Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Toulouse/Barcelona

Toulouse was great - a working city but lots of amazing architecture and gardens etc. We managed to arrive in the middle of a festival and most of the museums and galleries were free - ended up going to about 5, including a clock exhibition with all kinds of table clocks and time pieces dating back to the 16th century. There was a velibe station practically outside the hotel and lots more around the city, so once again biking around was easy - there were bike lanes everywhere.

We also had a little cruise on the river Garronne one day which was fun!

Barcelona

We caught the train from Toulouse to Barcelona - had a wee stop in Nabonne for a couple of hours - then crossed the Pyrenese and the border into Spain.

Barcelona is amazing!! Very warm too - about 30 today. It is huge!! amazing architecture and lots of art. We got the tourist bus around to see all the sights and tomorrow will go to the national museum and gaudi's church 'sagrada familia', plus wander around a bit and check out anything else that takes our interest.

For Friday we are planning the Picasso museum and a bike ride through the gardens - I'm keen to check out some shops too!!

1 comment:

  1. wow such big places to go.
    We're just back from Kaikoura walkway

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