Toulouse

Arriving at about 10am we parked in the multi story car park and started explore this exciting city. The fresh fruit and vegetable market was just at the entrance to the car park.

It was a strange atmosphere you see us country girls really are not used the hustle and bustle of a big town or city.

We walked and walked and walked until we couldn't walk any more and handed our leaflets about the fair. We then drove to an area just outside of town where lots of expats reside and grabbed a bit of Quiche from the local supermarket. We put some more leaflets on the cars and went to find our hotel.

This hotel was a little bit special as this weekend was Mel's birthday so it was set out as an apartment and it also had a swimming pool and near the airport so Melanie could watch the aeroplanes land. Sad isn't she!!.

We arrived at the hotel and received a call from Matt from Halo Financial to say that due to air traffic control strikes his plane had been cancelled. We were gutted. We hadn't seen Matt in a while and we were looking forward to sharing our Hot Pot with him!!.

Melanie started to get stomach ache and needed to get to a pharmacy fast. It was the Quiche!!. She asked if I could ask for some medication for her problem with the Pharmacy full I whispered in French " Have you anything for Diarrhea?." The assistant then shouted in the loudest tone "Diarrhea" which I must tell you comes from Greece meaning " flowing through". Melanie died with embarrassment why I don't know as it looked like I had the problem not her!!.

We went to the venue and prepared the hall for tomorrow. We then went back to our hotel had a swim and a bowl of our Hot Pot.