Surftrip
When I arrived in Spain at the Surfana surf camp I felt home immediately. It’s always nice to be around people that are free spirits. Do whatever you like all day, share food and stories. I preferd to sleep the nights in my van, but if it would get too cold they had a spare bed for me in the villa. I don’t have a heater in my van and it was the beginning of october. At daytime the temperatures were nice, but at night it could get really cold. The first night was really nice. Do you know the feeling just before you wake up, that you think you’re at home in your own room and own bed. And then you wake up not knowing where you are. That was what I was experiencing. One of the best feelings ever. To me it means that I’m so comfortable in my van that it feels the same as being at home.
The original plan was that I would stay there for 7 days, pick up a friend (Gilian) from the airport and start to drive our way back together. But I really enjoyed my time there and spend my hole day surfing and skating and I really did not wanted it to end yet. So I phoned Gilian and asked if he would like to stay here for a couple of days and lurn how to surf. And he also liked that idea, because he had never surfed before. So we agreed to stay untill monday, but monday became wednesday and well we still didn’t wanted to leave. We realised that if we did not leave by tomorrow we were not going to be home in time. We had untill sunday evening, because Gilian had to be back at work on the next day. So after a early morning surf and lunch we said goodbye to everyone and finally drove towards the French boarder.
One of the things I learned during my Surfana surftrips is that a plan not always comes together. You have to take things by the day. There is no fun anymore if every minute of your day is recorded. So Gilian and I decided not to make any plans for the way back and see where we would go and stop. Everyday around six in the evening we looked up where we could sleep in a book that I bought. The book is a must have if you want to know where you can sleep legally and cheep. I need electricity for my cooker and fridge. I can’t stay on the side of the road or a beach parkinglot yet. Hopefully in the future I can make enough solar energie to provide my van with.
We stayed our first night at a camper camping next to the beach in Capbreton (France). We only had to pay 10 euro for the night. It was just before sunset and we didn’t feel like cooking so we started to explorer the area. We found a small burger place on the corner of the village and had a delicious meal. On our walk back we could see so many stars shining! it’s actually sad that we have so many streetlights in the Netherlands, that we’re not able to see the sky anymore. Only the brightest stars can be seen. The next morning a little truck showed up and delivered petit pains and croissants. So we got ourselves some breakfast and lunch and left the camping spot towards our next destination.