Wrong! Didn't land at Toulouse at all. Time rubs the edge of accuracy . Bordeaux it was, where we picked up a very nice little Renault 5, and set off down the road towards Toulouse. No satnavs of course, and navigating with an old fashioned map. To cut a long story short, we found Rangeuil, and the Elf petrol station which was the indicator that we were below the flat. Great welcome from Linda and Patrick. Linda's job was teaching air traffic controllers and pilots English. Pretty important when you think about it. Patrick worked with space satellites, I think working on software. Patrick was soon back from work, we sat on the balcony to wait for him. He arrived, and we launched in to our first ever meal on French soil. Always an experience. Aperitifs and Digestifs must be taken into consideration. And three hours must be set aside. Happy memories. M et Mme Moreau were...
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I think I left you somewhere in the USA after months of working in the beautiful New England town of Thomaston, Maine. In this catalogue of a lifetime of travel I think that the next excursion was to Hong Kong, the first of many visits and I'll come back to there in this journal more than once. And also in that period we made out first visit to the Languedoc - the South West of France. Our dear friends, Linda and Patrick live in Toulouse, then they lived in the city but now in a nice village called St Orens.. They have been a regular stopping place over the years. And our first visit was way back in 1976. They were living in a very nice flat in the Rangueil area of the city. So picking up the journeys afresh after a two month sabbatical, I'm catching a plane Glasgow to Toulouse, and sharing with you one of my favourite areas in one of my favourite countries.