European cousins April 23, 2022, 08:57:08 am On the road in France for a couple of weeks, will post pics of European RVs, if there is any interest, my feelings won’t be hurt if folks think it’s too far off topic. Good chance to test our new moderator. These are in Anncey. 11 Likes
Re: European cousins Reply #2 – April 23, 2022, 01:54:17 pm Dave, at first glance, I thought the first photo was a Lazy Daze. Have fun and Bon Appetite! 1 Likes
Re: European cousins Reply #4 – April 23, 2022, 04:04:44 pm "...I thought the first photo was a Lazy Daze."RVs or Cargo Vans??? Windows, windows, where are the windows? 2 Likes
Re: European cousins Reply #6 – April 23, 2022, 06:44:16 pm The one in front we rented for 6 weeks in 2011, plus a couple of other rentals behind. We rented it in Germany and traveled around Scandinavia.Art 6 Likes
Re: European cousins Reply #7 – April 24, 2022, 01:14:08 am Quote from: Older_Fossil - April 23, 2022, 06:44:16 pmThe one in front we rented for 6 weeks in 2011, plus a couple of other rentals behind. We rented it in Germany and traveled around Scandinavia.Artany pointer on how to research where to rent and what route to take .... i am not ready yet but may be in a year or so .... seems much better solution compared to shipping across Atlantic.
Re: European cousins Reply #8 – April 25, 2022, 03:53:39 pm Couple more cousins today, as well as what a dump station sign looks like, as well as the actual station. 7 Likes
Re: European cousins Reply #9 – April 26, 2022, 09:08:19 am Quote from: Muhammad - April 24, 2022, 01:14:08 amany pointer on how to research where to rent and what route to take .... i am not ready yet but may be in a year or so .... seems much better solution compared to shipping across Atlantic.Sorry to take a couple of days getting back to you. I pretty much just used Internet resources to see what the options and prices would be. It has been a number of years now, but I assume the situation is still much the same. We ended up using a company called McRent with a rental location in Hamburg, Germany. They were cheaper than renting in Scandinavia and Hamburg isn't far from the border with Denmark. These are all EU countries, so border crossings were easy. For that part of our trip we flew into Hamburg from Oslo (we had done a Fjords and Arctic cruise with Lindblad/NatGeo), and returned the RV back in Hamburg and flew from there back to the States. Even 11 years ago we found diesel expensive, especially in Norway. We found much of the RV campground experience different than in the USA. Often there would be several power locations distributed through the campground and rigs around one would all run long power cords to the closest one.My wife posted a couple of posts about our rental rig (on a now inactive blog):Viking Vagabonds: A Tour of Our "Wee Little Motorhome" or "Button Down the...Viking Vagabonds: "Button Down the Hatches!" Part IIIf interested, there are lots of posts about the Fjords/Arctic trip on our main travel blog followed by a few posts about the Scandinavia RV part.Art's Work: Bergen, NorwayArt 3 Likes
Re: European cousins Reply #10 – April 26, 2022, 09:55:31 am Quote from: Dave Katleman - April 25, 2022, 03:53:39 pmCouple more cousins today, as well as what a dump station sign looks like, as well as the actual station.We found dumping in Europe somewhat different than in the USA. Most European campers have "cassette toilets", which have a small removable tank underneath the toilet. You need to frequently pull out this tank (which seals closed when removed and has a carrying handle) and take it to a proper sewage drain. The campgrounds usually have such drains, and a bathroom toilet could work in a pinch. Grey water was usually drained separately, often a concrete pad sloping to a drainage grate. Sewage was not to be drained into these.Art 1 Likes
Re: European cousins Reply #11 – April 26, 2022, 01:49:49 pm Please don't apologize Art. Your message is more then enough to get me going .... now I need to find how to book mark messages to retrieve latter.ThanksQuote from: Older_Fossil - April 26, 2022, 09:08:19 amSorry to take a couple of days getting back to you. I pretty much just used Internet resources to see what the options and prices would be. It has been a number of years now, but I assume the situation is still much the same. We ended up using a company called McRent with a rental location in Hamburg, Germany. They were cheaper than renting in Scandinavia and Hamburg isn't far from the border with Denmark. These are all EU countries, so border crossings were easy. For that part of our trip we flew into Hamburg from Oslo (we had done a Fjords and Arctic cruise with Lindblad/NatGeo), and returned the RV back in Hamburg and flew from there back to the States. Even 11 years ago we found diesel expensive, especially in Norway. We found much of the RV campground experience different than in the USA. Often there would be several power locations distributed through the campground and rigs around one would all run long power cords to the closest one.My wife posted a couple of posts about our rental rig (on a now inactive blog):Viking Vagabonds: A Tour of Our "Wee Little Motorhome" or "Button Down the...Viking Vagabonds: "Button Down the Hatches!" Part IIIf interested, there are lots of posts about the Fjords/Arctic trip on our main travel blog followed by a few posts about the Scandinavia RV part.Art's Work: Bergen, NorwayArt
Re: European cousins Reply #14 – April 27, 2022, 01:02:21 pm It appears Europeans enjoy RVing! I guess that explains why they are frequently seen while camping, especially at our national parks.
Re: European cousins Reply #15 – April 30, 2022, 01:18:00 pm Today’s cousins north of Strasbourg. 2 Likes