A week in Toulouse whirs by like a day. We moor at Port Saveur, a quiet port on the Midi with contemporary residential brick buildings. ‘Looking up, do you feel like we are in Yaletown a bit?’ I ask. ‘If the windows were bigger…they try to keep out the sun here as opposed to getting [...]
Archive for July, 2009
typography on the streets of the ‘ville rose’
Posted in 2009 season, the urban traveller on July 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last of the Midi
Posted in 2009 season on July 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The past week has seen us voyage from Castlenaudary, up to the summit section of the Canal du Midi then begin the descent down towards Bordeaux and the Atlantic. On Saturday we arrived in Toulouse, a beautiful city of red brick and lively markets, with our guests & fellow boaters Pamela & Jim.
Highlights of the [...]
