Day trip in Toulouse

Toulouse is called the pink city because of the color of the buildings.

This is inside the town hall, so can see some impressionist paintings

And some amazing galleries

with also beautiful paintings on the celling

here it says the the Duc of Montmorency was executed here...

This is the St Sernin basilica.

This basilica is part of the St Jacques de Compostella pilgrim, that's why you can see some of them

Inside there are some free guide and you can visit the top part of the basilica

and see some nice sculpture from Violet leduc

A nice decorated passage in the city

And everywhere old buildings with impressive wooden doors

This is the Jacobin covent

And this is a picture from a mirroe in the ground, and yeh you can see me finally!

This one is the cathedral St Etienne

And the last building we visited was the Hotel of Assezat, now this is a museum

I also like these kind of doors, better than today's ring, right?

Gaillac

Gaillac is a small town near where my grand-ma is living

This is an occitan small city, this is the type in south of France

The colors of the city are really great

especially when you manage to come in the golden hour!

This is inside the church, I found the glass reverberation on the wall beautiful

Also a great sculpture  inside

and the organ that you can find in every big french church.
This is played during special ceremonies like wedding

The bridge over the Tarn (name of the river)

Beautiful flowers outside of the church

and the wooden carved door of the church

And since it was very hot that day, this grand-ma (not mine) is resting outside :-)

And this you find also in every french city, this is to commemorate the soldiers that died during the 2 big wars (monument aux morts)

Day trip in Arles

Yesterday I was in Arles
A nice old city in south of France

You can see many things there, like a great church

some narrow streets with nice shop fronts

hehe really french

Or some nice cafes

But the highlight is the arena

and since they are restoring them they look really nice

In the inside

and the outside where they still do some shows in the summer

And there the trees have pullovers because 35 degrees seems to cold :-)

Funny one!

And this was a nice museum (with aircon which was a great joy!)

And this painting represents a typical woman from Arles, an Arlesienne

Some gargoyles that I really love

And a very nice architecture

I also visited a cloister  that they are also restoring

And after it looks beautiful like that
If you are around Arles is really worth a visit :-)

Carrière d'image

Today I went to the Carrière d'image
This is an old stone-pit where they project images on the wall

This time the subject was Klimt and Vienna

It was an incredible show with so many paintings

I let you admire :-)

And of course the show was with classical music

You can stay in one place

Or just walk around

Or sit down

And stay as long as you want

Really nice and cool inside (but not outside!)

The paintings are from Klimt and some other Austrian painters

And this is the outside of the pit-stone
If you are near les Beaux de Provence I recommend