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Toulouse Slideshow
Toulouse
Travel Blogs from Toulouse, France
French Telecom - uugghhhh
Had you asked me even yesterday if I have found the language barrier difficult I would have answered, "Not really." Until yesterday, I was getting by quite well with my limited French - even to the point of asking a waitress not to speak to me in ...
TWIG
I have just had a day which I can only describe as exhilarating. I have joined a group called TWIG - Toulouse Women's International Group. It's basically a group of about two hundred women ex-pats from many different countries, and a smattering of French ...
Are you a teacher?
... and vegies from the markets are delicious. Most of the stalls are run by the middle aged farmers and their wives themselves who come into Toulouse from the country to sell their wares. You can ask for an item ready to eat today, or in a few days time, ...
Scandal
... when I was in Sydney. Back to the movie experience. There are cinemas just like our cinemas back in Sydney, located in the city of Toulouse itself, but Julie took me to a smaller venue in a village about thirty minutes from my house. It was a lovely old ...
Aix-Marseille-Puget-Montpellier-Toulouse, ufa!
Afff Maria, dessa vez foi danado, passei umaaaa semaaaana inteira sem atualizar o blog! Espero que nao tenham todosvcs desistido de vez! Pois bem, de Aix-en -Provence, uma cidade linda na qual me senti muito a vontade, me despenquei pra ...
Nuages et vélos
... de seis meses debido al vandalismo. Pero estamos en Francia, y esto aquí funciona. Gracias a mis adoradas bicis, he podido recorrerme Toulouse casi de punta a punta y recordar la mayoría de sitios que visité hace cinco años con Miguel. Como era ...
Breakthrough
I picked up the kids from school today and immediately noticed a change. Last week they must have really been finding their feet because today Jacob came out first – all smiles, and he even came straight up and cuddled me in front of everyone. As ...
Steroetypes and Supermarkets
It has been pleasing to discover that contrary to the perception of the French being rude, the French people here are really lovely. They have been very patient with my extremely limited grasp of the language, and are always smiling and helpful. ...
A historic day
... had just happened and what it meant for the future. I regretted that I couldn’t stay longer, but I had to drive on to Toulouse for a short night before my early flight back to Paris in the morning. So we parted by the lake, and looked forward to ...
Free Museums
In Toulouse, the museums are free the first Sunday of every month, so when we said that was what we were doing today, the kids were not happy. I suggested to Cam that we just do the Contemporary Art Museum. The kids still complained...until we got there. ...
Into France!
... watch. I never did find any of the locks for the canal, and I wasn't even aware of the canal. But it does have very interesting history. * Oh yes, I remember now about Toulouse and why I wanted to come here. See the next entry. ...
one day we went to toulouse
... picture-less. And right now i can either pretend to start on my last project of the semester or i can tell you ALL ABOUT TOULOUSE and the latter def sounds like much more fun. actually, I'm just going to put up some pictures and then caption things that ...
Sally's en route!
... to prepare for her expedition to Nepal with the military. Cutting a long story short, she arrives tomorrow and I'm in Toulouse awaiting a train connection to Carcassone to meet her! I'm delighted, although I am wonderful company, if I may say ...
A380 Tour
Today we went on the Airbus A380 Tour (in English). It was really interesting from the point of view that I got to see where Cam works - well from five storeys up on an observation deck. Some of the facts and figures we were told were amazing. Cam had ...
Mid-term Break through
This week, the weather has been getting up to 15 degrees in the afternoon which is very warm for Winter here. Good timing for the Mid-term Break though, and it has meant that the kids and I have been on daily bike rides - we have discovered many bike ...
à la française
some innocent and general observations: 1) precepts in French society are strong; il y a des manieres de faire: look nice when you are up and about; if you ask someone for directions on the street, say hello beforehand; don't order too much at a ...
Toulouse toujours Toulouse
... vrai cuisinier alors elles n'ont pas hate de le voir partir. Espéront qu'il ne s'attirera pas la colère de Dieu. On reste à Toulouse jusqu'au 2 septembre, date de la fin de mon employement, apres quoi on va enfin se remettre en route vers ...
Fabien the Super Host
Fabs laid on a driving tour and tasty cuisine + a big club night with famous Frenchy DJ. Called Roast Bief by ...
Cite de l'Espace Space Adventure
Today we went to Cite de l'Espace which stands for Space City. It is sort of like a theme park without rides (except for simulators). It has a fantastic planetarium show and a replica of the Russian Space Station that you walk through. The rest is ...
Coup de Coeur
Bonjour la France, Bonjour le Québec! (accent francais) C'est sur une note beaucoup plus positive que Toulouse nous a acceuilli.Entre autre pcq c'est la plus fuckin nice auberge de jeunesse de la terre... LA TERRE! Ultra propre, tout est neuf, douche ...
French hitch hike part 4 - Toulouse to Andorra
... though he may have been a drug dealer. By now we have received word from Andre and Andy that they couldn't get a lift out of Toulouse so went back to Emilie's to stay another night - to try again tomorrow. It doesn't take myself and Florin more than 10 ...
Premier arrêt dans la ville rose
Nous passons la matinée avec les anciens collègues de Greko et déjeuneons avec Alain. Greko se met donc au courant des derniers changements dans l'entreprise. Nous revenons ensuite au centre ville dans lequel nous faisons une bonne balade au bord de ...
International School of Toulouse
The kids have just gone to bed after their first three days at the International School. I think they are struggling to find their feet at the moment. Aside from the obvious fears with starting a new school, I think that going from our tiny local school ...
Blagnac Ice-Hockey
Last night we went to see a local ice-hockey match which was fabulous. It was an under 21s match so it was very physical, with one guy getting his teeth smashed out right in front of us. It also taught us the French catch-phrase for cheering – ...