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Please write a travel book, or books, based on your travels! I am thoroughly enjoying reading your posts. Thank you for sharing, and for the vicarious distraction from the harsh reality in the states.

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Glad to see that you are enjoying Toulouse. Eyeglass shops are the Starbucks of France. They are everywhere!

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This is my kind of travelogue☕

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Damn funny, and excellent location scouting. Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day💛

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Choose happiness. Great advice; that’s what I’m doing. Working so far.

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My great grandfather Jean Louis Sentous left his hometown of Toulouse in 1850 for San Francisco to grab some of them gold rush nuggets! He ended up making a killing in the meat biz in Los Angeles. But until reading your column I had zero idea Toulouse was the most beautiful city in the world. Thanks! My 25% French American heart is swelling with pride, while the 50% Jewish part is feeling stupid about that.

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"making a killing in the meat biz" Nicely done..

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Well, I don't know if it's the most beautiful city in the world, having seen so little of the world, but it's gotta rank in the top 50?

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Thank you for this. Headed to France this summer, now I must visit Toulouse! Any recommendations on a place to stay?

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No, I have no idea. We're staying at the Grand Opera Hotel right in the city center, which is lovely and affordable but that might just be because it's off-season. But I would certainly stay here again.

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Thank you for taking me away from Idaho and all the maga-idiots, even if it was all too brief.

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I"m enjoying your travels in France. I only made it to Paris many years ago.

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Very entertained by your travels

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It's so hard to remember countries are gendered in French, mostly the ones that end in E are feminine.

En France

Au Canada ("Oh Canada")

But then it doesn't matter. If you're American, whatever you do or say is wrong.

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So thrilled to hear the happiness in your voice! J’aumerais en avoir s’il vous plaît!

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"If Martha and I travel further afield – say, to Asia – will we still find those touchstones of familiarity?"

If you make it to China, you certainly will: China’s ‘Copy Towns’ – to scale replicas of western cities.

https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/rtf-fresh-perspectives/a1165-chinas-copy-towns-to-scale-replicas-of-western-cities/

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I'm enjoying your travels in France, my favorite country.

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