Thursday 1st October - Le Pont Neuf After lunch we climbed the steps to get up to the street level to cross the Pont Neuf. Seems every town with a river also has a Pont Neuf! The weather was warm and no wind and we wandered across the Pont Neuf to an area of Toulouse that was obviously inhabited by people of African origin. All of the shops had darker clothing and we have never seen so many hair dressing shops all in a row. A lot of this area we had alrea...

Thursday 1st October - Lunch by The Garonne We eventually found our way down to the banks of the Garonne and there was a lovely little cafe set into the wall of the river. "Pecheurs du Sable" and the chap serving behind the counter actually came outside to show us the menu on the boards outside. He spoke little English but knew the All Blacks and was a passionate rugby fan. He even suggested that we come down to the boat tonight and watch the two games and h...

Thursday 1st October - The Streets of Gambetta There always seems to be a Gambetta area in each French town so this was no different. The streets are narrow and often have no traffic although Toulouse has rise up and drop down bollards at the entrance of a lot of the streets in this area. Trucks delivering goods to the shops blocked most of the narrow lanes. The pavements are one person thoroughfares so we choose to walk on the roadway side by side rather...

Thursday 1st October - Last Day in Toulouse We were meant to go to the Airbus Factory but couldn't get a booking for today which was a bit of a bummer so instead we planned to get on the Metro and go to a station near the Garonne River and walk across the Pont Neuf. We got off the Metro after changing from the B line to the A line and going 2 stops to Esquirol. It's coffee time at the coffee stop right outside of the Metro where I went up to the counte...

Wednesday 30th September - Bus Trip back to Toulouse When we had walked back to the railway station there was no mention of the 4.10pm train to Toulouse so we asked and seems there wasn't one. Instead a bus - wait over there I think she said. Soon the bus came and we hopped on board and the young Chinese girl that we had been talking to prior to getting on the bus and had trouble with her travel card. We offered to pay her €7 but the bus driver sorted i...