One moment you are still in the sunny south of Europe and the next you are back in our cold, dark, wet Netherlands. In four days we drove from Andalusia to the Netherlands. What is going on?
Surprise
There is nothing wrong! This was already in our planning from the beginning. What is the case: my daughter graduated last Friday. She has completed the clinical technology program and of course you want to be there as a father. For her, however, this was a surprise, she thought we were still traveling and we would follow her thesis defense online. So here speaks an extremely proud father of two graduated children :-)
"Any man can be a father but it takes someone special to be a dad"
December festive month
Now that we are in the Netherlands anyway, we have decided to stay for a few weeks. Take the time to meet up with family and friends. We will also be in the area during the holidays to be with our family.
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Improvements
Despite the fact that I have been living in Globus2 for two years, we still have a number of improvements that we want to make. Two years on a camping by yourself is different from traveling through Europe with two people. What do we want to change:
Installing a second gas tank. In previous blogs we wrote that the gas, which we only use for cooking, runs out faster than we expected. A Dutch gas bottle cannot simply be filled in most other countries, which is why we want to take a second bottle with us. This also means making a gas bun that fits two bottles. The connection for the shower was attached to the old gas bun, so this also needs to be adjusted.
Installing a grey water tank under the bus. At the campsite where I have been for the past few years, each spot had its own drain. Ideal! When we are on the road, we use a separate tank that we slide under Globus2. This turns out to be a hassle in parking lots or when the ground is not 100% flat, so the tank just doesn't fit underneath. So we decided to install a fixed grey water tank under the bus. (see photo below how it is now)
Adjusting the LED lighting above the counter Above the counter we have an LED strip. This is so blindingly bright that we can light up the entire campsite with it. So we want to replace this with an RGB/W LED strip, so that you can create an atmosphere and make adjustable white light when you are cooking.
Lock on the large drawer under the dining table Despite the drawer slides with resistance, the drawer sometimes opens during downhill descents and heavy braking. This should not happen of course and so there has to be a lock on it so that we can lock it when we go for a ride.
New kettle The 'emergency' kettle we bought in Spain only has a capacity of half a liter and is only 600W. So it takes quite a while before we have just enough water for two cups of tea. Time for something different!
Attaching a kitchen roll holder above the counter A kitchen roll is indispensable for us when we are traveling. The roll often floated from left to right, high time for a neat kitchen roll holder under the top cupboard.
In short, plenty to do in December.
Where are we?
8,500 km since our departure. After Gibralar we visited the cities of Ronda and Setenil. Very worthwhile. We also walked the Caminito del Rey, a walk we had been looking forward to for so long. It was a really great hike! Then we started our return journey. In between we stopped in Madrid and had dinner with an old Weleda colleague. Of course we also visited the city. Then we drove on to the Netherlands within three days. This concludes our Travels without End Time part 1 and we can prepare for our next journey.
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