New Year's Entertainment

Prompted by the presence of Guy, we have been to Toulouse, our nearest large city. At this time of year things are quiet but, being a university city, there is obiously a huge range of activities, lots of museums and galleries and plenty of things to see.
This region we now live in is the strongest area for Rugby in France. As you can see in the photo, the Town Hall in Toulouse had a large poster on it for the centenary of Toulouse Rugby Club. We understand that some of this year's World Cup matches will be held around us and so we will make the effort to try to get some tickets.

We spent time in Toulouse walking the streets, soaking in the atmosphere and getting orientated. Sue and I instantly had a good feeling about it and feel sure that we will be coming here a lot for cultural activities. We visited an Art gallery but I always find it difficult; my understanding of 'ART' does not fit in with a lot of modern art. But it is still good to expose oneself to new experiences.

So, having experienced 'culture' we decided to experience the local sporting scene and we went last Sunday to the local Rugby club for the Sunday match. As non-involved spectators we found it to be a laugh. We sat in a small stand full of middle aged men and a few women who were taking it all very seriously. They became increasingly agitated as the ref seemed to give more and more decisions against Gourdon, disallowing 2 tries. Gourdon finally lost by 5 points. This resulted in everyone booing the ref off the field, 2 old men were hanging over the front of the stand whistling loudly their displeasure. We will certainly be going again!