Category Archives: Cousins’ Trip

Happy in Toulouse

Toulouse was a pleasant surprise. A very short surprise. We only had time to walk from the cathedral to the main square before we left for Cousin Marion’s for lunch. The cathedral dates back to 844 and houses relics dating back to 250. It all made me slightly giddy – not quite the right word, but it took my breath away – feeling like I was looking at the very beginnings of Christianity.   

 

Stalled in Tuolouse

Back in Lyon, we decided to walk to the train station to get our rental car, stopping at the new Paul Bocuse memorial food palace for lunch. The lunch was terrific! Because of a problem with the Rental Car, we didn’t leave Lyon until about five. Then it was south on the Toll Road and then west, running alongside the Mediterranean Sea for a while, past the walled city of Carcassonne in the twilight, to Toulouse where we stopped because of darkness.