Toulon Harbor

The busy sound of creaking boats and workmen hustling within the dock by the shore is a testament to the effort needed to maintain a life at sea. A mix of grease and salt water sizzles under the franticly moving feet of these sea urchin experts making the small and massive vessels worthy to explore the open waters once again. Inspire your own dreams of sailing around the globe with the exciting environment of the ocean going traveler's respite. Toulon is a town in southern France and a large military harbour on the Mediterranean coast, with a major French naval base. It is an important centre for naval construction, fishing, wine making, and the manufacture of aeronautical equipment, armaments, maps, paper, tobacco, printing, shoes, and electronic equipment. Archaeological excavations, such as those at the Cosquer Cave near Marseilles, show that the coast of Provence was inhabited since at least the Paleolithic era. Greek colonists came from Asia Minor in about the 7th century BC and established trading depots along the coast, including one, called Olbia, at Saint-Pierre de l'Almanarre south of Hyères, to the east of Toulon. The Ligurians settled in the area beginning in the 4th century BC. This sound uses the following file from Freesound: http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=117521