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Arrived at a managed Aiire yesterday.
Nice Aire though expensive with a view of the Seine so thought what the heck its only one night.
A guy there took me in the reception, took details from my passport. Could speak no English.
Said that we pay on departure.
Anyway he escorted us to a pitch, on the way he got waylaid talking to some other French people while we filled up with water.
We went ahead and pulled into a picturesque water front pitch 3 pitches away from other vans that were already there.
On our own aware that as our door is the "wrong" side we used a corner pitch, not to open up against another van to give them and us privacy.
The owner gestured to us that we were to come and pitch in the middle of 2 vans that are already there.
I tried to gesture that we wanted to stay in the corner pitch out of the way.
Anyway
We drove in to the pitch even though we were not happy as that would have impeded our view of the river Seine being a rear lounge mh.
Then he gestured tat we should turn around as our door was opening in view of the next door van, which would mean that for €15 a night we were looking into the vans windows either side of us
€7 placement €4 services,€4electric.
Bearing in mind that the whole 20 pitch Aire only had 3 vans in, 2 facing the river where there were 7 pitches.
why on earth would he put us in the middle of the 2 vans that were already there?
After much arm waving trying to get him to leave us in the 1st pitch we had gone to and away from the other vans, we were doing no harm pitched in the corner away from the others.
We said au revouir and went on our way.
On our way out I tried to pay him the €4 for the water that we had but he kept waving his hand refusing it saying something like I think, allee allee which I think is go go.
He looked amazed that we wanted to leave and him and his friends ranted on in French, goodness knows what he was saying, probably crazy English people.
He didn't like it one bit.
Did we do right to leave or would you put up with being ordered into the one place you thought was inappropriate.?
We left and found a free aire 8 kilometre away also with a view of the seine
Nice Aire though expensive with a view of the Seine so thought what the heck its only one night.
A guy there took me in the reception, took details from my passport. Could speak no English.
Said that we pay on departure.
Anyway he escorted us to a pitch, on the way he got waylaid talking to some other French people while we filled up with water.
We went ahead and pulled into a picturesque water front pitch 3 pitches away from other vans that were already there.
On our own aware that as our door is the "wrong" side we used a corner pitch, not to open up against another van to give them and us privacy.
The owner gestured to us that we were to come and pitch in the middle of 2 vans that are already there.
I tried to gesture that we wanted to stay in the corner pitch out of the way.
Anyway
We drove in to the pitch even though we were not happy as that would have impeded our view of the river Seine being a rear lounge mh.
Then he gestured tat we should turn around as our door was opening in view of the next door van, which would mean that for €15 a night we were looking into the vans windows either side of us
€7 placement €4 services,€4electric.
Bearing in mind that the whole 20 pitch Aire only had 3 vans in, 2 facing the river where there were 7 pitches.
why on earth would he put us in the middle of the 2 vans that were already there?
After much arm waving trying to get him to leave us in the 1st pitch we had gone to and away from the other vans, we were doing no harm pitched in the corner away from the others.
We said au revouir and went on our way.
On our way out I tried to pay him the €4 for the water that we had but he kept waving his hand refusing it saying something like I think, allee allee which I think is go go.
He looked amazed that we wanted to leave and him and his friends ranted on in French, goodness knows what he was saying, probably crazy English people.
He didn't like it one bit.
Did we do right to leave or would you put up with being ordered into the one place you thought was inappropriate.?
We left and found a free aire 8 kilometre away also with a view of the seine