After a hiatus of posting, I am starting on the third long stay in Toulouse. I am in Dulles Airport waiting for my flight to Toulouse. It is beginning to feel like the normal for my life now as this is the third trip since October 2024. The routine of it is comforting. I know… Read More Third scene in the next chapter
I have been happy to be back in Alexandria and seeing friends. It is amazing that it is so easy in some ways to re-integrate in my life in Alexandria after being away for 2.5 months but also how emotionally difficult it is as well. I went for a walk on Monday morning in hopes… Read More Re-entry to life in Alexandria
Got up early and threw the last things in my suitcase. I had to add my running clothes as they were not dry from the previous evening. It started raining on the way home so they were soaked when I got back to the apartment. I locked up the Airbnb and walked over to where… Read More Return to Alexandria.
I had a good but sad day in Toulouse. I finished up my gift buying for friends. I bought chocolate from two of Chocolatiers as I wanted it to be fresh when I gave it to my friends. I bought one box at a chocolatier that I know is local and the other is at… Read More Last Day in Toulouse
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
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