Sofitel Centre Toulouse

<br><br>What a bit of luck. Aymericks aunt took me to rennes to catch the bus to spain at 930. <br>Arrived in rennes for 830, ayms aunt left and i went to eurolines to buy my ticket but it was closed. The sign said it opened at 9, so id still have 30mins to get my ticket and go to the bus station. <br>Had a coffee, went back at 9, still closed, went to bus station, went back to eurolines still closed, and now its 920am. <br><br>****, another week in France! Sod that, i ran to the bus ...

... 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 !<br><br>Nous avons fait le musée des augustins. Il y a plein de statues et de vieilles pieces murales des églises de Toulouse.<br><br>Ensuite la Basilique St-Sernin, très jolie puisque son cloché est illuminé le soir.<br><br>Et finalement les Abattoirs, avec un tat d'art dont du ne comprend jamais vraiment la signification (l'art modern...).<br>

... that she peed on the floor. Right before we all went to bed, he was able to pet her without scaring her. We shared our travel pictures with Claude and his wife and then everyone finally went to bed. Conrad will make pancakes for everyone in the morning again. We must use up the pancake batter before we return home! Believe it or not, I didn&#8217;t take a single picture today! That&#8217;s what happens when we are stuck in the car all day long.

Left the beauty and quiet of the canal for the hectic noise of Tolouse. Entering in, we came with the canal along the train tracks. I was amazed at the creativity of the graffiti everywhere. Not just tagging, but artistic pictures. I always wanted to include graffiti in some of my art classes, but wasn&#8217;t sure about parental reactions. <br><br>Also saw several clusters of ...

... race or something. In the end, I think they were just interested in seeing us with our gear packed on the bike. <br><br>Throughout the day, I tried very hard again not to worry about what would happen this evening. We didn&#8217;t stop at any tourist information offices along the way, so we had no idea about local campgrounds. Being on the canal, Brian didn&#8217;t even bother to pull out a map of the area where we ...

... the nearest dry dock was in Toulouse about 10 days solid cruising away. The barge was on the River Lot - this is not part of the main canal system and is a new area being opened up for Tourism. The river Lot feeds into the River Baise and you need to traverse a 4 km stretch before you enter the main canal system. Unfortunately there had been a drought and there was not enough water for us to ...

... no way we could pass him. Luckily I had had a good look at the map, and recognised the signs at the roundabout. As it turned out we got there first having taken the correct exits. We were all a little disappointed that we weren't allowed any cameras. Security was pretty tight. All passports had to be shown and checked. There was quite a lot of waiting around before the tour started. Waiting in the 'shop' to entice us to buy something. Blue caps for boys with 'future ...

... de Toulouse, vers 13 heures 15 et le dîner, presque improvisé, est délicieux. Agnès, la femme de Patrick, et sa jolie fillette Laetitia, nous accueillent comme de la famille (NDA : si jamais l'une de ces trois personnes lisait un jour ces lignes, je les remercie du fond du coeur pour cet accueil fabuleux, et Sarah aussi j'en suis sûr. Vous avez été notre seule grande lumière dans une journée qui se révéla difficile). Tous nous laissent à l'arrêt de bus 70 vers le centre ...

... to 2 French speaking nations. Though it's not all bad, Trenitalia taught us some good experiences: fake being asleep at stations so nobody tries to sit next to you as it would disturb you, and don't expect the train to have a loco attached or to be turned on 5 minutes before the departure time. Passing out of Ventimiglia (Vintimille en francais) and into Monacco was a relief. Everything changed to french and the infrustructure outside my window was no longer ...