We have begun our spring trip. We left during a busy time at home. Our son Dylan was moving into his new home. He and his fiancée Rebecca purchased their first home so they are very excited about now being homeowners. We helped as much as we could but the movers actually delivered their furniture the day before we left so we were not able to offer much help.
Our flight over was uneventful, we even were upgraded to business class for the 30 minute flight from Portland to Seattle. Unfortunately our flight from Seattle to Amsterdam was in coach, but still everything worked as it should and we arrived 30 minutes early in Amsterdam. In immigration the officer asked where we would be visiting this trip and when I mentioned Spain he said he loved Spain. Just to make conversation I asked if he had any recommendations about Spain and he launched in to about a 5 minute description about how to use the subway system in Barcelona to get around town and to make sure we avoided the tourist busses. I’m sure the people behind us in the rather long line thought we were getting thoroughly interrogated about our plans!
A quick Uber to our storage and François was waiting for us. This time we appear to be rodent free which made us both very happy. The only issue is we got an airbag warning lite when we started up. A search on google shows this is a pretty common problem with Ducatos so a trip to a Fiat dealer may be in our future. Fortunately it doesn’t effect our ability to drive.
We had to move our initial stopping point to Delft as the Amsterdam campsite does not open until April 1. We will decide whether we move up there to take in the shopping opportunities of Amsterdam before heading south later in the week. The campground was fuller than we expected but it is one of the only ones open this week. Most campgrounds are opening next week.
So excited to see where you both explore this time. I am feeling envious that your trip has already started but I still have 5 weeks to wait. So glad you are mouse free this time.
Hi good to hear from you. We are setting up for a 6 day stay here to get over jet lag and stock up before heading south. Things for campers are just starting to wake up from their winter sleep here in Europe. The campground we are staying at near Delft was the only one available this time of year. Now that we have aged into full time campground users our options are limited. When you arrive things should be at full speed. Saw your visit thru Utah and Nevada on the blog. You hit some of our favorite places there. We used to use St. George as a base. We also love the state parks in Nevada.