The slightly different campsite

October 8th: Sunday

I would say a blessing in disguise. When we arrived at our campsite of choice at midday, it was unfortunately closed. Google and the homepage didn't reveal this and we were initially at a loss as there were no (open) CPs available in the immediate vicinity. Michel had overslept half of the journey and the bulk shopping in the supermarket and we didn't want to drive any longer. When we had just decided to drive three quarters of an hour back in the direction we came from, a nice cyclist (a German) stopped and gave us the tip to go to the campsite right next to it and try it there. And we were actually lucky!

And then we got the last parking space in the first row with a direct view of the sea.

The campsite is very simple, the sanitary facilities are even less than that. I don't mind that, but we quickly decided not to stay longer than 2 nights. A short path through dunes takes you to the beach, which is around 10 km long and has fine sand.

In some places I could probably walk 200m out into the sea and still stand. The water was wonderfully clear, like everywhere else, but unfortunately there were hardly any fish to be seen.

What there was, however, was an open beach bar and we treated ourselves to the second cappuccino of the day.

In the early evening we started our way back, Sven wanted to go for a short run and I played with Michel in the camper.

Unfortunately, the power supply wasn't the most stable either, so we had to switch to the gas stove and decided to use up one of our canned goods. There was lentil stew a la Aldi, fresh baguette, artichokes and olives from the jar and some Italian sweets for dessert. We stopped at the candy aisle and drank hard for our standards (as Sven would say).

As I sit here and write, I keep looking up at the sky, because I have never seen a starry sky like this before. Sven even claims to be able to make out the Milky Way. I believe him 😉