
Calanques National Park 







Cassis night swims 




Ecrins National Park 






“This here is the house of God, this here is the door to the heavens” 

Locals house! 


The locals themselves… everything in this little village is transported via donkey! 
Okay, have been a little bit slack on the blog front. Almost had given up until someone asked me about our Australia trip blog and it gave me hope… maybe people actually read these things! And hey, I forget everything, so could be good to look back on one day. So here goes me trying to remember the past month or so…
We were in awe after the Pyrenees and thought this had to have been one of the more beautiful parts of Europe, and so far it still is one of the tops, but it was so good to get back to the coast and into some salty, vitamin seaaa!
We knew touristy hot spots and big vans weren’t usually a great combo, but we headed towards Cassis on the South Coast of France to see the Calanques National Park. We could imagine not being on a budget and living in a van would be really nice in this area.. but we are on a budget and live in a van so we probably didn’t get to experience it like everyone else around us. Nonetheless, we hired some kayaks our first morning there and headed 5 km out to the Calanques (little inlets of the ocean). We had crystal clear waters, massive cliff faces and hundreds of tourists, but it was definitely a spot to put on the list.