What a chaotic night we had
Mosquito alarm and incessant dog barking. We were then rudely awakened by the hard-working city workers, who were probably assigned to gardening. For us, this meant: let’s get out of here.
Our satnav, this actually great truck app that we have now bought, has already cost us nerves today. So far we are very satisfied and driving is much more relaxed, as we now drive routes without driving bans for 7.5 tons and no longer have to worry about height restrictions. We don’t just drive on the main roads with this app, but also a bit off the beaten track. That’s great. But today we zigzagged so often. The roads were even narrower than in the pictures (unfortunately there are no photos of this, I was pretty busy “keeping my nerve”)
At some point we also found out why he drives such routes.
We’ll have to go into that a little more. The first thing we did today was drive to Santiago de Campostella. We thought there was a garage there that could change a tire and the oil.
The tires won’t be changed and the oil won’t be changed for another 1-2 weeks. No problem, we are in good spirits in the meantime, the tire looks unchanged and will last a few hundred kilometers. The oil change can also wait a little longer. So we drove on. There are many driving bans for vehicles over 5.5 tons in the city. And we can no longer avoid them because we are almost in the middle of them. That’s why the sat nav sent us on such strange routes, along country roads and always past the city.
Santiago de Campostella, the destination of the many, many pilgrims. The joy of having made it was written all over their faces. Beautiful to look at.
In the next video you can see that we still have a lot to learn. We are either working on our driving style or our congestion tactics.
When I happened to turn around to the back while driving, I was almost hit by a car.
There was a supermarket nearby. We immediately drove into its parking lot and cleaned up first.
While I had already started cleaning, Alex went into the supermarket and picked up a few cleaning utensils.
When Alex saw his shoes, he just said: “No problem, now I only have white soles.”
Anyone who knows me can imagine that I didn’t find that particularly funny.
But that’s the way it is!
Because of our paint mess, we didn’t arrive at our pitch until around 3:30 pm today. It took us about 5 hours to cover the 100 km.
This site is so beautiful that we decided to stay there for a few days.
First, we made ourselves a small snack and made ourselves comfortable on the beautiful grounds.
In other words, Alex couldn’t help but collect chestnuts all the time. He was so excited that they were lying around. Here in Germany, you pay a lot of money for them.
In the end, he had collected 2800 g.
However, you have to be careful because the prickly pieces are constantly falling from the trees and can really hurt if you catch them.
Of course, Alex also roasted the chestnuts today. They tasted delicious – it’s a shame you can’t smell how delicious they smell.
The next morning we were already hard at work.
Having often taken branches from trees, including on this site, Alex took the trouble today to see what it looked like up there on the roof.
The two poles on the box were actually a bit bent and as we don’t use them anyway, Alex removed them without further ado.
In the meantime, I took care of the washing and also serviced the KTM.
In the afternoon we went to see the area. I may be repeating myself in the posts, but we’ve just been somewhere so terribly beautiful again.
We go into the forest, everything is so wonderfully green and the trees are covered in moss or ivy. This must be a paradise for animals.
The path continues along the Rio Ulla to the next small village 3 km away, where this medieval bridge stands. In some places it is lined with chestnut trees. You wouldn’t want to walk there barefoot and you would certainly feel more comfortable wearing a helmet. You have to be very careful when these huge pieces with their strong spines fall to the ground.
You can cross the Rio Ulla over this suspension bridge, which at 80 meters is the longest in Galicia and is called Pasarela Mariola.
Alex has virtually no weaknesses, but suspension bridges are his downfall. That’s not a problem, because there are normally other ways to get there.
But I must have walked over it at least once and then back again 😉
Once we arrived in the village, we had a little refreshment before we made our way back
A beautiful day comes to an end!
There is a fish ladder at our pitch. You are not actually allowed to fish in the vicinity, as the salmon regularly come here to spawn.
We prepared the chestnuts differently. We boiled them. We were interested in the difference between roasted and boiled.
Our conclusion: there was no difference in taste. However, we think that they are easier to peel when cooked. Although we have only ever roasted them in the pan or cooked them in the oven, we will prefer to boil them in water from now on.
After we had breakfast today, there was a big crowd here in the parking lot. Then people set up their things on the picnic tables and spread various things out on the ground.
Shortly afterwards, a small bus arrived with some older people who had already gone hiking. The police and fire department arrived. We watched with excitement to see what would happen today. Then five large buses arrived. Many little dwarves got out of the five buses. All children of kindergarten age. They must have had a lot of fun today.
We decided to go on a short tour with our KTM.
When we returned at around 2 p.m., we still expected to see a lot of activity on the site. Apart from a few other campers and a car, there was nothing to see of what had been going on in the morning.
For us, it was time for lunch. We spent the day relaxing in front of the motorhome.
We were joined on the pitch by an older Spanish couple, a couple from the UK and a younger couple from Italy. We spoke briefly with the Italians this morning. They have been on the road since the end of April. Like us, they have been traveling for a long time. They would like to travel to Morocco, but they won’t know until shortly beforehand whether it will really work out. They have a cat with them and don’t yet know whether it will be possible to enter the country with her without any problems. The cat is really cute. She is allowed to run around freely. Most of the time she stays close to the motorhome, and when the couple or even just one of them goes somewhere, the cat always goes with them. Really nice to look at ?
Originally we wanted to drive on again tomorrow. But we like it here so much that we decided to stay. We are now deciding from day to day. But we should be moving on by Monday at the latest.