Left Paris early in the morning (@ train station at 7am and, what do you know, those armed soldiers that we'd seen @ the Eiffel tower and the Louvre were at the station too) and all agreed that travelling by train is much nicer than travelling by plane. Scenery started off a bit scrappy, but we were soon in the countryside! So many old buildings, or amazing church spires poking out above little villages. Sadly, sometimes you only got a glimpse from the train, as trees/a tunnel/hills often obscured some great views. Can't count the number of times that Dad was frantically trying to take a picture and was foiled by trees!!!
Arrived in Toulouse at about 2 and headed straight to our hotel. Had a bit of chill-out time, but then decided to go for a wander. Found the Saint Sérnin basilisk, which was awesome. Started trying to check out mobiles for me, so I'm easily contactable in France.
At about 5, we were pretty hungry, as we hadn't had lunch. Well, restaurant fail. Nowhere that we could find was serving anything but basic stuff like quiche or toasted sandwiches, and we really wanted a decent meal. We (ok, mainly me) were getting tired and grumpy. In the end, we stopped to have a drink (rather nice Frenchman at the bar, too), then ended up going to "La Mie Câline" to get filled rolls, pastries and Orangina.
Tiredness hit that night (and there was free internet at the hotel) so I had a night in. After a bit of a rest, Ma & Pa took to the streets, and found that they can get themselves gelato and go to the supermarket in France, without really speaking French.
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