FRANCE’S FABULOUS FREE AIRES + LEARNING to EDIT ON THE ROAD – VANLIFE

Welcome back to our 3rd instalment in our first ever European roadtrip! In this video, we take our little VW campervan further South as we continue to travel through France on our way to Spain and Portugal.

We stay in another peaceful and totally free French aire, where we’re joined by some friendly locals – a couple of beautiful cats who rarely left our side. We also learn how to edit YouTube videos on the road using our power set up. We have a Bluetti powerpack and a portable solar panel that folds out, and this becomes our first experience trying to edit on the go. The power pack, charged by the solar, then keeps our laptops going among other devices. It’s not as advanced as some set ups, but it has worked for us and we’ve been amazed how many people have asked us where we got it and end up wanting one (it was from Amazon and came with our power pack – it wasn’t cheap at around a grand for the combo – eeek – but it has been hugely beneficial to us). You can also move it according to where the sun is in the sky, so in that respect it sometimes has an advantage over fixed panels, although we would love the latter!

We finally reach the Mediterranean coast and also begin exploring Western Europe’s largest river delta, the Camargue region, where the Rhone meets the sea – and got totally lost down a very dodgy road for a while! We explore the very deserted and seemingly isolated town of Port Saint Louis du Rhone, enjoy some tasty food and reach a beach just as the sun begins to set.
It is worth pointing out that in the south of France around the Camargue region, free aires are harder to find, but generally France is fantastic for them!

We hope you enjoyed the video and the continuation of our journey, and we’d like to thank everyone who has come along for the ride, including all our recent new subscribers (as well as those here from the start!) so thank you, it’s really appreciated. Do give the video a like if you can (unless, you know, you didn’t like it of course!) and hit the notification bell to be kept up to date with our videos and travels.
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Thanks everyone for your support, and although we do this for fun, we hope the videos have been entertaining, informative or inspiring in some way, especially if you’re thinking of travelling in a van and/or making a big change in your life, or simply enjoy following along with us!

Dan & Stephen
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Chapters:

00:00 – 00:30 – Intro
00:31 – 05:34 – Free French Aire
05:35 – 08:00 – Portable Solar, Powerpack & YouTube Chat
08:01 – 08:59 – Special Guests – Cute Kitties!
09:00 – 10:58 – Editing on the Road – How will we get on?
10:59 – 12:00 – The Cats Are Back!
12:01 – 14:19 – Should we feed them?
14:20 – 16:18 – On The Move & Shower Time!
16:19 – 22:12 – Exploring Port Saint Louis du Rhone
22:13 – 27:58 – Lost in the Camargue, Unexpected Ferries & River Deltas
27:59 – 29:59 – Reaching the Mediterranean, Sunsets & Outro