I travelled to Bordeaux to meet two friends of mine from Alexandria who were taking a Silverseas cruise and were stopping on Bordeaux for two days. I went up the day before so I would be sure to be in time to meet the ship when it docked on Sunday morning. The trip up was… Read More Bordeaux
I realized the French have 3 state holidays in May, May Day, VE Day and Ascension Day. It makes for a good month to take vacation is you are working. Ascension Day was a perfect holiday for a four day weekend as it fell on Thursday and I gather most people took Friday off as… Read More Ascension Day Holiday
I am doing the regular things required to wrap up my time in. Toulouse. It is both fun and somewhat bittersweet. I went shopping today for things to take back to Alexandria as gifts and mementos. I bought Stade Toulousian rugby polo shirts of two boys. I bought two cute dresses for two young ladies.… Read More Wrapping up in Toulouse
I did not blog on Saturday as it was a normal but not exciting day. I did my usual activities of walking around the city. I am on my quest to keep up my 10k steps a day so have to do a long walk around the city to get the steps. I ended the… Read More Typical Weekend
I am in the inbetween period when I am still enjoying being in Toulouse but also thinking about returning to Alexandria. My mind had started to plan things in Alexandria so when I get back I will have things to do. I need to build a routine in Alexandria the way I have here in… Read More Inbetween
It was a fairly wild weather day yesterday. There were numerous thunderstorms and heavy downpours. I like the thunderstorms and rain here in Toulouse as without a lot of city noise it is almost like you are at the beach with the sounds of rain and the storms. It was not super windy with the… Read More Rainy Day
I went to the St. Aubin’s farmers market as usual to do my weekly shopping. I, generally, buy fruit that I can eat on Sunday and Monday as I go to the other farmers market on Tuesday and get fresh fruit for the rest of the meals until Sunday. I stopped at the olive purveyor… Read More Standard Sunday
After discussing food the other day and at the suggestion of a friend, I decided to break my lunch routine and decided to try some Vietnamese food in France. Since Vietnam had previously been a French colony and they are strong connections between the two countries, I thought I could get some good Vietnamese cuisine.… Read More Fun Day
Since I broke my routine on Tuesday, I had to do some shopping on Wednesday so I would have vegetables for dinner tonight. I walked over to the Victor Hugo market and bought some fresh peas. I am getting my quota of peas while here in Toulouse as I generally cannot get peas in the… Read More Various activities
I can honestly say I have not had a bad meal at a restaurant since I have been in Toulouse. I do not know if I have just been lucky in finding fantastic restaurants or whether Toulouse just has really great chefs and restaurants. My favorite for both atmosphere, nice and friendly staff and great… Read More Food
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