Kat's Big Fat European Vacation- Part I Tolouse

For my 31st birthday, I went to Toulouse, Barcelona, and Rome with a couple friends. It was my first trip to the continent, and my first adventure into places where English wasn't the primary language spoken. Since I'm terribly lazy, English is the only language I speak with any proficiency.

Street Scene- Toulouse

Mosaic building- Toulouse

Town Hall- Toulouse

Toulouse was our first official stop. Home of the Basilica of Saint Sernin:
Basilica of Saint Sernin
Stonework- Saint Sernin
Saint Rocco, Patron Saint of Plague Victims

And the Church of the Jacobins:
Interior
Stained glass

As well as cassoulet. I do not have a picture of the cassoulet, but I am attempting to make my own this weekend.

We also ventured out to some of the Bastide towns in the neighboring area on my birthday. We ended up visiting 8 of them. This towns are characterized by a central market hall, and a church slightly out of the center of town:

Cologne- Market Hall
Cologne market hall

Cologne- Church
and church.

Birthday Rosé
Birthday rosé.

Loads more pictures here. I'll do separate posts for Barcelona and Rome.

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