Locking yourself out of your own car is stupid – especially if it’s your temporary apartment at the same time. But help came relatively quickly…
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On the road
This category covers most of my tours, sightseeing trips and not really planned adventures. Most entries are written in a diary perspective – just because I like.
On an airheater testdrive with the Caddy minicamper – Part 1: Hiking at the Laacher SeePublished on: 3. March 2021
Once my minicamper got an airheater, it was time to try it out in the cold November days in the Eifel area…
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The first tour with the Caddy minicamper III: To the north of the NetherlandsPublished on: 28. February 2021
Leaving Como & Co I had the chance to have some motorsport feeling in the air while visiting Zandvoort, while we were moving more into the North before going back home…
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The first tour with the Caddy minicamper II: Visiting the NetherlandsPublished on: 21. February 2021
After surviving the spooky parking spot it was time to move on. The following stops during this first campervan tour were my parents, a nice lake in Belgium and a small city in Curaçao…
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The first tour with the Caddy minicamper I: The first nightPublished on: 11. February 2021
After finishing my Caddy campervan conversion it was finally time to try it out. Therefore my first sleeping location was set to be only a few meters away from the North Sea…
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On vacation during the pandemic – a report after a week in Punta CanaPublished on: 3. February 2021
In mid-January 2021 – in the middle of the second Corona wave – I went to the Caribbean for a week. Time to review this time a little…
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Caddy goes Camper – Bonus: Building a campervan from the passenger seat perspectivePublished on: 31. January 2021
As I have described my campervan conversion in detail within the last 13 blog entries, it is now time to have a look back at all these steps from the passenger seat perspective…
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Caddy goes Camper – Part 13: Summary and costs of campervan conversion without any prior knowledgePublished on: 16. January 2021
It took me over four months to build my own mini campervan. Time to sum up, look back and also have a detailed look at all costs…
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Caddy goes Camper – Part 12: Retrofitting a multifunction steering wheelPublished on: 8. January 2021
I missed a comfortable way to handle the cruising control in the Caddy, which is why I decided to replace the steering wheel with one which had some extra keys included…
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Caddy goes Camper – Part 11: The heatingPublished on: 29. December 2020
Starting with my plans to build the campervan I knew that I would like to use it also during the winter months. So I had to look to a way on how to maintain some liveable temperature inside the car…
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