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The Tour de France 2008 is coming to Toulouse soon. Of course I won’t be able to have Tour de France 2008 videos from Toulouse as it hasn’t come yet, but I can put other Tour de France 2008 videos here.
Tour de France 2008 videos:
Here are some videos that are great, well produced, and in [...]

The tour de France is in full swing. As you go around in France you see the signs indicating which days highways or exits will be closed, or even which surface streets inside a city will be closed for the Tour de France. Here in Toulouse the Tour de France will pas through on Sunday, [...]

This is part 3 of the series of renting bicycles in Toulouse. I found a great in depth diagram about the bicycles. Click on the photo below to see it full size. The diagram is in French but is pretty easy to understand. If you have a specific question ask as a comment and one [...]

This is part 2 of the series about the Velo Toulouse Bicycle Rental Program. What do you have to do to actually get the bicycle? I have seen the racks but how do I do it?
To take a bicycle
Go to the rack with your subscriber card or your carte bleu, this is your atm bank [...]

Toulouse France has a bicycle rental program that is rapidly growing. Many European cities have been developing their bicycle rental programs and Toulouse is no exception. I will run a 4-5 part series on what it is, how it works, how to sign up, and how to use it: regular users and tourists. It is [...]

We had been looking at cars for a couple of weeks. We wanted something small and economical but nice looking. In Europe that hardly narrows it down. The average car on the road is very nice looking and well designed. We looked Peugeot and Renault but started to see that Alfa Romeo’s were expensive new [...]