What we will miss and not about living in a motorhome

This week we are chilling in San Leone, as I recover from a chesty cold. It had us reflecting about what we will miss and not about living in a motor home. Whilst we love our time on the road there are things we will not miss. But more on that later the things we will miss are

• Not  going to sleep to the sounds of waves crashing on the shoreline
• Different stunning scenery every day,
• I’m going to struggle to find anything close to the melt in your mouth french croissants and bread
• Sicilian oranges and lemons
• Mediterranean fresh fish
• Snitzel, hungarian, Slovakian, german any european snitzel
• My quiet time in laundromats
• Swimming in the clear waters of the mediterranean
• Hiking in the french alps and the high Tatras in Slovakia
• History, soaking it up its amazing to see where we and our dogs have been.
• language and communication with speakers of other languages
• pastries, brioche, chocolate croissants, biscotti
• Reading all the street signs in different languages
• The amazing summer we had last year
• All the beautiful countries we travelled through
• Meeting all the people we have met, we have made some great friends and like-minded travellers
• The tiny little villages that are hidden gems, that you wouldn’t know about unless you have driven through them
• Some of the stunning meals we have eaten, paella, Pirogi, and snitzel
• All the cheap and delicious wine and beer, especially on french passion sites
• Cheap fresh coffee
• Trying local foods and specialties
• Our dogs getting their picture taken all over europe

These are the things we wont miss so much

• From Jas emptying the toilet cassette
• Tag team water filling with 5l bottles
• Living in a space smaller than our lounge
• Living in one room, unless you are in the toilet, you are in the same room
• Timed showers, our boiler has limited capacity, so I’m the loser here turning it off to wash my hair and soap up, only turning it back on to rinse off.
• Crazy italian drivers, the stress of their driving and road conditions is worth never driving in Italy again.
• Hand washing clothes, not to often I have to do this but it’s labouring.
• Bad internet, as Jas calls it, cutting out or no coverage
• Not being able to have toast, we still don’t have a toaster… or crumpets
• Our sat nav taking us on the shortest route through, goat tracks, non existent roads and narrow lanes.
• Having to park the motor home on a set angle so the water flows down the drain in the shower
• Sleeping in the overhead bed, bring back a bed we can get in from either side.
• Juggling items in the kitchen to be able to cook a meal.
• Trying to find a consistent type of dog food through europe for the dogs
• Thinking about how much something weighs, so we don’t carry too much stuff with us
• Trying to fix stuff whilst in a foreign country, eg vehicle, tax, rental properties

What has this taught us

• Dont sweat the small stuff
• Minimise, enjoy the experience rather than materialistically buying stuff
• Buy local and support your community
• You don’t need the most brand new item, sometimes you just need to buy and item that will get you by
• Recycle and minimise waste
• enjoy life and its experiences
• photos can say a thousand words