Of terminus-es and brasseries

Terminus - the end-of-the-line station (usually for trains)
Brasserie - a sort of bar-café-restaurant
Gare - a railway station

In France almost all towns have a train station. That's why it's so easy to go around on train. If the town you're going to is so small that it doesn't have a train station, you can be sure that you can still take the train to a nearby town.

I just came back from Toulouse (a town in the south). I went there by train, of course. And a detail struck me. When I came out of the Toulouse gare, I saw a hotel called Hotel Terminus. (okay, in French hotel is written hôtel, but I'm not going to bother since I'm writing this in English anyway) Now there's also a Hotel Terminus in Angoulême, I remember it very well since we used to see it each time we took the bus from the gare. And then when we went to Carcassonne (a town near Toulouse) there it was again, Hotel Terminus! I was starting to wonder whether every train station has a Hotel Terminus near it. I haven't seen one in Lyon, but it might be because there are 2 train stations in Lyon (that I know of lol) and the actual terminus would be the one I don't go to! So there might be one... And guess what, on the way back from Toulouse, I saw through the train window that there's a Hotel Terminus Audran in Nîmes (okay, they added a word after it, but it might be because there's already a Hotel Terminus!)

Okay, enough about terminus-es (makes me think of terminal...and sinuses) I also noticed several Brasseries de la Gare near train stations (but I can't remember which) and it wasn't just during this trip, I remember them from earlier trips as well! So tell you what, the next time any of you go around France, do keep your eyes open for any Hotel Terminus-es or Brasseries de la Gare and tell me about them! Photos would be welcome evidence, but I'd believe you ;)

It's a pity I didn't take any photos, I guess, but then it's not like they were very pretty :P