Wednesday 30th September - Train to Castres We went up to the platform and the train arrived and we got on board and had a 10 minute wait but that was ok and the train didn't have many passengers at this stage. The train pulled out right on time and we flashed along the countryside and stopped at five other stations before it was our turn to get off. Fortunately for us lots of other people also got off and legged it along the road so we followed and then ...

Wednesday 30th September - The Morning Train to Castres Jan woke and had an epiphany during the night. What say we catch the train to Castres and leave the car where it is and that way we still have a park? Parking around here is a real problem as it's a one way street, not very wide, with parking down one side of it. When we arrived Michael was going to show me where to park and someone in a smaller car pulled out from behind us so I backed up and then with...

Tuesday 29th September - Hop On Bus We got along to where the bus was to go from and the bus was there but no one was in site and we were a bit early so we snuck into a pub and had a coffee and a chat to the barman who hailed from Lyon but had been in Toulouse for 14 years. Upon heading out to get on the bus the rain had stopped and the other 8 passengers were already on the bus so we climbed on board and after about 10 minutes we moved off with English t...

Tuesday 29th September - The Streets of Toulouse We went to the information centre to book a bus ride in the open top bus and opted for the 2.30pm tour as it only goes every 2 hours and we felt that we would have lunch too late if we opted for the 12.30pm tour. We walked the inner streets of Toulouse and were looking for a couple of gifts but had no luck as these girls are hard to buy for. We stopped at Brioche Doree for lunch and had a filled roll and...

Tuesday 29th September - Tres Belle Appartemente We have a lovely apartment here in Toulouse and we had dinner in last night. Jan cooked herself a steak and I had a chicken salad. We got up and had our breakfast and did a load of washing which we put out in the courtyard by the pool. The pool looks inviting but at 18deg it's too cold for us to swim but would have been lovely yesterday afternoon when we got home. We went into the city by Metro which doe...