I wanted to do some shopping for fruits and olives today so I walked to the farmers market that is held every Tuesday. It is about a 1.25 mile walk to the market from the apartment I am staying in. While I was walking there and knew I had to walk back, I thought about… Read More Back to usual
Comme d’habitude means as usual in French and that was what I thought my day was going to be. It was going to be the usual Thursday, I would get up, eat breakfast, read, then head out to lunch, wander the city, join the run group and then quick dinner and bed. Much of it… Read More Comme d’habitude but not
I have always hated to be routine and fall into a pattern but Sundays definitely have become both of those. St. Aubin’s farmers market is Sunday morning and closes at 12:30 pm so I have to go earlier in the morning since I go to Church at 12:00 pm. I love the market as it… Read More Sundays are always busy
I am going to a concert on Friday night at the Halle aux grain Friday night and needed to figure out how long it takes to walk from the apartment from the apartment to the concert hall. I looked the concert hall on Google maps and it gave the directions but I do not have… Read More Making progress
I am back to the old routines from when I was in Toulouse in the fall. I got up this morning and had breakfast. I tend to get up later in Toulouse as the sun rises a little later. Also, the Airbnb has shutters on the windows and only shears for curtains. I close the… Read More Back to my old routines
I am finally starting to connect with some of the runners in the group (even though it is sort of late as I only have three runs left before I head back to Alexandria). The young man (Laurent) who was the DJ at the run last Tuesday showed up. He came over and started chatting… Read More Another Fun Run with Run in Toulouse
I read before coming to Toulouse that to make a decision of whether you really wanted to live somewhere, you had to live there when it was not perfect and everything was wonderful. Well, I am in that period at the moment (not that I am not still loving it). The weather has been less… Read More Getting Used to Fall
I got up and wandered over to where the Toulouse Marathon was being run. I watched at the Grand Rond, a large roundabout with a fountain in the middle. It was where I read on Friday. It was approximately the 40 kilometer mark on the marathon which is not far from the end of the… Read More Marathon 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
This morning, I had some shopping to do so I could have food to eat. I went to a market farther from me, St. Cyprien, which is across the Garonne River from where my apartment is. It is the furtherest central marche from me. I like to branch out and try new places and since… Read More Another fun day
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