2018-07-12, Vacation 2018 - Day 3, Part 2: Finally Reaching Brügge (Bruges)

As stated in the previous Vacation 2018 post, more random piccies from our journey towards Brügge are due.

The Ghentpoort (Ghent Gate) of Brügge.

Better pic.

And this pic must be this tower.

Before we reached the camping site below, we had tried our luck at another one - and I have never experienced such a behaviour from a camp warden as we were met with there. Luckily for her, I do not remember the name of the site, otherwise ...

We arrived from a direction where the sign at the gate was not visible, entered the driveway and got out to see if they could accomodate us. We found that they had some kind of electronic booking and check-in system, and we did not get very far with that. After a while a woman (I am deliberately not using 'lady') came out from some back office and demanded that we moved our car and trailer from the driveway. As both the driveway and the road were very narrow, flanked with high hedges, I asked her to open the gates so that we could drive around the office building and out at the other side, as I did not want to risk reversing out with next to no view of the road, but she refused - an generally treatred us as some kind of potential violent delinquents.

The I got stubborn and refused to move our vehicles, and after a while she gave in and opened the gates, and instead we found Camping Klein Strand, where we were met with a more normal behaviour.

The evening sky.

The camp with the trusty small awning bought for the old Eccles. As it turned out, it was a good thing that we put it up, as while I was cooking on the small table under it, some kids threw some dried dog poo over the trailer, and it might have hit the stove, were it not for the shelter of the awning.

As you may have guessed, this first day in Belgium did not leave me in the best of moods; I was treated badly by a camp warden, and I had shit thorown at me. Not a good first impression of a country.

2017-07-10, Vacation 2017, Day 7: Driving South

Soon after leaving the camping site near Kalmar we happened upon this field, and Anna insisted on taking some pictures.

Anna had wanted her picture taken in a blooming lavender field in France, but we were there too late in the year for that, and this would have to do instead.

Later in the day, we made a stop at a rest area which happened to be right next to a historical monument.

Nice arrangement with table and benches!

We also spotted what I think is a red kite.

Some historical information at the rest area.

The monument for the Peace in Brömsebro (1645), commemorating a treaty between Sweden and Denmark made on a small island in the border stream.

And the nearby water mill.

Anna wanted to explore further, but realized there wasn't more to see right here.

This was our last camping trip with the 1963 Eccless caravan; the following autumn we purchased a CI Wilk deLuxe from 1989 - but more about that in due time.

That evening we decided to spend another night in Sweden, more precisely at a camping site in Falsterbo.

We ended our visit to Sweden with a meal at a local restaurant.

2017-07-08, Vacation 2017, Day 5, Kalmar Part 5, and Evening at the Camping Site

 After Kalmar Castle we walked the city a bit to find something to eat.

At the diner, in the bathroom, I made a funny observation. An electrical socket ... in the ceiling ...?

After the meal, we noticed something furry moving around in the many small park-like areas (lotsa pics of the wabbits, as they are a very uncommon sight where we live).

Cute old local train.

The water tower (gamla vattentornet).

Geese at the waterfront.

Monument for the ship 'Kalmar Nyckel'.

More geese - and Lea.

After arriving back at the camping site, I snapped a few shots of the surroundings.

And this concludes the fifth day of our 2017 Vacation.