Port Saint-Sauveur

Today’s destination is our final destination for our canal cruising trip. Toulouse is the Airbus capital and is where Peter undertook his first Airbus course in 1991. However we will not be going to Airbus on this trip and instead will stay 2 days looking around Toulouse city.
Today is the last day of our lovely canal cruise and will be 33km of cruising including 8 locks along the way. The weather was showery with a few patches of rain but clearing up a bit as the day progressed with a few patches of blue sky as we approached Toulouse.
Some of the locks were again very scenic with flowers and high green trees. Along the way the canal was often covered with an umbrella of trees making the trip very nice. The first part of the trip was uphill with climbing locks, but then for the final run into Toulouse it was all downhill making the locks a bit easier.
As we pulled up into the Port Saint-Saveur marina late in the afternoon, this marked the end of our cruising trip and is also the end of this season’s cruising for Pete & Lou. Leander will remain here for the winter while they go back to the UK, and they will be back here next summer to resume their canal travels. As usual canal boat moorings are usually right in the middle of towns and cities, which makes it easy to walk into the city centres.
Sunday evening in Toulouse is quiet with a lot of places closed but we managed to find one of the public squares with lots of people, bars, and restaurants. So we celebrated over dinner what has been a lovely 6 days of canal boat cruising with our friends - thanks so much Pete & Lou!!
We don’t fly out of Toulouse for 2 more days, so these will be spent relaxing and looking around Toulouse, and for Carolina will be chance perhaps to do some shopping :-)Read more