Midi-Pyrénées, France

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  • Romanesque Churches and Sunflower Fields in Western France posted July 11, 2008 by Holly Hayes

    A sunflower field we visited this afternoon Fun stuff Thursday: Moissac On Thursday we made a short day trip from Toulouse Moissac home an abbey church known for its excellent Romanesque sculptures An exceptionally long-legged graceful Prop

  • Three Nights in Toulouse posted July 10, 2008 by Holly Hayes

    Tonight last three nights we've spent Toulouse one largest cities France capital Europe's aerospace industry It's actually pretty nice for a big city we've enjoyed our stay here It's been consistently sunny upper 80s; a little hot but not n

  • Beautiful Conques Abbey posted July 8, 2008 by Holly Hayes

    Yesterday we drove an hour 45 minutes north a little village mountains called Conques pronounced "conk" It absolutely worth trip which relaxed scenic too The church Conques one best Romanesque churches I've ever visited And it's middle a wo

  • Albi posted July 7, 2008 by Holly Hayes

    Our favorable first impressions Albi turned out be correct - it has been a very pleasant city spend a weekend Our hotel has been great too; it's cooler darker than most so we've slept late every morning Saturday warm sunny but after that it

  • Albi and Revised Travel Plans posted July 4, 2008 by Holly Hayes

    Happy Fourth July! What an appropriate day tell you we're just about ready come home US A Europe fantastic we can never see enough but moving from one hotel another getting tiring And it's just been an awfully long time coming up on three y