We were so happy when we finally arrived in the small town of Sausset Les Pins, Marseille Provence. We have been waiting for this moment when we are finally done with the interior of Italy, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
We have seen the beautiful and most important lakes and rivers of the six countries. What we were so looking forward to is to see the deep blue seas again.
So on June 2, 2011, when we saw the sea, the beach, the walkway along the beach and the seemingly tranquil and friendly surroundings of this little town, we were ecstatic. We walked, took pics and had dinner in our camper. We began to take notice of the traffic signs which when translated via google translate means, No Motorhomes/Campers are allowed to park.
We left the parking lot, not so in a hurry though, intending to find a market to buy bottled water. We found a supermarche which was fully lighted still, we drove right in, found the store closed, we were about to exit when the gates closed automatically.
We were locked up, first time, without our consent. There was no one there to open the gate for us and allow us to leave. No one. My husband, used a pedestrian gate and chatted up with people across the street who were eating pizza at the pizza shop. They didn't know how to help us. So we parked and slept in their parking lot.
The second time we were locked up was with our consent. We were in E.Leclerc outside of Marseille and it was closing time. We had dinner and we were taking our time even if we knew the supermarket is already closed. We were approached and was told by the security officer that we could stay overnight but they need to locked up the gates. We agreed and it became our second time being locked up in France.
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