With Toulouse, Languedoc, as a base,l what things to do, places to see?

We're sorting out our plans for our drive across the south of France in
the Spring. We'll be going from the Italian to the Spanish border.
We'll be using Nice as our base of operatoins for Cote d'Azur and
Aix-en-Provence as our base for the Provence leg of the trip. From a
geographical perspective, Toulouse looks perfect for a base for
Languedoc, it's centrally located and opens up all the old Cathar
backcountry to us to explore. What things should we see/do in Toulouse?
And what are good sights in driving distance of Toulouse? We'll be
there 2 nights.

I was there for a week in June 2005, waiting for a yacht. It come on
dockwise from Fort Lauderdale. Not much to see in the city. Bad area
close to the harbor. Arrived in Toulouse via train from Italy. Nice
train trip. On 30 Oct 2006 05:54:36 -0800, "Steve G"
<jeng_steveg@m> wrote:

>We're sorting out our plans for our drive across the south of France in
>the Spring. We'll be going from the Italian to the Spanish border.
>We'll be using Nice as our base of operatoins for Cote d'Azur and
>Aix-en-Provence as our base for the Provence leg of the trip. From a
>geographical perspective, Toulouse looks perfect for a base for
>Languedoc, it's centrally located and opens up all the old Cathar
>backcountry to us to explore. What things should we see/do in Toulouse?
>And what are good sights in driving distance of Toulouse? We'll be
>there 2 nights.

"Wayne Almquist" <prosewm> wrote in message
news:497ck29d25qkpmc9d5v6birkfmr515766b@...
> I was there for a week in June 2005, waiting for a yacht. It come on
> dockwise from Fort Lauderdale. Not much to see in the city. Bad area
> close to the harbor. Arrived in Toulouse via train from Italy. Nice
> train trip. On 30 Oct 2006 05:54:36 -0800, "Steve G"
> <jeng_steveg@m> wrote:
>

Unusual location to take delivery of a yacht ... what type was it?

Did you head up/down the Canal du Midi? We did the canal trip last Aug ...
it was wonderful.