Caravanlife 3.0

Now we have been traveling in Palumbi for more than 3 months, now the little, funny and nice stories have to come.

It's been a while since our last entry, and we've now experienced 3 more campsites and met many other campers and had a great exchange with them.

When we left the winter camper site, I didn't have such a good opinion of campsites by the sea, because it was cramped, felt like a sardine, loud and not as lonely as we were used to at our other stops.

The next campsite was different, it advertised itself as an Ecocamp, which I found very exciting. In fact, they probably have a desalination plant, because the taste of the water took a little getting used to. On the other hand, given the situation, this is probably not possible because we were in the desert or semi-desert near Almeria in Las Negras.

Very impressive landscape, but so incredibly dry, no matter what hike you did, you had the impression you were on another planet. We also followed in the footsteps of Indiana Jones III in the film city, it was always exciting, dry and yet varied.

What made all the hikes so great were the people we met. The people of Stuttgart with their Cali Beach, who we might meet again on the ferry to Morocco, who told us some great stories about the trip to La Gomera and other things.

Diana direct campsite, who comes from Graz, reported that her car was broken into in Nice, that the pickpockets are targeting individuals in the car with fake accidents, and that she has to renew her passport at the embassy in Madrid so that she can also come to Morocco . Sometimes you wonder what happened to the people you met...

These insights into life make it so exciting when we are on the road. The people make the journey valuable and exciting. The tips you get that you save for later, the pointers to good places to stay, or maybe that great restaurant that you wouldn't find otherwise. The Ecocamp was lonely in comparison, everyone had a lot of space, but there were also conversations and shared stories here.

Of course, in #caravanlife there are also arguments and little friction, usually our two black guys start it because one of them likes the bed that the other is lying on....

The last 2 weeks have been extreme here because we started Covid and social distancing at the winter place, I started it, Christian had the whole thing too.

For me the worst was over after 3 days, the test was OK, which is why I was allowed to go shopping and do the rest almost alone. Christian then messed around with it for a little longer, but now we're both feeling better again. With a virus like this, the 12 square meters aren't that great, it's so tight that the other person will definitely pick up the virus too.

BUT: We finally touched our supplies more, tested recipes, cooked new things, so it was interesting!

The last campsite wasn't such a great example of Spanish hospitality because it only opened on the day of arrival, and the showers weren't really warm, but the view was gigantic. Maybe I attach too much importance to a warm to hot shower?

Here we also gained new experiences while hiking, because paths in Spain are probably not repaired, they put up a sign so that the hiker is made aware of a possible danger, that's it. Unfortunately, this can mean that the path has fallen off and that you have to climb somehow and not look down. We mastered it together, but it was a challenge that I hadn't expected. I approach these things like Pippi Longstocking, I think positively, other people are just wired differently here.

Overall, I haven't given up my focus on meditation and yoga, I now read more challenging books than the usual crime novels because I now have time to try other things. I had to pause my yoga because of Covid, but it's going...