Toulouse Guided Walks

24/04/2024

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06/03/2024

Just posted an entry about the wonderful village of books in the Aude. For those of you who come this way this year, it is a great place to stop. If you want to know more, the what, where and when, join me on Elyse's Corner on Patreon : all you need to know is there!

08/01/2023

Hi out there; Thinking of coming to Toulouse in the Fall? Will be happy to host and guide you. Know that there will be a world cup of rugby here and elsewhere - do your reserving well ahead of time!!

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02/01/2023

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11/12/2022

Artists and their studios. A great topic for a conversation and for a podcast on JoinUsin France. Be a listener and a supporter!

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13/10/2022

Good is always a good subject of conversation. What foods have you discovered in France?

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29/08/2022

If you have followed the podcast about Rosa Bonheur and her paintings, here is a good, short article about the fabulous "Horse Fair" painting that can be seen at the Metropolitan Museum in New York.

Today's Masterpiece Story is that of The Horse Fair, 1852-5, by French Realist painter Rosa Bonheur (1822-1899).

27/08/2022

Great news. If you want to connect to my Patreon site just go to my podcast site Joinusinfrance and on the patreon page just click on me. Fast and easy. Stzy with us on Joinusinfrance for all things French and about France

15/07/2021

here is some information taken from my Voicemap audiotour of Toulouse. You can't take me? Take my audiotour!!! you get a complete tour of the old city center and learn many things. The tour includes a visit inside the church of St Sernin and the Jacobins

It takes a very sturdy bridge indeed to survive the notoriously frequent flooding of the Garonne River. When, in the 1540s, all the bridges in Toulouse had been washed away by floods, King Francois I commissioned the incarnation of Pont Neuf that you see today on historian and artist Elyse Rivin’s VoiceMap tour of Toulouse.

“It took 88 years and the work of many engineers to build a bridge that could withstand the frequent floods,” she explains.

The secret? It was built half from stone, and is considered a royal bridge. It’s also the only bridge in Toulouse to have withstood the wrath of the Garonne for more than 400 years!

Explore medieval and modern Toulouse on Elyse Rivin’s walking tour: https://voicemap.me/tour/toulouse/the-glory-of-occitania

Toulouse Guided Walks

20/06/2021

Welcome back all of you! Happy to guide you around toulouse and share its treasures with you. Can't wait to see you again.
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10/06/2021

Gorgeous et déco doorway on rue de la madeleine à Paris. Stay tuned or more images, and a report on my Patreon site