Today KFC for Vil, there is free wifi as well. When he entered KFC he was a bit “amused” about the situation there. See yourself.
Is there no one who cleans up? And Vil’s real name is for sure not Dolf. A big queue at the counter and only one cashier. Vil needed to wait 30 minutes for his burger.
Ok, free WIFI!
Not much to report. Vil drove around 1.200 km. No highways, only Rue National. Average speed maybe 70 km. Here are a few impressions.
Vil cleaned Victor and removed years of dust, all liquids and filters changed, all passenger seats in the front and the back removed, the smashed rear door replaced and the back windows taped with black duck-tape to give us a little privacy. Just a few steps more and we are ready to go.
Power is important and Vil installed a 12V battery to 5V USB and 220V converter to power his laptop. For the boom, we’ve got a 100W amplifier with AUX-IN for his phone. A RaspberryPI with WIFI and SSD storage is used to feed the iPod with music and movies during the long hours on the road. Also, a TomTom Navi will help us to “stay on track”.
Now we have shelter, a place to store our belongings, two big plastic water bags with 20-liter volume each, a camping gas stove, a thermal box to protect the food and Vil’s medicine. The bed is long enough for Vil and actually, it’s quite comfortable.
We don’t have much money to spend, so we went to ALDI and bought an enormous amount of food. Literally dozens of cans with potato, pee or bean soup, canned meat, canned salad, everything canned. Coffee, soft drinks, milk, cleaning stuff, sweets, my food, spices, bread and much more. Also, a little cooling box to chill drinks, fresh stuff, and Vil’s medicine.
Victor offers enough space to carry food for more than a month and we filled him up to the brim. Brave little car!
Please stay tuned for the next post.
Wherever we go, we need something to live in because we won’t be able to afford a hotel or even Airbnb. We need a place for all our belonging, our camping equipment, storage, clothing and finally a place to sleep. A cheap solution was needed, so Vil bough Victor, a 1991 VW-Polo, for 150€, that’s around 200$, to transform him into our future home.
Victor was built in 1999, he has circa 100.000 miles (170.000km) on the clock and “extreme power” of 44KW / 60PS. Victor will be transformed into a complete camper with water, gas cooker, table, bed, storage, electricity, WiFi,……. and a place for me.
After this is done we will travel to Spain, visit exciting places, eat delicious food, meet interesting people and hopefully find a job for Vil before our money runs out.
I am very good with cats and it was a real pleasure to watch my little friends growing up so fast!
Vil was living with his family in a small town in Southern France, the Basque Country, he had a nice house. One day his girlfriend asked him if he wants to have a dog because it now would be the perfect time for one. Vil agreed and they drove to a dog shelter near to Bayonne.
At first, they checked out all older dogs, because Vil thought that puppies always find a new owner and he would like to give an older dog a chance. So, he saw all dogs and he wanted to leave and go home without seeing the small ones, but his girlfriend insisted. After all dogs, I was the last creature they saw. Vil immediately fell in love with me, since then we are together and best friends.
Life in the Basque Country was very nice. We all had a little house near to a river, and every day we had a long walk in the nature. I like to hunt birds and sometimes I was very close catching one, but never made it. They are really fast. Anyway, wonderful life in southern France life couldn’t be better for us. In Germany, they say: “To live like God in France!”
I had a boyfriend, Lou Chin, a very big nice guy and the night before the morning he was scheduled to lose his balls, but before he managed to give me a wonderful present. Actually three: Boule, Neige and Vache. “Ball”, “Snow” and “Cow”. My little Smallies.
All was a real dream, we planned to stay forever, but unfortunately our life changed from one day to the other and we needed to go back to Vil’s home country, Germany.
I don’t want to go too much into details, but I can say that Vil was hit by a personal tragedy which made it impossible for him to stay in France.
So, he arranged everything necessary within a few days, we went with little warning time back to Germany and this is the beginning of our story.
Ok, ….. Let’s go.