The Salon Vins & Terroirs is held every year in Toulouse. It is an expo of wineries, distilleries, chocolate and other foods from France and elsewhere. It is held at the MEET expo center. I went last year and decided to go again this year. It cost 5 euros and you get a glass so… Read More Fun Day
Today was probably the worst weather day we have had since I arrived in Toulouse. I guess that makes me pretty lucky as I have been here about 5 weeks. It was overcast and blustery with unexpected rain squalls. I relied on the weather app and it said the rain was supposed to stop around… Read More A good routine
I have been thinking about this recently. This stay has been very different than my first two stays. It is has been a good different but definitely different. The previous two stays, I really did not meet anyone other than the Toulousians that I met through Run in Toulouse and the restaurants I eat at… Read More Different Stay in Toulouse this time.
I am finally returning to my “normal” Toulouse life. I did my usual Tuesday activities – go out for a walk, lunch out, run with Run in Toulouse in the evening and light dinner at home in the evening. When I got up in the morning, it was raining. We seem to be in a… Read More Back to normal Toulouse life
Thought it was catchy and sort of caught my mood. I woke up to a rainy, gloomy day and knew it was “life maintenance” day. I have always done house cleaning and laundry on Monday as most things are closed that day here in Toulouse. This led to a completely worthless day. I did clean… Read More Rainy days and Mondays always get me down
I decided I could have a slow day as I had did a lot of activities over the last couple of weeks. I did my “faire les courses” – my weekly shopping trip to the St. Aubin’s market, the Marchè Victor Hugo, got my chocolate croissant from Maison Pillon and a baguette. I tried a… Read More Slow Day
I had mentioned the Wine Festival to Nancy and Mike and we agreed to meet at 1;00 pm at the festival. We spent the afternoon tasting wine, learning a little bit about wine and eating charcuterie. The weather was beautiful so it was a fun day just to hang out and enjoy the festival. We… Read More Typical Toulouse Weekend Day
For most of the day I rested and caught up on rest and recovered from the on the go week with Jesse and Jen. It was a great week but we were on the go all the time. I needed a at home relaxing day. After returning to my normal routines, breakfast and lunch at… Read More An unexpected and fun day
This morning, Jesse and Jen, headed back to the U.S. We got up fairly early so they could make it to the airport and catch their plane. I walked them over to the bus stop for the Aeroport Navette so they would be sure to catch the correct bus. After seeing them off, I walked… Read More Back to normal routine
It was the last day of Jesse and Jen’s visit. We started out lazily as I think we were all slightly tired after all the activities we had one over the week. We had done a great deal of walking, some running, eating and drinking. It was a great visit. The one tourist activity that… Read More Last day of the friends visit
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