Sun and fun in Toulouse, France

in #streetphotography7 years ago (edited)
A selection of happy snaps from a balmy Saturday afternoon in May 2016, Toulouse, while I was on my annual road trip from London to Ibiza.
I found Toulouse to be a very fun city. It's hard not to be when there's 100,000 students in a city of 400,000. When I arrived on Friday night, people were sitting out in the streets playing guitars, kicking footballs, just generally enjoying life. I stumbled across a 100-person convoy of rollerskaters, and on Saturday afternoon, the boulevards and squares of the medieval city centre came to life. On one pedestrianised shopping boulevard, a man had wheeled his piano out onto the street and was playing a bit of Chopin for the passers by. (Sadly the humidity in Mumbai claimed the phone that I filmed that on, and the video went with it.) It was a stark contrast to Paris, where I had left from on Friday, which was gloomy in both climate and vibe.

An all-girl band marching through the city centre.

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The local Crossfit gym came down to the square to show off.

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There's loads of cute little shopping streets.

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There's houseboats on the river.

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It wouldn't be France without cafes.

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And, like all European cities, the graffiti is great.

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