Toulouse!

Today we got to spend the whole day in the city of Toulouse. It's a huge city that can be compared to Pittsburgh, but it's really probably larger. I found out that Toulouse has a lot of history, and was once a Roman city. We went to a museum where we learned about its Roman past. In the museum we got to see lots of Roman artifacts, including remains of sculptures, bowls, sarcophagus', and mosaics. The city is located along a river, the Tarn I believe, and was fortified during its prime. It wasn't fortified for protection, but rather for prestige. It was amazing to see a wall in the middle of town that was still in very good condition, I mean people were sitting on it like it was nothing special, but it is like two thousand years old! You don't get to see that kind of history back in America. That's what I love about it here, everything has a story.