We have been a bit too relaxed with this trip when it comes to preparation and planning. It has not always been a conscious choice, rather the result of running around the kids all day and ending up dead on the couch when they would sleep. And then there was one week left. Then few days left, one day left…and suddenly ’oh sh*t, we pick up the camper tomorrow!’ It did not even hit us when the camper was parked under our doorstep (thanks Daan, we are forever grateful!).
The same evening Dave and Daan joined us in the camper for drinks, we would leave Amsterdam the morning after.
How nice drinking and chatting was! And still no stress (and no preparation).
I got my first ‘holy crap’ moment few minutes before we left home. I realized I was almost forgetting my keys of Greece and greek mobile! If I can forget these, what else have I forgotten? Panic panic panic. The most amazing people were there to wave to us, hugging Juno and Mica took some of the panic away, but my heartbeat was still 30000: what else did i forget? Panic.
Anyway, all these knowing we still have a night at Hapert. This felt like a buffer; in reality it was THE trip preparation squeezed in few hours. Not sure it was possible for people to simply talk to me, i was a tornado in and out the house. Tidying, retidying, arranging stuff hoping to control the chaos. Martijn was responsible for the storage (man, we took a lot…) and i was on top of the cabin. Gioia was wondering ‘what the heck happened with my parents, no one pays any attention to me anymore’ and Alex was in his usual spirit of smiling all day.
My panic gave room to some more positivity and before we knew it, hop, we were in the camper! Vibeke you asked for it so here it comes: Martijn found a camping with good reviews 30 min before we left, so we headed straight to Belgium! The trip would start…for real!
Bye bye Hapert, doei allemaal!
