http://www.mairie-toulouse.fr/ANGLAIS/Living_In_Toulouse/IndexBienvenue.htm
Today we arrived in Nice France at 10:45 am.
We checked our email at an Internet cafe
across the street from the train station. We
stored our bags in a secure area and walked
the streets of Nice. After seeing the opera
house we took a look at the beach and
decided that's where we wanted to be. So we
taken at Monaco
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Today we are traveling by train to Toulouse. On the first leg of the trip we had a
first class car all to ourselves. Rough life. On the second leg we were joined by
a sweet French woman. She is a business financier. We had a great
conversation (multilingual). We exchanged cards as she got off the stop at
Montpeliar. Then we had the car to ourselves for the remainder of the trip to
Toulouse.
06 July 05
We arrived in Toulouse late last night and spent an hour walking around trying to
find the hotel. The Website said only 300 meter from the train station..they lied!
It was probably three times that far...oh well...made it.
This morning I got up early and went to 9 am mass at St. Sevrin Elglise. I figured
that would be the best way to hear organ music...at mass. After the service I
stuck around and got to hear and see them tune the organ. Extraordinary
instrument.
I met Adam at the Capitole Building and we looked around at the market (open
air) in front of the capitol. The other church I wanted to see was St. Etienne's so
we toured it and got I to see two organs there ...one small and the other a
massive organ hanging off the wall in the back. The room was not symmetrical
..off center for both of the organs.
We got some food from a grocery and took it to our room. Then went to the
station to get reservations for the trip to Zaragoza. This was when we
discovered it was going to be hard to get reservations to Portugal. Only one
train each day from Madrid,,,and it was a long trip and a bad time...by he time we
would arrive we would have to depart. So instead we only will go as far west as
Madrid. So we went home hoping to re-plan our itinerary. We need to go to the
station tomorrow and see how far in advance we can make reservations. Check
website for updates.
07 July 05
I got up early to go to Mass to see a third church. Another big organ St.
Augustin. They played the smaller organ at the service rather than the big
one....still nice. I am marking all the organs we see with a star in my book so I
can remember all of them.
Back at the station...they gave us reservations for as far as Amsterdam. When
we get to Madrid or Paris we will see if we can get reservations up to
Copenhagen, I am certain Goteburg will be too far....just have to play it by ear.
Ready to board now for Zaragoza 12:46 pm
in 1889 by Aristide Caveille-Coll
built in 1612 by Antoine Lefebure
Daurade, built in 1861 by Poirier and
Nicolas Lieberknecht
