I am going to speak to you about TOULOUSE, the town where I live for two years.
Toulouse is situated in the southwest of France. It is the 4th biggest city of my country, with 400 000 inhabitants.
Toulouse is my small treasure, I am really found of this town.
To walk in bike or on foot in the streets of Toulouse is an endless happiness. Follow the streets, and a surprise waits for you in every corner of street: a magnificent place, a small fountain, an old wine bar, a silent statue or a big monument.
Toulouse is made of small and sinuous streets covered by pavements; the walls of houses are made of pink bricks, that is why Toulouse is called “the Pink city”.
There is always something happening in Toulouse: a street show, an artisanal market on a place, a music group installed unexpectedly, the fervor and the night party of a bar further to the victory of the Toulouse rugby team, a free concert … Toulouse sleeps only a few hours early in the morning, after the parties have ended, and before the workers get up.
Except for the rugby, the big parties and the pink bricks, Toulouse is known for its high level of equipment in aeronautics. The firm Airbus is the biggest employer of the town.
Well, if you have the opportunity to travel near from my lovely city, do not forget to lost yourself in the small streets. Tourists say that by closing eyes any seconds, listening to the jazz concert on the street and smelling flavor of an old grocer’s shop, you feel to be in a district of the 1930’s.
A last point I didn’t tell you: although liking enormously parties, beer and red wine, Toulousians are adorable ☺
by Manuela Gascon, France
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