Drama in 3 Acts - The Light

Hello dear readers, welcome to our annual vacation report from the North of Europe. Once again, we have set out on our journey with a motorhome for the 4th time, and we want to share with you what we experienced or went through.

We went through quite a lot on the first day! Without giving too much away, packing all of this into a blog would be overwhelming to read. We certainly reached our emotional limits multiple times.

Right on time at 10 am on Monday, we received our vehicle of the year from our trusted rental company. Other than a few scratches from previous renters (shame on you! #stonechipped), there was nothing else to clarify and the handover went quickly.
On the way home, the right indicator suddenly seemed to be in quite a 'hurry', meaning the clicking sound was about twice as fast as normal. Additionally, the cockpit displayed a message to check the right turn signal (Fiat seemed to find 'indicator' too simple). Since the indicator had a scratch from a previous renter, we thought that might be related. The indicator worked normally, so all was good.
So we started loading the first items into the vehicle. Then came the thought to try all the indicators and lo and behold: the one on the rear right doesn't work! Thank goodness you can remove the cover on this model (albeit with quite a bit of fiddling and cursing) and take out the bulb. It looked undamaged and perfectly fine. We quickly called the landlord S. to share ideas and opinions, but in the back of our minds was the booked ferry. Investing hours into a workshop or troubleshooting now seemed too risky.
We agreed with S. to start driving and to seek a workshop in Sweden only if necessary.
With that thought, we felt quite uncomfortable! So, we tossed the remaining items less carefully than in previous years into various compartments and set off quite tense. On the highway ramps, we turned right once, otherwise only left, that wasn't the problem. The problems only arose on the highway because merging right after an overtaking maneuver requires an indicator. And MUCH MORE IMPORTANTLY, in a traffic jam, you turn on hazard lights to warn the cars and trucks behind you. Now imagine, a car is driving in front of you in the right lane towards a traffic jam, blinking left! Right? Do you also think that doesn't sound good? We encountered this situation three times and could only hope for the consideration of others.
Since this was bothering us, we both thought about what else we could do and came to the conclusion to swap the two rear bulbs, perhaps the right one was indeed defective. Then we could just buy a new one and save the trouble of going to a workshop. But during the 2-3 times we stopped for a short break, it just rained too heavily.
Finally, we reached Rostock port safely around 7 pm. We swapped the bulbs, and indeed the right one was broken.
Annoying that we hadn't figured that out at home, but it couldn't be changed and the problem was clearly resolved at a low cost. Informed landlord S. and took a deep breath.
You think now we can finally go on vacation carefree? Well, just wait, it can always get worse.