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
The change in lifestyle sometimes brings revelations that one does not expect. I have embarrassed the daily shopping and not storing a great deal of food to have on hand to cook and eat. This brought a little bit of an issue as when I woke up it was pouring down rain. Sunday is my… Read More Revelations but good ones
I guess life is getting a little routine and mundane as I did not really do anything today. I did the usual walk around the city. I guess I am getting a little obsessed with my step count which has happened in the past. I am determined to get 10,000 steps a day and have… Read More Not Much for this Saturday
I was surprised as there did not seem to be any commemoration of the end of WWII here in Toulouse. There might have been but I was not able to find any. One of my friends texted me and asked about any celebration and asked if anything was being done in the “Free Zone”. I… Read More VE Day
I have made a practice of trying to walk 10,000 steps every day since there are such nice places to walk and scenery to see. I have accomplished it for a large portion of the time I have been here except for rainy days and so “rest” days. Today I walked along both banks of… Read More More Standard Post Today
As the French say “comme d’habitude”, as usual it was laundry day. I did my weekly laundry as usual. Having limited clothes makes the routine very easy. I was trying to figure out how to reduce my Alexandria routine to the same. The air drying clothes does take longer than a dryer but it is… Read More Slight variation on Monday
I went for my usual Friday night dinner at Le Panache. It is always fantastic food and a fun place to spend time. Before I ordered, Diego, the chef brought out an appetizer for me that he had created that was not on the menu. It was grilled asparagus with ceviche and passion fruit. As… Read More Happy and Sad
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