Returning

Returning to a place you’ve been to already can be a curious experience. Places can be so tied up with past memories or circumstances that seeing things anew can be strange or disappointing. One of the best things to do, then, is to see that place from a completely different angle rather than try to “relive” what you saw and did the first time.

The weekend before last I was in Toulouse, in the south of France, and I was glad to be able to see a side of it I didn’t see the first time.

When I vis...