I met Barbara and Emily at the Soclo Maison where they are staying and we slowly walked over to the Place du Capitole and grabbed a bite to eat. I had moules et frites which is one of my favorite meals and I really do not eat it that much in Toulouse.

Emily was still a little jet-lagged and not feeling all that well so I walked her back to the hotel and left Barbara at the cafe in the Place du Capitole. I, then, rejoined Barbara for a little dessert.

Barbara and I wandered around the city a little. I wanted to show her the Convent of the Jacobins but it was closed even though I think it was supposed to be open. I was able to show her Notre Dame du Taur. I think it is one of the hidden gems of Toulouse. While we were there the fire alarm or burglar alarm went off and it was incredibly loud and scared everyone looking at the church.

We then walked to the Chapel of the Carmelites, which is again one of the nice somewhat out of the way beauty spots in Toulouse. We sat and enjoyed a slight respite. Barbara is 91 so needs breaks in the walking. It is pretty amazing that she is still traveling on her own (with Emily) and getting around as well as she does.

The last stop was Saint Sernin. The basilica is emblematic of Toulouse.

I took Barbara back to the hotel for a rest before our dinner activities.

Barbara and I had taken an Apéro class at Revel in Alexandria this summer where we were given six different apéros that we could then make cocktails out of. One of the apéros was quinquina. I was amazed as I had never heard of quinquina before I came to Toulouse. I took a wine tour early on when visiting here and there is a bar that specializes in quinquina and it was on the tour. Since we had taken the class, I wanted to take Barbara and Emily to Au Pere Louis, the quinquina bar. It was opened in 1889 and is still flourishing.

We proceeded to Terra Tolosa for dinner. The dinner was wonderful as usual. Remi provided us with great Avengin wine (from Anjou in the Loire valley). It is Chenin blanc. He picked it because I was going vegetarian and the ladies were doing fish. I forgot to take a picture so I do not know the name but it was very good. He amused me as he asked if he could take a small glass of wine so that Valentin could taste it and learn about it. Valentin is the apprentice Remi is training to be a sommelier. Valentin is going to be mentor by Remi for the next 18 months.

For my starter, I had chicken liver pate enclosed in grilled brioche. It was accompanied by onion relish some goat cheese mouse and sliced apples. It was excellent. My main course was vegetarian ravioli. The vegetables were shredded and then enclosed in the pasta. There was a nice vegetarian broth poured over it. My dessert was moelleux with figs and honey ice cream. I had never had any of these before so it was fun to try all new things. The amusée buche was goat cheese with homemade waffles.

I did something I had never done before which was take an Uber in Toulouse. Barbara was not up to walking back to the hotel which I understood. I walk everywhere so had never tried Uber here but it worked out quite well. The most amusing was the route we had to take to get back to the hotel. We had to cross the Garonne twice as we were on the far south side of the center part of Toulouse and had to get to north side of the center. It probably took us as long to drive as it would have to walk. It is part of the things I like about Toulouse is that many of the streets are car restricted. It does make driving a more circuitous adventure.