Camping at the National Park of St. Pierre de Chartreuse

A few weeks back we decided to go camping. About 80km and roughly1.5hrs drive from the parent's home. Just to do something different. It was during the music festival and where we were going, there will be some open air performance, Live bands. The weather however was not promising for a summer. As shown in the photo below... dark cloudy day....Well we took our chances anyways.

We arrived just in time at the camp site to set up the tent cos there were lots of people coming for this festival. Well, our camp site is a little distance from the town center and it was pretty happening camp area. There were loud music blasting all throughout the day and night!!! Ya, the boom boom kind of music with very powerful speakers.

Here is the tent we used for our weekend camping. It was very easy to set up. The tent actually belongs to his father. It was a father's day gift but I guess we took the opportunity to use and try it out first hand.

All you got to do is, throw it in the air and it just OPENS up like magic!! POOF... VOILA ...no need for more effort. It took a couple of seconds to open up. As you can see behind, there are more tents like this. It is really the fashion to use buy and use this tent.

It is vrey spacious too. Could fit 3 or even 4 people in here. 2 very comfortably. 3 is alright and 4 gets a little too COZY.. Unless it is Winter then, 4 is a good amount to keep warm. hahahaha..

A little effort from me, to nail down the tent.. well, we still have to do some manual labour apart from the magical bit. This is for safety purposes in case a strong wind comes and blows away our tent. Don't want that to happen.

Apparently we set up the tent just in time too cos not long after... THE RAIN came and followed but thunder and lightning... HMMM.. I was pretty scared. The thought that it might strike us or the tree where our tent and then fall on top of us. I kept telling Johan that maybe it will be better if we just slept in the van. Eventually the rain and thunderstorm stopped. Phew, thankfully. We got ourselves ready for the night and went to the town cetre for the main activities.

The Town Council of St. Pierre de Chartreuse with a beautiful rainbow after the storm....

Real pigeons flying away?? Nope, that is a painting on the wall!! Yup, including that little widow.. and the view.. ALL PAINTING!! Beautiful work huh? It looks sooooo real. In France, there are lots of beautifully painted walls. I must take some photos when I get a chance too.
Spot Johan.
The Baba Yaga.. hehehhe

Most of the houses there looks like this cute cottage.
One of the few live bands performing that night. Unfortunately, only got a photo shot of this band. It was nice and there were some people dancing. Children and Adults were enjoying themselves.

The morning after...... Some campers who had a really good time with his friends. We didnt have a good sleep that night with the music playing loudly and then by 5 am there were people talking really loudly and looking for a place to place their tents to sleep.. yup, lots didnt sleep till about that time. We are like the babies that need to sleep really early!!

HMMMMM... BREAKFAST! My favourite meal of the day especially when I have the whole day to have breakfast. Johan and I can have our breakfast for a good 1 - 2 hours. This morning, we bought some fresh bread and had it with peanut butter with jam and butter with jam accompanied with an orange juice.

Then we took a walk around and the music continues...

There still had other activities for the early bird and for those who slept earlier...

Live band in the middle of the market place. They played and sand well. There was a good crowd around to listen to them. A french Stereotype..
The two stand-up comedians managed to draw a good crowd of both children and adults. They were funny. The kids loved them.

After our little walk around, Johan went cycling while I was too lazy to join him.. Ya, I am such a lazy bum. I stayed near the camp area and read my book. Then I took a nap and prepared to go back home. Of course putting away the tent was not as easy as it came open like magic. There were some people who were packing up and trying to twist and turn the tent to pack it. It was funny to watch. We never tried it before so Johan and I observed them closely so we could learn from them the techniques to pack the tent. A guy next to us even tried lying and putting his body weight on the tent to twist and turn the tent.. SO FUNNY to watch. I should have video it.

We only left towards the end of the day so we could enjoy being outdoor in the woods. There were not too many people left and I decided to take on the challenge to pack away the tent.. Since not too many people, I cant make a fool of myself trying to twist and turn the tent. Surprisingly, it was not as difficult as how some of them made it to be. Just got to let the tent fold in by itself and then twist it accordingly and VOILA.. under a minute!

Either it was easy or I am just TOO SMART!! HAH

Well, that was it.. It was a good and relaxing weekend out of the house. Relaxing for me at least cos I didnt go cycling.. I just lazed around!