We woke up refreshed this morning. - After two nights of poor sleep, this is a real luxury. We enjoy our new pitch, which is at the very end of the campsite. We are almost on our own here. There is only a single caravan nearby. A couple from Recklinghausen, who readily tell us that they used to travel in a van. It is always fascinating to see that people identify so strongly with a van. Whether it's a T1, T4 or T6 doesn't seem to matter in this respect.
In our comparisons of individual vehicles, we had the Ford Nugget, the Mercedes Marco Polo, the VW California and, most recently, the SpaceCamper in our sights. On closer inspection, the Ford was the first to fall through the cracks. The workmanship didn't seem comparable to us. What's more, I always remembered a saying from the 80s about Ford: "He drove a Ford and never came back" - the option to return is still very important to me. - Who knows, maybe that will change. - The Mercedes Marco Polo was more likely to make the shortlist. I found it particularly surprising that the Mercedes, with the right equipment, ended up being almost the same price as the California. In general, I had the feeling that VW and Mercedes were very similar in this market, not to say copying each other. But at the end of the day, a Daimler is still a Daimler and a VW is still a Volkswagen. And this is precisely where I see the Mercedes' shortcoming. It will never come close to the identification of the Volkswagen. But that's exactly what helps you when you're on the road. Bulli drivers are a community. That's why it was clear to us in the end that we wanted a Volkswagen.
But just at the moment when we had already decided on a VW California and just wanted to take a stroll around the caravan trade fair, we came across SpaceCamper. From the very first moment we realized that not only professionals, but above all campers with heart and soul are at work in this manufactory. - After a 20-minute conversation with the sales manager, he said: "You've already bought it." - My sales heart had to agree with him. - Shortly afterwards, I found out about the T6.1 facelift - whether it was worth the wait remains to be seen. - With every facelift, there will always be people who say the old one was/is better. As this is only a facelift and not a new model series, we promise to get the most sophisticated T5. But as I said, we'll see.
We have now seen a lot on our trip. Traveling can certainly mean constantly being on the move from A to B*, seeing as much as possible. For us, however, it is just as important to stop off once in a while. That's why we want to stay here, in Zambujeira do Mar, for a few days.
Finally time to get out the hammock again and turn my attention to Inspector Dupin's third case - Breton Gold. - I have come to love these Brittany crime novels. - Jean-Luc Bannalec, the author, has an incredibly flowery, sometimes even eccentric way of expressing himself. But this is exactly what makes his novels so special. What's more, the recommendation came directly from two of my friends. Uwe recommended the books to me, Micha the audio books. I decided to go for the book after all. - Torgit and I love the descriptions so much that we definitely want to take a closer look at the area around Le Croisic. - However, I'm enjoying the advantage of only being on volume number three. At the moment, Torgit only has the chance to wait for the next volume or start all over again. Then she'd better do some yoga.
In the meantime, I try to configure the 6.1 a bit. Funnily enough, it works better on the VW Austria homepage than VW in Germany. They already have a long-wheelbase version of the Caravelle online. Because our SpaceCamper is based on this. So it won't be boring.
*Speaking of traveling from A to B. - Torgit and I had another man-woman topic on the journey from Lisbon: we always find it fascinating how differently not only we, but many people tick. You notice this, for example, in the way someone describes the route to you. For example, I would describe a route as follows: Turn right at the next street, follow the road to the next stop sign, keep left there and right at the next traffic lights, then to the traffic circle, first right, after 50 m turn left. Torgit would describe the same route like this: Turn right here at the corner by the cobbler. Then straight ahead, before the pharmacy, keep left, past the large church, then you come to the crossroads, past the Edeka, the Sparkasse and the Volksbank. After the next yellow house, turn right. You will then come to a traffic circle with a fountain. As soon as you are at the traffic circle, turn right into the street with the flower store on the left. Just after the kiosk on the right-hand side, this should be somewhere. -
The funny thing is that Torgit is certainly the more objective type of us. The Stone Age was over 2.5 million years ago and yet it is omnipresent. The basis of our conversation, however, was that I realized too late at a freeway junction that I should turn right. - My statement that I would just drive through the cloverleaf was met with incomprehension. Torgit wanted to drive to the next exit and then turn right. Unfortunately, to make matters worse, the fourth cloverleaf was missing after the second turn. Unfortunately, there was no pharmacy, church, public bank or anything else necessary to explain the situation at the interchange, which is why this screenshot was taken. Theoretically she understood it now, I think!?!????
(Note from Torgit: The great Vera F. Birkenbihl has already explained that men have a map in their heads for navigation and women don't. That's why I don't understand right now why the cardinal points are missing in Marc's navigation?!?!)
Insight of the day: The day I understand women, I'll not only be a bestselling author, but also filthy rich 😉 (Note from Torgit: Honey, it's not bad that you stay poor 😉 )
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