Up late, out late and off to Aeroscopia, on the outskirts of Toulouse. As luck would have it, our apartment is over the road from the tram stop, and Aeroscopia is 20-odd stops down the line. Takes three quarters of an hour to get there, but it would take at least that long to get there by any other means.
Aeroscopia is a aerospace museum which opened in 2015 and notably hosts not one, but two Concordes. They didn’t all crash in a ball of flames. In fact only one did, the other 19 built are on display somewhere. We visited another survivor at the Yeovilton Fleet Air Arm Museum in 2019.
If you’re a fan of aviation this is a great place, with about twenty-odd civilian and military aircraft on display. If you’re not, like Michelle, it’s still fascinating to be able to walk through and around the Concord, an Airbus A380 and an Airbus A300.
The A380 has its own display area, with glazed walkways that allow access to the two decks of the A380, while offering a view of other aircraft of the Airbus family, the A320, A340.
Other notable aircraft are a Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, a SAAB Draken and ( because we’re in France), a Dassault Mirage and a Fouga Magister.
We eventually tired of looking at aeroplanes (not really) and hopped the tram back to our apartment. It was supposed to rain about 4pm today but set in a bit early, and was supposed to be gone by 6pm. It’s 7pm as I write this and it’s still raining. That put a bit of a dampener on going for exploratory walks, so we’ve called it a day.
I’m considering going down to the Rugby Village (about 500m from where we’re staying) at 9pm to watch the France vs Namibia game on the big screen, but only if it’s clear. I’m not interested in soaking up the atmosphere if the atmosphere is going to get me soaked.
Stephen and Michelle
* The Petit Casino turned out to be a convenience store. Casino is the name of the chain, like 711. Petit just means it’s a small one, not the full experience.
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