How much is too much? We enjoy our visits to Toulouse. The airport is well connected to local and international destinations making it a frequent port of entry for family and friends coming to visit us in the south of France. When folks have an early flight out, it makes sense to spend the previous night or two in town, sight-seeing and shopping in the center of the pedestrian-friendly Pink City - named for the distinctive color of the stone that has been used to construct many of its buildings. On a recent visit, we stayed in an Airbnb in the very center of town just a couple of blocks from the spacious Place du Capitole overlooked by City Hall. So it made sense that, when we asked our host for a good place for dinner in the neighborhood, he recommended Le Bibent . A fine French brasserie, he said. He even offered to make the reservation. We accepted. After we unpacked, freshened up, and managed to input the insanely long WiFi key into our tablets/phones, we checked out Le B
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