Le Grand Balcon Toulouse

... family were 'ok' and some french were 'quite' friendly, but overall my advice to any foreign person visiting france, DONT EXPECT THE FRENCH TO BEND OVER BACKWARDS(OR BEND OVER AT ALL) to accomodate a lack of language on your part. Dont get me wrong ayms cousins and aunts were the exception, but generally people in france are too busy in there own self obssessed seriousness to bother about anything else.

I went to 'conquer' the stereotype of France, and try bring out a ...

... of them, there was a massive dining room, living room with oldfashioned english walls with white stucco and wooden beams, a nice sized kitchen, an upstairs balcony overlooking the living room and several bathrooms with showers. I was not expecting so much luxury on my trip. I got my own room and Mael, the main host, was an amazing cook. For lunch when I arrived he prepared white fish with onions and lots of great seasoning over a bed of mashed potatoes. After lunch ...

Visiter quelques musées gratuit, (à cause du festival ''printemps à Toulouse'') c'est toujours rentable !

Nous avons fait le musée des augustins. Il y a plein de statues et de vieilles pieces murales des églises de Toulouse.

Ensuite la Basilique St-Sernin, très jolie puisque son cloché est illuminé le soir.

Et finalement les Abattoirs, avec un tat d'art dont du ne comprend jamais vraiment la signification (l'art modern...).

... t wait to be on the road again….). At about 5 pm or so, both of us were getting stir crazy from being stuck in the car. I was bored. I would have liked to drive, but we only registered Conrad for the car. I tried to work on a puzzle book, but after about 45 minutes of this, I began to get car sick. I just can’t read in the car anymore.

We finally arrived in Toulouse around 5:30 or so. Conrad called Claude and he came to meet us ...

... people (not begging) but living under some bridges along the canal. As I passed by them, I began to wonder about how life can take a turn this way. Here were people without a set address living their lives out in the open (like us). They had meager belongings (all we have fits in a few bags), but they were taking care of everything. Newly washed clothes (although worn) were hanging ...

... re providing for yourself with such stability. Right now our lives are nothing but un-stable and we need to rely on other sources of security. Since the campgrounds closed and internet has become less than reliable, I’ve run out of my own options for finding these sources. There’s been no choice but to fully trust in God for each day. A stretch to be sure, but one that will be rewarding in the end.

... didn't want to miss our last chance of getting our Sho Choe (whatever they are called) thats how good they are. So we decided to catch the train which it turns out that it probably saved us around €100. Good on the Sho Choes. Dino is getting very good with the Spanish language, as he communicated very well in getting the information and buying the train tickets, while Shona just looked on in bemusement. Shame it's our last day ...

... have done it often and are younger. Once they had taken off the rest of us started to prepare diner. Mike made a lovely pasta dish, and we also had some local sausage which was just lovely, tasty and meaty. We are slowly loosing everybody, Margaret is off tomorrow and Marianne and family on Wednesday, the rest of the Danes on Thursday, Kate and Mike Wednesday or Thursday. Peter and I leave Friday afternoon, and Anne-Marie and Co Saturday morning. 29 July I took Margaret to ...

... newly found language skills come to the fore when a passing guy strikes up a conversation and I have no idea what the hell he is saying; the je parle en peu francais; je suis australien (I speak a little French; I am Australian) has no effect and he continues to jabber and I smile and say Oui every know and again. I then come out with my piece de resistence ohh la la beau garcon; j'adore vous cheveaux; vous yeux et ton jambon or in otherwords - ohh la la ...

... be walk around and get as damp as possible. Or, find a museum. So I went to the Musee Augustins which was cool, especially as I got in free. In the evening I went to see Star Wars Episode 3 or whatever it is. Today I went to Cite de l'Espace, a huggge museum about space, surprisingly enough. It was really expensive, about 15 euros, but you got a planetarium viewing and to see ...