Hey brother,
Yeah my Berlingo is my save Haven - even its lacking a lot.
It really is quite small, so you never can stand upright, it lacks a heating in the winter or even isolation in the summer and maybe a toilette. But hey, if i just have to miss those things in order to see the world - im quite fine with that :)
What was your first camper and whats your acutal one? Cant wait to here, feel free to share some pics!
Id love to see how you manage your inner Architecutre :))
all the best from germany,
jojo
Hop over to my channel to see my old van. I had pretty much the same circumstances as you. Just far less professional when it comes to the carpenter work haha
The new van is a campervan, which might be a little less personal, but the comforts of having your home ready-furnished did make up for that ;)
And being able to stand up and actually socialise inside does increase life quality by far. At the same time I'm happy I started as small as you: This way you appreciate every cm all the more ;)
Brother just another rad comment <3
Love the fact that you started out jut like me...
Id love to hear you opinion on the difference - of course there is much more comfort, but how do you handle the parking question?
Is it much more trouble to get you camper somewhere parking - and of course, people do always know that there is "a nomad" camping in it. With my "undercover" Berlingo most people wont even recognize someones in! I dont know how the law on living in a camper on most countries of Europe is because nobody cares about a normal car.
Could you share your Experience on that - i was always wondering if this could be a weakpoint?
all the best brother,
jojo :)
Hey Jojo,
Well, first off, our current camper isn't much bigger than a big car. That's what I like so much about the set up: Even though it is a comparably small camper, it does still have all of the comforts of a big RV (excluding a toilet, but there used to be one, as far as I know - and of course we could just get a small camper toilet). That's mainly due to the fact that you can fold the bed away to the ceiling with only one arm movement. We were really lucky with this van!
When it comes to stealth: Yes, it's not AS easy to stay under cover. In many places we realised it's not even necessary. We've become far more cheeky, living in the van openly. Depending on the city of course.
Besides that, during day time people can hardly see through the windows (unless they come really close) and at night we just put down the blinds, so no light from the inside, makes it's way to the outside. People would simply not know whether or not somebody is sleeping inside.
I'm more concerned about people getting the idea of breaking in than people complaining about us being in there. In fact, with the old van, I had two instances where people tried to break in, while I haven't had any with the camper. Probably because small transporters look more likely to have valuables on board than a camper van, that doesn't have any stuff laying around visibly (We always keep the room that you can see from the windows as empty as possible).
Hope that helps. Enjoy the ride! Curious what's to come next :D
Robin