Sunday, October 3, 2010

Toulouse, France

Canal boats used to be the freight-movers of Europe. Now they are the tourist-movers. And they were never limited to the 'Low Countries'! Toulouse, for instance, found itself at the hub of a waterway network that connected the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, making it the cardinal place of southern France west of the Rhône. [2005]

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