Toulouse

Our weekend in Toulouse didn’t go entirely to plan however. Although our Friday night was huge because of the Vampire Weekend gig, we unfortunately stayed in a hotel near the venue, in other words, we were out of town a bit. The metro and buses stopped at 8:30, so we opted for a quiet pizza Saturday night because we couldn’t get back from the city if we went in. We did, thanks to the lonely planet, discover this amazing Photography exhibition on at an old water tower across the river. The gallery was in a spiral shape all the way up the tower, amazing use of space yet again from the French. Our personal favourites were the pieces based in IKEA. The photographer had organised her subjects to appear in IKEA kitchen/bedroom setups, it was so clever, she dressed the subject in the colours matching the bedspread for example. Was very cool. On the Sunday, thanks to the lonely planet again, we found a cinema, which screened original versions of films, that is, it hasn’t been over dubbed in French. We caught Tom Ford’s first feature “A Single Man” in this wicked little indie cinema in Toulouse, great way to spend a Sunday.