Our main reason for visiting Toulon was to meet the ferry to travel to Corsica. We also took the opportunity to visit Dominique’s school friend Elizabeth. We have been here before, but that was in January 2010 and at that time we took a ride across the harbour to look at the French Navy, which has used Toulon as a base for around 500 years.
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| Toulon from the Ferry. Plenty of boats |
We had a spare day to look around and, without much conviction, chose to visit the Maritime Museum. What a surprise. It had a wonderful set of models, pictures and artefacts relating to the development and life of the Port and Naval Base at Toulon, ably illustrated by an excellent audio guide in several languages (I chose English this time). I was surprised to find that the most interesting exhibit for me was the series of paintings from the 17th century illustrating life at the port. The description in the audio guide focused me onto details which I would not have otherwise noticed, even the one time when I was looking at the wrong picture.
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| The Bastia Ferry, ours was bigger with two extra decks |
We left Toulon on the 9pm ferry to Ajaccio, Corsica. The sister ferry which was headed to Bascia, Corsica at the same time left behind us.
Some pictures from my new camera, showing the Bascia Ferry and the skyline of Toulon.
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