We hope you all had a fantastic weekend! And a great September for that matter ;) We had a great weekend here--we stayed in Toulouse on Saturday because it was cloudy and it was supposed to rain the whole day. It didn't end up raining the whole day but we figured we would just hang out anyway (we were originally going to go on a driving tour but decided we wanted to be able to see what we were looking at!)
On Friday we went to the cool park I was talking about in the last post--it is in Blagnac (where Cam works) and it was awesome! It was cloudy and cool and it was the first time we went running since we have been here! My family may or may not be a little competitive and I sure as heck wanted to have at least run on my Garmin before we left!! We didn't go far or fast but it felt so good to stretch our legs! Cam even said it felt good to get out and move! We ran/walked for a while just enjoying the fresh air and cooler temps--towards the late afternoon we headed back to give Cam's co-worker a ride to the airport. After the airport we went to the big store at the mall (grocery store) and grabbed a few things.
Saturday
We spent Saturday here catching up on projects, errands, and I even started packing a little bit--I know it's early but I put some of our summer clothes in the bottom of our bags so it made room in the closet for warmer clothes. The weather has finally cooled down enough to where we aren't wearing shorts much (I'm not at all but Cam still is at times). Actually the past 3 or 4 days have been cool and cloudy!
Sunday
Even though it was cool and cloudy we headed out to check out a cool town callede Cordes-Sur-Ciel. This town in the Midi-Pyrenees region which is the same region as Toulouse. Midi-Pyrenees means it's in the southern France and that it has mountains which serve as a boundary (on the south). So basically it's beautiful geography--green and hilly. And I mean hilly as in actuall hills not bumps in the road. The drive was breath-taking--there was farm land, vineyards, and amazing buildings. Once we made it to the city we parked on the outskirts because the neat thing about this town is that it it built on a hill. There are virtually no cars that drive up into the town (a few of the residents do but that's it.) So we parked and headed into town. We stopped at the Office de Tourism on our way in and bought a town map. The walk up was a work out--it was STEEP at times. I googled it for fun and Wikipedia said that the town's elevation is from 522 ft-1050 ft. Now I realize that we didn't climb Mt. Everest but let me tell ya--we weren't the only ones huffing and puffing our little selves up the hill. Everyone else was sucking air too. But it was totally worth it because even the climb up had amazing streets that were lined with the coolest houses. I wish I were a better writer so I could describe the atmosphere for you guys. The houses are old and have so much character--the houses themselves are neutral colors generally but then they have bright colored shutters for example. You just don't see anything like that back home. We had so much fun walking around (once we finally made it to the top of the hill!) We checked out all the little shops that were open (since we went on Sunday most were closed but a few were open). We checked out the views from all the different angles and they were just as breath-taking as the drive. Green, more green, and beautiful. In some of the pictures I will add you can see a little bit of it in the background--I wish I could load tons of pictures but that might overload you all and my computer! I took so many pictures of just the landscape--I figure though that we will see you all when we get back and can share more pictures and stories :) We ended up eating lunch there before we headed home. We spent the rest of the afternoon (which we didn't get home until almost 4 so it wasn't all day) playing Yahtzee which we have been playing a lot actually. We have gone through 4 score sheets each since Wednesday I think--we have a good time :) We have a running total of games won and right now I am in the lead with 13 games to Cam's 11. We will see how that long lead lasts though...
Right now (Monday) I am catching up on computer stuff-blog-email-messages. Then it is lanudry day and other errands to take care of. We hope you all have a great first week of October!!
One of the many views on our drive--it was beautiful!
Welcome to Cordes Sur Ciel!
The colors are just awesome.
Cammy C and I!
I just loved walking up through the streets with all the colors and things to look at!!
Cammy C! And also a little bit of the view behind him!
Another view from the top of the hill--we just loved seeing all the GREEN!!
This was our lunch! I had 3 cheese and Cam had one with ham and egg on it! He said he liked it better than the panini--I disagree-while it was good it doesn't top the paninis around here!!
We can't believe we will see you all again in just a little over a month! :-)
According to my countdown (which varies from Cam's) we have 39 days left!!
We still have lots to see and do so we will be busy this next month!
Love,
Jenny and Cam
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