Day 11 / 12 / 13 - out of Alps.

We haven't posted anything for a few days, because we are lazy and busy with doing nothing. :)
After Annecy it seemed like nothing can beat those views, so we headed south. On day 11 we went to Chambery, had a coffee and moved on. Basically we drove quite a lot these days, because as it turns out I do not like Alps. In fact I felt very claustrophobic and just wanted to get out of there. Sad news for Fabio, because he loved it there.
We spent a night in Grenoble and moved on to go to Carpentras next day. It was a very long drive, with some very picturesque views as we were leaving Alps.


In Carpentras Fabio went for a long cycling ride all the way up to Mont Ventoux, nearly 2000 metres high.
While Fabio was cycling I went to explore the town.
After lunch on day 12 we went to Avignon. Very nice city. Old town looks so historic, which was secluded with walls. It was also very busy with tourists and a big part of it was for shopping ( looked like very good shopping place, with a lot of independent boutiques).
We found the best spot in town to park Shelly. By the river with a view to old town - perfect. There were some people during the day having lunch and just enjoying the sun. So we joined and took our chairs out and had dinner there. In the evening we finally could watch a Portugal - Poland game in a nice outside cafe. Portugal won. YEY.
As we were going back to our van we realized that the beautiful place has become very dodgy. Fool of strange people in cars. Literary all car park was with cars with some guys in (doing whatever they are doing), but it felt so dodgy and uncomfortable, that we left immediately. We looked up on our Aires book and found something just 30 min away. It was already way after mid night though. As we arrived in the small quiet village, a French couple stopped us in the Aire. We could not understand a word, but I guess someone had just broke into their van through the window. So they were packing their stuff up and leaving. We thought, that is not where we want to stay, so we found another place quickly and went there - Arlas. It was nearly 1am already as we arrived there and noticed the same dodgy scene as in Avignon. Guys sitting in the cars, looking like waiting for something. We didn't even stop there and went on. Next closest Aire 50 min away. So we went. Finally arrived in a small village near Marine, with lots of other motorhomes there. We felt safe now, So we stayed. It was nearly 3am already, but at least we can sleep peacefully.