I lost my heart in Toulouse

From: Evening News - Scotland | Date: May 10, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

TOULOUSE may have become a European leader in high-tech manufacture, but why are these industries being promoted to tourists?

Although the locals are proud to say they are from Toulouse and not France, it is the very stereotypical French qualities of this town which must be pointed out to the inquisitive traveller - not the plane factory, Airbus.

If you want winding streets, pharmacies, patisseries, cheese and poultry markets, outdoor cafes wafting continental cigarettes, a warm climate and copious fine wine drinking, then head for this capital of the Midi-Pyrenees region of southern France.

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