Above: 19th-century molded terracotta caryatids
Walk and walk. And, even at the risk of stumbling, always look up. The rewards are rich, and you will be smitten.
An architectural embellishment I’ve never noticed elsewhere is the frequent usage of lacy, “picado” metalwork at the top of windows in Toulouse. Hoping someone will provide a proper term for this or know of other places it is found. Sometimes the wrought-iron designs on balconies echo those patterns, and often elaborate wrought-iron railings meticulously match the carved or molded work adorning the buildings. And the contrasting patterns of brick and stone are striking and distinctively Toulouse.
These architectural details range about six centuries or so in age, but this randomness represents how they are encountered around the city.
Postcards from Barton Springs 
can’t wait to visit Toulouse and check all these details eheh nice work! happy new year and cheers from Lisbon, PedroL
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Your camera’s lens will find plenty to zoom in on in Toulouse. Best wishes!
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totally believe you eheh PedroL
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Move over, Rick Steves. I’ve enjoyed your tour of France. Hope you two are safe from the Omicron.
We all miss you here in KW!!
Stay in touch!
Anne A.
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Miss everybody in San Antonio. So ready to be out and about, but trying to be particularly careful the next week or two. Oh, and more Toulouse will be dribbling out….
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