Tag Archives: Toulon

Toulon: architecture and ‘manifestations’

Posted on 19 February, 2022 by candawalley

We mentioned last week how we went to the coast beyond Toulon and took the ferry ‘bus’ back in. One of the fascinating aspects of the Mediterranean coast is the evidence of the curious interlocked relationship between mainland France and … Continue reading →

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Toulon: forts and ships

Posted on 12 February, 2022 by candawalley

At the end of January with the Covid risk clearly in decline, we decided to head to the coast and explore the region around Toulon. It’s almost pointless to say that it was a bright and sunny day. At the … Continue reading →

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Beyond Toulon part 2

Posted on 7 August, 2021 by candawalley

This is the second blog from our short trip west of Toulon. As we hinted in last week’s episode we found the urbanisation along the coast to be excessive, the constant traffic wearying and the endless charming villas dispiriting. What … Continue reading →

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Filling in the gaps

Posted on 12 October, 2019 by candawalley

Last Saturday we made the almost obligatory trip for people who are about to buy a new house, and went to IKEA in Toulon. We were happy to find that their restaurant opens a quarter of an hour before the … Continue reading →

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Toulon (again)

Posted on 25 February, 2017 by candawalley

Toulon, the great French Mediterranean naval port, is our nearest city and where the Prefecture of our department (Var) is.  (Apparently because Napoleon was afraid the British would seize Toulon  he moved the prefecture inland to Draguignan and it was … Continue reading →

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The America’s Cup part 2

Posted on 24 September, 2016 by candawalley

Last week we concentrated on the sailing or more specifically the lack of it, but promised to have something about security. It’s not surprising it was tight after the tragic security debacle at Nice on 14 July. The area of … Continue reading →

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The America’s Cup part 1

Posted on 17 September, 2016 by candawalley

Regular readers of this blog will have noticed that there hasn’t been any reference to us taking summer holidays. It’s partly because we seem to have been rather too busy to take them, partly because we are going to the UK … Continue reading →

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Easter Part 1

Posted on 11 April, 2015 by candawalley

What did we do over Easter? Actually we did so much that we’d better split it into two blogs. Although we would have liked to have gone to church on Good Friday, we had to stay to see the end of … Continue reading →

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