I did an extra load of laundry today so that I would have clean clothes for my jaunt to meet Tom and Marion in Italy. I think I have mentioned before that I have a very limited wardrobe for my stays in Toulouse. Basically, I have seven days of clothes. Some of it does not… Read More Beautiful Fall Day
I am usually an avid walker when in Toulouse and wander around the city quite a bit. My Garmin tells me my average step count is around 14k steps per day. With the race coming up on Sunday, I have tried to reduce my walking and take it a little easier. I am not doing… Read More Both trying to save my legs for the race and do the things I enjoy
It is the regular routine for a Tuesday. I got up and made breakfast. I usually have a relaxed morning. I have started doing a number of The NY Times games as a brain teaser. One reads that if you want to age gracefully and well, you need to engage your mind. I do five… Read More Regular Tuesday
Sometimes I think I have lost my mind. After having run some but not nearly my usual amount over the summer, when I arrived in Toulouse, Enzo asked me if I was going to run the Toulouse Half Marathon as we did last year. I agreed that I would run it. Not sure whether I… Read More Preparation for the Half Marathon
I am not sure why but I like the activities on Sunday. I really like walking over to St. Aubin’s open air market. It takes me about 30 minutes to walk over but usually on Sunday morning’s the city is very quiet and peaceful. The only activity many Sundays are the street cleaners cleaning the… Read More I love Sundays
It was day two of the mobilization and protests. There had been a great deal of new about this second wave of protests so I did not really know what to expect. The government did say that it was not going to let the protest turn into riots again and had mobilized more police to… Read More Day Two of the Mobilization
After being entertaining for eight days, I took a me day. Every now and then you just need a day to regenerate. It was a rainy, cloudy, chilly day so I stayed home and read most of the day. I luxuriated in having nothing on the agenda and needed to do nothing. In the end,… Read More Me Day
I did not post one day as I was busy entertaining my friends and seeing them off to their trip to Paris. The final day of their visit, we were able to see the Capitole, the city hall. This building is not open to the public every day as it holds official functions and weddings… Read More End of friends visit and a return to normal life.
After reading in the morning and getting ready, I headed over to the hotel to meet Emily and Barbara. We had lunch reservations at Perlostrea, a seafood restaurant. Barbara had said that she wanted to eat oysters and other crustaceans. I had walked by Perlostrea and knew they had seafood towers so thought it would… Read More Another day of entertaining visitors
Since it was Monday, it was cleaning and laundry day. It always feels good to get the tasks done. After doing laundry and cleaning, I walked down to the local boulangerie as I needed a baguette. Emily and Barbara were coming over for wine, cheese and charcuterie so I needed bread. The French are not… Read More Another slow day but nice
