Gruissan

France

Gruissan is our new 'hood' for the winter 2024-25

Sakura dips her keel into the Med for the first time...

...and we are united again after travelling :-)

Note the beach and waves in the background - Gruissan has nice beaches

It was by incident that we ended up making our winter quarters here.


This destination was picked by the transporting company (Albatrans, by the way). It is a typical beach area with a huge marina and numerous holiday apartments and bungalows - but also with a charming medieval village.


For the next couple of months we will be partly living on the boat and partly travelling - planning to visit DK for Christmas :-)

Trip to Spain

As we skipped Spain on our sailing trip, we decided to go there by land transport.


  • Gruissan to Narbonne by bus
  • Narbonne to Barcelona with TGV train
  • Stay for two nights in Barcelona and rented car
  • By car to Valencia, stayed two nights
  • Continued to Almunecar, to visit Jeanette and John - enjoyed their hospitality for 5 days before going to
  • Madrid, also stayed for two nights
  • Returning car in Barcelona
  • Returning by train and bus to Gruissan via Narbonne