The third stop on our  cruise was in Toulon, France.   This was one of those stops where we had a guide book in hand as we left the ship.  We walked to the bus stop and looked for the bus number the guide book said to take.  There was no such bus number and we couldn’t find anyone that spoke English though we did have a French man try to help.  We finally gave up and  decided  to just explore the town.  I can’t say I didn’t enjoy Toulon because I did but we decided the we would spend the money and take guided tours for the rest of the cruise.  We had spent to much time and money to get there and not see what we wanted to see.

.We had a blast shopping with the street vendors.  We ended up purchasing some scarves and sweaters since it was cool that morning and we hadn’t worn our coats.

This church was beautiful and the doors were open so we were able to look inside.  Like most of the churches we saw in Europe, it was beautiful.

Of course when  you are in France, you have to stop by a bakery.

And then you have to take pictures of all of the beautiful pastries……

 and breads.

And then you have to buy some of these lovely pastries……I mean, it would be rude not to.

The you get to eat all of the lovely little pastries.  Don’t let the pictures fool you.  There were more bakeries and more pastries later in the day.

Here are some of my favorite pictures of Toulon.

You can’t see it in this photo, but there was an adorable little old lady (she looked to be in her late 80’s or 90’s) standing in the window when I snapped this picture.

I took this photo as we were leaving port.  I loved the way the sun  looked  setting agains this  little lighthouse.