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More of Beautiful France - October 5, 2025

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Le Jardin de le Palais de la Berbie  After our day trip yesterday, we parked our car a 10-minute walk away from our Toulouse hotel, on the top level of a parking lot. We did not realize until we returned there in the morning that we were stationed above le marché Victor Hugo, one of the city's most popular marketplaces.  Marché Victor Hugo  Our final goodbye to Toulouse We had a brief look around–meat seems to be a specialty there–and then ascended to the rooftop to retrieve our car and take a final picture of the pink city from above it. Then, we left beautiful Toulouse behind and headed north-east to Albi, an hour away.  The Albi Railway Viaduct The Viaduct over the Tarn Bob had researched parking options in this town and had a preference for a particular location, but when we tried and tried to find it, driving in circles for some twenty minutes, we eventually gave up and chose another place to leave our car. From there, we walked towards the 19th century viaduct ...