atteindre une entre d'autoroute a arrive. Mais ensuite on est pr http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Midi-Pyr-n-es/Toulouse/blog-324909.html Notre vie est un voyageDans l'hiver et dans la nuitNous cherchons notre passageDans le ciel o rien ne luit. chanson des gardes suisses 1793 Nous commenons par 13 heures de train pour arriver Leiden mais en fait cela passe assez vite. Nous somme rcuprs par Joren la gare et la premire chose que nous voyons en en sortant c'est ce gigantesque garage vlo Puis nous n'avons pas mang http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Midi-Pyr-n-es/Toulouse/blog-322665.html voir la carte pour un aperu de notre voyage Nous souhaitons faire un voyage et pas du tourisme et nous esprons des expriences varies. Ce sera donc super d'tre logs par du monde diffrent que nous connaissons dja ou pas. Joren Jan et Anna Heike puis couchsurfing divers contacts de Paulin etc mais ... qu'estce que le CouchSurfing Et si donc au final il y a quelque http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Midi-Pyr-n-es/Toulouse/blog-322366.html Prague t 2007. Voyage 3 nous 2 avec papa. Paulin et moi devions certainement tre en train de parler voyages d'envies ou de projets pour l't prochain. Et c'est pas possible nous sommes assoiffs car nous sortions dj d'un t bien rempli en mouvement. Nous avec quelques jours Paris et 10 jours en Rpublique Tchque Paulin avec ses 2 semaines en Angleterre et moi avec outre mon p http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Midi-Pyr-n-es/Toulouse/blog-322346.html Voici une partie du texte que je suis en train d'crire... en fait que j'tais en train d'crire avant de partir l'autre bout de la France Je vous conte tout a ds que j'ai un accs plus long internet car ici je ne l'ai que pour quelques minutes Dsol de ne pas pouvoir vous donner des nouvelles plus souvent mais j'arrange tout a samedi Je suis actuellement Fontenay le Comte prs de http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Midi-Pyr-n-es/Toulouse/blog-305474.html Wow enfin nous sommes sortis de notre univers de poussire et de sueur En effet suite un tumultueux priple sur le second terrain de notre richissime employeur moi et mon comparse nous sommes enfin dcids nous devions sortir tenter lrsquoaventure nous jeter dans les bras de la nature. Ainsi crsquoest mis germer et fleurir dans lrsquoespace drsquoun aprsmidi lrsquoide http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Midi-Pyr-n-es/Toulouse/blog-303162.html Hllo la compagnieLa France vous dit bonjour dans un air de srnit empli des effluves attirantes du vin qui coule flot En effet ici le vin c'est comme de l'eau . 1.5 euros la bouteille moins cher que du jus mais tout un jus toujours du 100 pur naturel cueillit dans le champs d' cot au fait 1 euro c'est environ 1.60 canadien mais au change on achte 1.75 et on vend 1.45. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Midi-Pyr-n-es/Toulouse/blog-299812.html