Home port

"Home is not a place, Home is a feeling."

- Herbert Grönemeyer

"Sometimes you have to say goodbye....

"Sometimes you have to say goodbye....

In the living room of our Cologne apartment hung two pictures with the likeness of Steve McQueen. Why Steve McQueen? To call him a role model would be a bit exaggerated. From my point of view, the guy was just pretty cool. - When is a man a man? - This...

Back to the Future - Part II

Back to the Future - Part II

Looking back one year, Torgit and I were almost at the same stage as today. - We packed our van and prepared for our first big trip. - It was going to Croatia. When I look back next Saturday, one year began our...

Farewell to Kölle

Farewell to Kölle

Now it's official. Torgit and I are homeless. - Thank God we are not homeless. My brother Dirk has offered us asylum for a few days. BUTCH, which we picked up at SpaceCamper on Thursday, is already back at the foiler. - After that it is...

Privileged or "just" happy

Privileged or "just" happy

We are not only doing well, no, we are doing very, very well. - We are becoming more and more aware of this in the last few days. - We are healthy and happy. Two values that should not be underestimated. - But are we therefore also privileged? - I asked myself this question...

planBwagen - "California or Death"

planBwagen - "California or Death"

Like most boys, I had my comic book heroes as a child. But they weren't called Superman, Batman, Robin, Spiderman, Silver Surfer or even Captain America. - Instead, I read Asterix. - I thought the traveling Bretons were cool. - But before...

Farewell - What a fuck!

Farewell - What a fuck!

When I wake up this morning something is different, something is missing. - Yesterday was the day, yesterday we parted from Hector. Or has Hector parted from us? - Actually everything is fine, Hector has found his new home in Duisburg. He now calls a...

The sky is blue..."

The sky is blue..."

"...And the rest of your life is ahead of you Maybe it would be smart to look around one last time You don't know exactly why But somehow curiosity grabs you The sky is blue And the rest of your life will be beautiful... "The end of a long journey that...

Shards make happy

Shards make happy

We have already talked about the fact that our apartment no longer makes us happy. In this context, have I ever shown you our refrigerator? It makes me happy. On the one hand, because it is nice and big and always well filled with delicious...

Day No. 202 - Let the games begin

Day No. 202 - Let the games begin

Let the games, er household liquidation, begin. Selling our belongings is proving to be more time consuming than I thought. I started with the garden equipment, which is stored in the basement. Carrying everything up to the garden, cleaning, taking photos (of 'crap the...

Day No. 201 - The Wall

Day No. 201 - The Wall

When I wake up this morning and open my eyes, the first thing I see is a wall. Although a very beautiful wall, but that does not change the fact that it is a wall. One or the other asks himself now, what is abnormal about it. For me: EVERYTHING. In the van...

Day No. 200 - Rocket & Rheinauhafen

Day No. 200 - Rocket & Rheinauhafen

Also this night we have slept badly. I am looking forward to the 1st coffee again from the Rocket coffee maker and from a porcelain cup. After 7 months I don't have a routine anymore and I really have to think about how it works for a minute. Tastes funny. We...

Day No. 199 - Rocket, Waterrower & Co.

Day No. 199 - Rocket, Waterrower & Co.

Torgit: This morning we wake up very early, at 5:30. The night was stupid, we both slept badly, woke up very often. Marc snores again. Like in the good old days. I find that frightening. I am restless, just can't find peace....

Day No. 84 - At home and yet so far away ...

Day No. 84 - At home and yet so far away ...

I had already written that I come home with mixed feelings. Cologne, the Südstadt and especially our apartment have been my home port, my home, since 2006. There's a lot of feeling in that. For me, home has always been safety, security,...

Day No. 83 - From Faro to Kölle on the Rhine

Day No. 83 - From Faro to Kölle on the Rhine

There are days that begin with tragedy. - Today we were out of gas, so our morning coffee was in danger. Because the bus was parked against a wall in such a way that changing the gas bottle would not have been possible, at least today. But campers help campers....

Day No. 1 - go North West - 315degrees

Day No. 1 - go North West - 315degrees

"Mer losse d'r Dom en Kölle, denn do jehööt hä hin. What do you want to do somewhere else, that wouldn't have any meaning" - Nevertheless, it is hard for us to leave our beloved cathedral behind. That's why we decide to have a last coffee on the Rhine as a farewell. Before it...

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