{"id":55,"date":"2018-10-03T10:06:06","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T09:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samsonandsuzi.com\/?p=55"},"modified":"2021-06-17T21:48:21","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T20:48:21","slug":"summer-update-2018-toulouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samsonandsuzi.com\/?p=55","title":{"rendered":"Summer Update 2018 – Toulouse"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been a while since I posted anything, but, we have been busy! Plus I have had an issue with the website, Gremlins invaded so I’ve had to change things a little; archive pages will be added but the site shows our travels going forward from the Summer of 2018.<\/p>\n

A summary of the two months of July and August before we continued with our travels around the South of France………. we had two weeks in the Toulouse area, drove back to the UK, took a holiday, drove back down through France and rejoined our trailer and our travels!<\/p>\n

La Romieu, Toulouse<\/h2>\n

After leaving the Biarritz area\u00a0 of France, \u00a0we moved inland for 2 weeks to stay in the Toulouse area, \u00a0in a small village called Le Romieu.\u00a0 In our second week we met with an old friend Louise, her three children and parents and we explored the local towns.\u00a0 David excelled in the BBQ area, coping with cooking for 8 people and still providing cold drinks on demand!\u00a0 Louise, Dylan, Tyler, Isis, Jill and Ivan were lovely company on this rural campsite, it was a brilliant week.<\/p>\n

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BBQ at Chez Samson with Jill, Ivan and Louise, Chef David is hiding!!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Cooling arrival drinks for Jill, Ivan and Dylan.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Free evening of music and fireworks!<\/p><\/div>\n

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La Romieu has it’s own history in the form of a collegiate cathedral built by a local who became a cardinal, as he realised the town was on the pilgrim route to Santiago de Compostella in the north of Spain.\u00a0 He built the church and it’s surrounding buildings in SIX years, quite a feat considering the average time to build a cathedral is 70 years!<\/p>\n

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View from one of the Cathedral towers.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Grounds of La Romieu.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The grounds of the church displayed a collection of photographs of local people, this lady is a local farmer’s wife and is 101 years old!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Samson at night.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Le Romieu at night.<\/p><\/div>\n

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A local village house.<\/p><\/div>\n

Our nearest towns were Condom (yes, really!) and Lectoure.\u00a0 Condom is the home to a famous resident, D’Artagnan, one of the Musketeers as well as a fabulous cathedral and a river, where we took a boat ride one sunny day.<\/p>\n

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Making friends with D’Artagnan and his pals.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Condom’s church has a complete stone quire, very rare.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Exterior of Condom church.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Lovely parents Ivan and Jill!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Boat trip on the river.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Happy days xx<\/p><\/div>\n

Lectoure is a more traditional hilltop town, traditional local produce markets,\u00a0 ancient Roman remains including a natural spring fountain and beautiful narrow cobbled streets.<\/p>\n

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A traditional old house.<\/p><\/div>\n

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View from Lectoure.<\/p><\/div>\n

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We took a day trip into Toulouse and explored the city by tourist bus, the best way when it’s hot outside and time is limited.<\/p>\n

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Toulouse main square.<\/p><\/div>\n

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We also spent some time with the owner of a cognac distillery, where he explained how it was produced, showed us his private collection and let us taste his wares.\u00a0 We wandered around his estate to work off the effects of cognac at 11am before purchasing a bottle or two.\u00a0 The owner only makes a batch every 6-8 years, when the harvest is a good quality and does not sell to the commecrial sector, only private individuals and visitors to his farm.\u00a0 He was entertaining and informative and quite charming, well he would be after a few bevvies!! !<\/p>\n

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