After watching the results come in the election, which was a surprise for me. I did my usual ramble around Toulouse. I had not seen the Convent de Jacobins and wanted to visit it. It is the first Dominican Priory in the world. It is truly stunning. The original building was built in the 12th… Read More Election Day in US and another day in Toulouse
I felt Monday that I was not really doing as well as I should after a month in Toulouse. I did not feel my French was enough to get around and become more comfortable as I could be. Today changed that in a positive way. I needed to make reservations for dinner tonight and the… Read More Interesting Day
I went to the St. Aubin flea/market’s market as I usually do on Sunday morning and was confused as I started to see stands and other activity when I was several blocks from the actual flea/farmer’s market. Not sure why but they were having a street festival and a fun fair/carnival at St. Aubin’s this… Read More Always a surprise in Toulouse
I had a very busy week which was great but needed a day to recharge so it was a lazy day of reading and just relaxing. For dinner, I had arranged to meet one of the women who was on the Wine Bar tour. Kristi is in Toulouse studying French for six week. We learned… Read More Battery Recharge Day
It is All Saints Day and I decided to go to the service at Saint Sernin as it sounded like a nice service when it was announced on Sunday. Unlike on a regular Sunday, you could only get into the Basilica if you were actually attending the service. On the usual Sunday, there are many… Read More More things to do in Toulouse
On Wednesday, I celebrated 4 weeks of my adventure in Toulouse and today was the end of October so I guess it marks a month of my stay. I am not sure exactly how to describe my feelings on the past month. It has been an adventure and I have enjoyed it. It has not… Read More Some reflections on 4 weeks in Toulouse
Another day that has made me happy that I have moved to Toulouse and makes me think that moving here for a year would work. The day started out with my usual wandering around the city. I found the EDF plant, the first hydroelectricity plant in Toulouse built in 1888. They have made it into… Read More A very fun day/evening in Toulouse
It is very interesting writing the title of the post as coming back to the apartment in Toulouse after having such a great visit with the Field children, their spouses and children (spouse and grandchildren) did feel like I was returning home. I think that is a good sign for my little adventure of living… Read More Returned Home to Toulouse
I am in London on the first stop of visiting friends and going to the memorial service. I have not been in London for almost 40 years which amazes me. I have traveled literally all over the world since my last trip to London so it really surprises me that I have not been here… Read More Longer field trip to London
Toulouse is known as the pink city as most of the old and some new buildings are built out of red clay that looks pink at sunset. It was not really sunset but I got a feel of the reason it is called the pink city as the sun was starting to set. The main… Read More Feeling more comfortable in being in Toulouse
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