Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Toulon/La Seyne-sur-Mer

I spent this past weekend in Annie and Regis' lovely summer house in La Seyne-sur-Mer, a beach and boating town on the Mediterranean less than 3 miles from Toulon. Needless to say, it was absolutely beautiful. It was hot, sunny and humid the whole time (FLORIDA WEATHER AT LAST!!!!) and I didn't want to leave. We ate outside on the terrace every day with a view of the ocean. You could smell the sea salt in the air.

It was my first time wading in the Mediterranean. It's so blue! Some of the beaches looked like mine back in Miami (with light sand), but other beaches were rocky. It's so strange to think that those rocks are naturally there, that it wasn't some guy that was playing a joke on his buddies a long time ago by filling the area with uncomfortable rocks. Besides going to the beach, we did a little tour of Toulon, ate a lot of good food--as usual, and hiked to the top of a nearby mountain whose name I forget.

To go from La Seyne-sur-Mer to Toulon, you have to take a 15 min. boat ride. It's their form of public transport into the city. Regis told me that the kids that go to school in Toulon take the boat every morning. Strange! Yet so awesome.

On with the photos!




2 comments:

Prof Tom said...

Wow, c'est magnifique! I almost got dizzy looking at that first one. Fabulous pictures! Now I'm even more jealous!

Yara said...

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