Easter Monday in Toulouse

First things first. Walnut bread and coffee.

Easter is such a tasteful affair in France. Not a hot cross bun in sight, let alone a goji berry and avocado vegan number. Not a chance that a French choclatier would adulterate their marshmellow with chocolate. Even foil is used discretely. And supermarkets do not even try to sell easter eggs, sensibly leaving it to the experts.

It's all wandering and window shopping in Toulouse on Easter Monday. Churches are about the only places open but even there business seems a bit slow.

The Basilica Saint-Sernin. A way-point on
the chemin de Compostelle, built in the 11th
Century, listed by UNESCO. 

Interior of Saint-Sernin. 

The bike paths along the Canal du Midi are busy. A set of locks seperate the Canal from the Garronne, spanned here by the Pont Neuf.

Toulouse is the home of the Airbus headquarters, Europe's biggest aeronautics manufacturer with an annual revenue that exceeds €60 billion. You can do a tour, but not today.

Instead I go to t the Japanese garden where the cherry blossom was being sripped by the cold wind and the magnolias were just coming out.