#NerdsUnite: The journey is the destination
<editorsnote> Nerds, meet my buddy Ali. She and I bonded on Facebook a few years back over our love of everything Pete Cashmore. ::SIGH:: so dreamy. She is here today to talk to you all about her new adventure which included quitting her job and hitting the road. Pretty rad right? I only have one more thing left to say ... HIT IT ALI!!! </editorsnote>
We’re in Spain! The border change was a bit of an anti-climax. I didn’t know what to expect but had the passports ready just in case and well…there wasn’t even a sign! I literally looked at the Sat Nav and saw that ‘Rue’ had become ‘Calle’ and so we must be in Spain. The weather here is so much better, the sun is almost always shining and we’re spending our days by the sea. We’ve seen some spectacular sunsets and fallen asleep to the sounds of the ocean. It really has given us those special moments we were looking for.
It’s not all been plain sailing though. Today as we went to leave Bilbao, one of our favourite cities, the van wouldn’t start. If we managed to get it to judder into life it would cut out the instant the foot left the accelerator. We tried and we tried but no joy so we gave in and called the breakdown company. Rain started to pour from the sky as we watched the van get towed away and I just felt heart broken. What if this was the end? What if the van couldn’t be fixed? It’s old, maybe we pushed it too far. I couldn’t help but cry.
We trekked into town with the belongings we could carry and settled down on a park bench. The amazing thing about living in a campervan is that your home is wherever you want it to be from one day to the next. The awful thing is that when it’s towed away you’re homeless.
We sat in the park for hours on a rainy humid day, feeling miserable and terrified that this may signal the end of our amazing adventure. After what seemed like an eternity the breakdown cover company confirmed it was just a broken seal in the fuel pipe and the van should be in full working order by tomorrow. In the mean time we were to be put up in a fancy 4 star hotel. So I sit here on a real bed, using the free wifi after a glorious shower wearing a crisp white towel with the world’s biggest grin on my face. When life throws you lemons, grab some tequila and have yourself a party!