France Day Two - Morning in Toulouse

It felt so good to stretch out, and get a good night's sleep!  This morning, I was refreshed, up, and ready by 8 a.m. Nancy and John met me downstairs in the hotel lobby, and we took a walk around the city centre of Toulouse.  It's really a pretty town, and we'll be spending more time here later in the week.

 

 

After breakfast, we walked around the outdoor market.  The weather was a bit drizzly, but it was quite warm,

 

 

 

 

 

In the city centre, there are many pedestrian streets with shops and restaurants.

 We even found a carousel in the park.

 The ticket taker looked a little bored...

Always good advertising to be had in France!

 And there were plenty of outdoor flower markets.

We found a nice bakery with some serious breads and pastries in the window.



We were having such a great time, that it was very surprising when Nancy suddenly announced it was 11 a.m. (as in check-out time at the hotel).  We scurried back, grabbed our bags, and waited while the hotel called a cab for us (announcing to the operator that we had "beaucoup de baggage").  From the hotel, we went back to the airport to pick up our rental car, which is a black Peugeot with a very cool  giant moon roof covering the entire top.  Nancy is the driver, and I'm signed on as a "back-up."  She did an excellent job of getting us to Carcassonne, which is about an hour south of Toulouse, and to our home for the next week, the lovely Maison Juliette.