Disposal stations for motorhomes or campers
A brief guide to dealing with fresh, grey and waste water when camping In a camper or motorhome, you cook, brush your teeth, wash your hands, take a shower and sometimes you have to go to the toilet - if you have one in the vehicle at all! Fully equipped motorhomes have three different water tanks for this purpose. First and foremost, you need fresh water tanks, which [...]
Retrofitting an air heater - not only in the camper
Installation and maintenance - not only in our workshop, but it's better 😉 A parking heater in the camper is not only a warm companion in winter, but also ensures pleasant comfort and a pleasant indoor climate on cold, damp summer nights in the mountains. But what to do if the camper doesn't have a parking heater and how to heat [...]
Heating in the camper: does it need one and if so, which one?
Heating in the camper: do you need one and if so, which one? Parking heater, electric heating mat, wood-burning stove and co. If you are travelling outside the main season, you can admire nature in its most beautiful autumn colours or be enchanted by snow-covered mountain peaks. But the temperatures can drop below freezing at night, your feet get cold and it's not just [...]
travel destinations in winter
Destinations in winter When you think of holidays or holidays in winter, you usually have images of full ski slopes or cross-country ski trails in your head. But hardly beach holidays in winter! And combining skiing holidays with camping is definitely an excellent idea. But what if you're a bit of a winter grump? We have a few holiday destinations [...]
Without campers, but lava - Camping Sicily #3
No camper, but lava instead - Camping Sicily #3 The Sicilian weather is not always on its best behaviour. It is therefore with a heavy heart that we decide to temporarily leave van life behind us. Between Christmas and New Year's Eve, we set sail without a campervan. Provided the ferry would even leave because of the swell! We give up our camper [...]
Pasta every day keeps… – Sicily with the #2 camper
Pasta every day keeps... - Sicily with the camper #2 THE DOCTOR AWAY...When I think of Sicily, two things come to mind. Mafia and volcanoes. While the latter is rather exciting, the former leaves me with a rather queasy feeling when travelling in a highly polished camper. What [...]
The journey is the reward – Sicily #1
The journey is the reward - Sicily #1 Last Christmas... Yes, a white Christmas, a nice present with the Griswolds and red cabbage stains on the tablecloth... every year. Or not. Because the last time it snowed at Christmas was when I was very little, so the amount of snow seemed relatively large. Chevy Chase is being [...]
You dare something, as a woman! #solofemalecamper
You dare to do something as a woman! #solofemalecamper Or on the subject of girls on the camper front aka vangirls I keep coming across the hashtag #solofemalecamper on social media. It's accompanied by romanticised pictures of pretty girls, lightly staffed, sitting in their campers decorated with fairy lights and cosy blankets, drinking a cup of camomile tea and gazing into the [...]
Top 10 winter camping destinations in Switzerland
Top 10 winter camping destinations in Switzerland Even if we can hardly get out the door ourselves due to the time of year, we can still dream. In order to still get out, I have picked out a few beautiful winter camping destinations and would like to share them with you. 1. Eienwäldli in Engelbergtal (NW) Where is it: Sporthotel Eienwäldli Wasserfallstrasse [...]
You don't go camping in winter, do you?
You don't go camping in winter, do you? All about winter camping. The same applies to camping: there's no such thing as can't. Just as there is no such thing as "bad" weather, there is no such thing as the "wrong" time of year to go camping. The be-all and end-all of winter camping is, of course, the right equipment. Then there is the equipment, infrastructure on site [...]
