Toulouse

Toulouse - we left Agen d’Aveyron and have been left to our own devices in Toulouse where Sally and I are doing our best to improve Canadian-French relations.  Toulouse is a beautiful city, airy, pretty and with lots of neat things to see and do.  We’ve been on two marathon walks and covered a lot of ground; basically everything the Lonely Planet guide recommends.  We went to the Musee des Augustins, Marchee Victor Hugo, Les Abottoirs (a modern art gallery) as well as walked around Basilique St-Sernin, the bridges of St-Pierre and Pont Neuf where we relaxed on the banks of the Garonne with hordes of snogging students.

We both really enjoyed the two art galleries we saw today.  The  old masters - Rubens, Lautrec etc.at the Musee des Augustins in juxtaposition to the modern art at Les Abottoirs was quite the comparison.  S said it got the effect in that we talked about both equally.  The astounding realism of the old and the jarring fantasies of the new.

We are now about to head out to the Frog and Rosbif pub.  They have unique home made beers and free internet access!
http://www.frogpubs.com/english-pub.php?pub=5

Tomorrow we fly to the UK.  We’ve just got the hang of speaking francais!!!