Travel day

Long travel day - first a train from Dijon to Lyon, where we had an hour and half layover, enough time for lunch. Then a second longer train ride from Lyon to Toulon (past Marseilles).

We originally had about an hour and a half to get from the train station to the ferry dock. But about 2 miles from arriving, our train stopped, with many announcements in French. Some friendly French women explained that there was a person down in the tracks ahead. Mon deiu!

With no idea how long we'd be delayed, we did some quick searching on possible hotels in town, and what ferries we could take the next day. But luckily the train started moving. Another friendly local asked if she could drive us to the ferry dock. We said no, we can take a taxi, but we kinda wished we'd taken her up on it, very sweet to offer!

A quick taxi ride later, we were checking-in to our home for the next 12 hours, an overnight ferry ride, with a booked cabin.

We found a comfy table and played some cribbage while drinking wine out of paper cups (left over from our last stay, so we brought it with us).

Went to bed relatively early, and the slight motion and rumbling of the engines made for a surprisingly good sleep. We had to be vacated from our room at 6am sharp!Read more