Before I left Toulouse, I stayed with another host in the countryside. His name was Herve. He was a circus teacher. He lived in a rotatable round house. He had 5 cats. 

This was a pretty unique experience. I’ve had an aerial silk for a while now, but I’ve never had formal instruction, so I was very excited to come across Herve.

The day after I arrived, he received another guest, Lea, from Germany. She was sweet, mild mannered, and wore a discreet necklace of a vagina. She was the yin to Herve’s yang energy.

Lea and I walked the area and discovered an Abbey and a cute town centre with a baguette vending machine. 

During the days I was there, this region was experiencing a heatwave. The norm in many areas in Europe is to close all the shutters in the house after around 9 a.m. in order to keep in the cool air, as many homes don’t have air conditioning. I sometimes experienced a sense of  claustrophobia during the hot afternoon hours. 

The day before I left, we rotated the house. I guess it was for temperature reasons. Herve did this twice a year.