travel Lessons

Travel lesson 10: Campertje, grove, insect

We have to be exactly one year ago decided to still socially desirable and recognized life form of house, tree, creature leaving to organize our lives as adventurous and digital nomads. Or so I thought when I started writing this article and came to the conclusion that our life still contains three elements, just a little different without bourgeois states and unnecessary ballast.

From cottage to camper

We have exchanged our apartment for a campervan, or with all the basic amenities but without the annoying burden weekly, Monthly and yearly cleanings and maintenance :). This is an absolute time savings for our camper within 10 minutes tidied and cleaned, while I had to pull off a whole day for our house to do things on the side. These time savings, I love you more free time to read, to write, photographing and walking, things that make me happy.

In addition, my wardrobe is minimized 33 pieces while I used everything with difficulty trying to cram in three wardrobes, not to talk about my shoes I now but just disregarded.

"Unconsciously, we still take part in the Dutch trend of minimizing or from the other side of the world but still with the same intention", less stuff worry less.”

From tree to bush

In our apartment we had big plant and I made each week for a beautiful bunch of flowers, so I spent a bit of nature and comfort in house (I secretly tried to fulfill the lack of a garden) though I tried to convince myself that it was not. Unfortunately I could not think of any other alternatives at that time then buy flowers. Only when I was practicing for the Camino de Santiago I discovered the green spots in my town. I did not know what I saw, so much green, so many alternatives to fulfill my lack of a garden. These parks were better than the garden that I ever would have in house. Thanks to this last discovery garden I now find everywhere on travel, a grove, a tree, a piece of nature where I can enjoy the sun or where I can study on a bench people, can read a book, in silence can sit or as can light the BBQ in Australia. All this without the states of the construction, building and maintaining a private garden.

From (no) creature to many critters

In the cottage, tree, animal story we only missed the beast. We are animal- and nature lovers but a pet did not fit into our schedule. Now we notice we are only traveling the joy bring animals. Waking up with the singing of birds, penguins parading along your motorhome, the bush turkey that's what comes into the morning to get there is when you're having breakfast, The koalas are sleeping lazily in the trees, the seals which bathe undisturbed while you walk along the beach and so many other animals that are our daily companions.

The ideal of cottage, tree, animal is not so bad, because these three elements contained in my opinion a good basis to be happy, namely a roof over our head (Security and secrecy), a place that connects us with nature (connection to all living things) and the joy that animals bring into our lives. So I say: long live my camper, grove, creature living!!!!

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