Dear Hive! After last years 7 months trip I realized that I have barely shared the Vanlifestuff here and that is gonna change!
Last week, I found a campspot on park4night (#93901) near Tossa de Mar. The reviews promised a quiet, peaceful place and a good adventurous offroad-trail to get to the viewpoint which was the campspot as well. I kinda feel really excited for some offroad trails and if one guy in the reviews said '' I did it without 4 wheel drive'' I feel like I can do it too and it sounds right away like the perfect idea on earth. Let's do it! No matter how many people advise you not to. I believe a Van can do more than people think and going off the beaten path is the perfect way to see what adventures life has to offer.
The reviews promised that the first 100 meters were the worst, which was actually true but I can't say that the road was ''perfect'' afterwards. But in fact, it was ''perfect'' in its own way. No need for a morning coffee when driving those roads. The wake up boost is guaranteed! I am always driving as slow as a snail on those roads but I guess that's legit when you are carrying a house on your back.
Back in Holland, we don't have roads like this so Dutch people usually have 0 offroad skills. During my time in Sardinia I encountered plenty of those rough roads and the locals where driving there effortless with their Fiat Pandas
My Van is quite wide for this road but in the end, it fitted perfectly fine. The trees and bushes at the roadside made me think more than once '' Well, A trip to Morocco for a cheap paint job might be my next destination now'' But in the end, the scratches are very small so who cares? Not me.
When the road is actually really bad I am always apologizing to my Van, when it is steep in a curve and I lose traction, I am cheering for my Van. My Van and I are on this adventure so I gotta take care for him. I actually start to believe more and more that this Van can make it to Africa some day one of my dream journeys.
Luckily, there is no traffic on this road and I have no clue what I would have done if there was another car. No way that this road would allow another car to pass. I guess one of the two has to go backwards all the way, which would be a good practice or who knows it might make my allrisk insurance very useful. But as always, my favourite motto is ''Problems for Later!''. And usually it actually doesn't turn out as a problem when you are flexible and adapt to the situation. Often I kinda love the thrill when everything goes wrong. I might be a bit Psycho. But this day, nothing went wrong.
When I was here I did take some photos as you can see, but I had no intention of writing this blog. I was enjoying the place, the quietness like no other place I have been to. I stayed here a couple of days and I have seen just one man with a dog. It was beautiful and I definitely didn't feel like leaving. But as always on a journey: you have to move on if you don't want the journey to be over.
I spend my time largely working from ''home'', Used my breaks to do some yoga just outside my door. Usually I feel kind of shy when there are people around but there were no people at all. I was dancing outside to the music and cooked delicious meals. As I mentioned in my earlier blog I am gonna change my dieet to be more plantbased so I walked to the store 30 minutes down the hill to buy ingredients to make Hummus and Falaffel. I cooked with electricity produced by my solar setup and I cooked outside under the sun. Perfect as a simple vanlife day should be. Simple day of Doing ''nothing'' but still doing the things that matter, like cooking healthy foods and doing yoga and taking outdoor showers.. It feels just like how life should be. It was just a bliss to be here and I realize I should take more photos on days like this, on places like this.
Welcome to the viewpoint which I would like to call the shower! Guess I am the viewpoint now
Thank you for reading my VanLife Blog! Do you like these kinda Vanlife stories or should I stick with the travel blogs like I used to do? Please let me know :)
Regards,
Sascha