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9 things that make my travels more enjoyable
by Pia Seidel
Wine from a tetrapack does not a camping holiday make
23.5.2019
Translation: machine translated
Tent, sleeping mat, sleeping bag and off you go. That's what I thought and quickly realised: you need a bit more for a comfortable camping holiday.
I like camping. You're outside, everything seems uncomplicated and you limit yourself to the bare essentials. Last year, however, I went a bit overboard. One day after my birthday, my boyfriend and I took off for Italy without a care in the world. After a bit of a traffic jam at the Gotthard and a trip to the ever-popular service station toilets, we arrived at our destination.
During the few days I spent in Italy, the main thing I missed was some light. Going to the loo at night or reading a good book in the evening was relatively difficult. A small flashlight or lantern would have made a big difference.
What always puts me to shame - apart from everything else in this article - is that I don't own a bag knife. It's part of Swiss cultural heritage and is simply practical. If I'd had one with me, I could have done without the wine in a tetrapack, for example, and treated myself to a fine drop in a glass bottle. Thanks to the integrated corkscrew.
With the drinking problem solved, there's still the food. We always ate in restaurants. Pizza is always good, but I would have loved to have a cosy barbecue on my own plot. Maybe that's because the smell of the barbecue from the neighbouring professional campers got in my nose every evening.
Of course, we were missing a lot more, which I realised while reading the camping articles by my colleague Bardelli. After all, we bought two cheap camping chairs from a local corner shop and realised after two days that the jump-start in the boot had a small LED lamp. From then on, it was almost cosy.
My life in a nutshell? On a quest to broaden my horizon. I love discovering and learning new skills and I see a chance to experience something new in everything – be it travelling, reading, cooking, movies or DIY.
