{"id":2748,"date":"2013-09-27T16:14:12","date_gmt":"2013-09-27T14:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/toulouse\/?p=2748"},"modified":"2013-09-27T16:14:12","modified_gmt":"2013-09-27T14:14:12","slug":"lets-go-to-conques-kat-swantak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/toulouse\/2013\/09\/27\/lets-go-to-conques-kat-swantak\/","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s go to Conques!- Kat Swantak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Walking around Toulouse at 7 am is nothing like taking a stroll in the mid afternoon.\u00a0 It\u2019s dark, the air is calm, and there is no one around; well, except for the 20 twenty-somethings waiting for the bus at the end of Rue du Japon.\u00a0 The three-hour voyage highlighted the contrast between the bustling urban life of Toulouse and the quaint rolling hills of the countryside.\u00a0 Upon arrival, our group was met with the sight of a quaint medieval village sprawled out before us.\u00a0 We waited no time; our guide for the afternoon, Monsieur Cr\u00e9ma explained all about the church\u2019s architecture and history while it towered over us.\u00a0 Soon after, we set out on a hike through the hills of Conques.\u00a0 We trekked though trees, over streams and scaled steep slopes.\u00a0 Out of breath, we came to a peak that offered us a picturesque view of Conques surrounded by vineyards and green hills.\u00a0\u00a0 Picnicking at the top of the hills soon followed, all while joking and sharing a few laughs amongst new found friends.\u00a0 Later that afternoon, we finished our hike and returned to the center of the village with the guidance of M. Cr\u00e9ma.\u00a0 Left to our own devices, we were able to do our own exploration of the village finding that Conques has much more to offer than meets the eye.<\/p>\n<p>Kat Swantak<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/toulouse\/files\/2013\/09\/P1030994.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2734\" alt=\"P1030994\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/toulouse\/files\/2013\/09\/P1030994-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/toulouse\/files\/2013\/09\/P1030990.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2733\" alt=\"P1030990\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/toulouse\/files\/2013\/09\/P1030990-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/toulouse\/files\/2013\/09\/P1030987.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2732\" alt=\"P1030987\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/toulouse\/files\/2013\/09\/P1030987-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walking around Toulouse at 7 am is nothing like taking a stroll in the mid afternoon.\u00a0 It\u2019s dark, the air is calm, and there is no one around; well, except for the 20 twenty-somethings waiting for the bus at the end of Rue du Japon.\u00a0 The three-hour voyage highlighted the contrast between the bustling urban [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4846,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[30101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2-la-une-in-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/toulouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/toulouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/toulouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/toulouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4846"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/toulouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/toulouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2748\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/toulouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/toulouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/toulouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}