Garonne

• “A handsome full-length portrait had been presented to the poet by the municipal authorities of Agen; and a letter from M. Lamartine, framed, above the chimney-piece, avowed the writer's belief that the Troubadour of the Garonne was the Homer of the modern world.”

  Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist

• “For the rest, the picturesque at Toulouse consists principally of the walk beside the Garonne, which is spanned, to the faubourg of Saint-Cyprien, by a stout brick bridge.”

  A Little Tour of France

• “In Arcachon Bay, the tidal estuary that lies at the tip of the Dordogne and Garonne rivers in southwest France, I have enjoyed oysters with very dry white Bordeaux.”

  The Wall Street Journal: The Catch of the Day

• “Quins winning on the banks of the Garonne the following week is another matter.”

  The Guardian: Harlequins face toughest test of Heineken Cup hopes against Toulouse | Shaun Edwards

• “ Il revient, il revient, il revient, sing the river Garonne, the Gulf of Lyon, the Rhône, the Tarn.”

  Fictionaut: Albert Walks

• “The Dordogne and the Garonne flow north westward, meeting to form the great expanse of the Gironde estuary.”

  The Wall Street Journal: A Back-Label Approach

• ““Jexium Island” by Madeleine Grattan which is about a foundling, Serge Micar, whose sister by adoption is presumed dead from drowning in the Garonne River.”

  Booking Through Thursday: 24 January 08

• “And another tournesol from the Lot er Garonne, France!”

  baba cool - French Word-A-Day

• “Life on the Rio Grande was substantially different from on the Garonne River in southwest France, but after marrying a Texan, his life began to echo that of his parents.”

  Simon & Schuster: One Big Table

• “They pressed forward, and their cavalry swain the Garonne, some being drowned in the river.”

  De Re Militari: The Society for Medieval Military History » Episodes of Medieval Warfare from the History of the Franks by Gregory of Tours

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