Written TidbitsCampgrounds in France 3

By Jim and Emmy Humberd

An interesting campsite was located behind a farmhouse near Villers Les Bonivers, near Lyon. The sign said "Camping Ferme," or camping on a farm. The farmer had installed electrical hookups and primitive bathroom facilities for his guests. He also grew hay to feed his cows, milked them, bottled the milk himself and delivered it to restaurants and stores. His wife took care of the children and many chickens.

The Châteaux de Saumur was just across the river from our RV in the Municipal Campsite at Saumur. We saw no hotel that offered such a view.

Disneyland has a campsite nearby, in addition to all the hotels, but we were told it is dreadfully expensive (we've never stayed there). We were told that RVs were permitted to spend the night in the Disneyland parking lot. We have spent the night in several strategically located parking lots in France, and oftentimes the view out our bedroom window was exceptional.

In the countryside there are miles of farmland, and one year, just next door to Connantre's campsite, the farmers were harvesting sugar beets in miles of fields. The work continued well into the night, as the farmers, the huge tractors and beet harvesting equipment, all labored under great flood lights.

Many streets in Langres were under repair, and believe it or not, we had a problem getting out of town. We would be directed here and there, and we would find "here" was under construction and "there" was just too narrow for us to travel, or perhaps one-way the wrong direction. We finally got to the campsite, right on top of the very wide town wall, next to Langres's fortress, with a view of a beautiful sunset over the town and the countryside. The guidebook was right, this attractive town must be seen again.

The night we stayed in a campsite in Rosheim, not too far from Strasbourg, our electric plugs would not fit the receptacles that were available. Nothing would work except to twist our bare wires with theirs, but that worked just fine. We were near Rosheim's church with very loud bells, but either they turned them off, or we slept through the noise during the night.

We tried to find a shortcut out of Colmar, and found ourselves driving up a mountain, going the wrong direction. We went back, then drove to a campsite in Sélestat.

Books by Jim and Emmy Humberd:
Invitation to France
Invitation to Germany
Invitation to Italy

Related Links:
Camping in France
Cheapest Camping France
France Campgrounds: Camping in France