I spent the second half of my September holidays visiting a friend living in Toulouse. It has been my second visit to the “Ville Rose” after the seminar which took me there in 2006, and I consider it an interesting place to visit, as it has not only the city (which is already quite nice), but also many interesting places relative near, allowing nice daytrips to get some variety. I devoted one full day to revisit the city, and we did a couple of trips on Saturday and Sunday (in the next post).

I do not know what you think, but a city with a river has automatically a couple of extra points in beauty and attractiveness than one without it… and Toulouse is not an exception. If you add to that well preserved buildings from their roman and medieval times, a very young and international population (attracted by a number of universities and important companies (Toulouse is by far one of the most important cities in the world for the aerospace industry)), and the famous cuisine… Perfect destination.

As usual, some more picture from Toulouse in this slideshow.