Thursday, 27 October 2011

From mozzie bites to frost bite




Gee whiz the warm balmy nights of Paris seem like a long time ago.

After making our way back down from Zermatt we decided to soften the blow to the budget by camping for free at a campsite that had closed for the winter (above photo)

The thermometer in the van said that it was 3 degrees Celsius, but that was before the sun went down and we noticed the frozen puddles in the car park.

While we miss out on a power connection by staying at a free campsite, it wouldn’t have made much difference because the prohibitively expensive prices in Switzerland have meant that we haven’t yet bought a heater.

As we’re sitting here writing this blog post, Monique is in her sleeping bag with a thermal, a singlet, long sleeve t-shirt, polar fleece jacket, beanie, scarf and gloves – and is still freezing. We can see our breath in the van.

Also, while Daniel’s old sleeping bag has been doing a good job, it has thoroughly reached it’s limit in Switzerland. ‘Not to worry’, we thought, ‘the campervan hire company gave us a duvet in case we get cold. Let’s grab that for tonight’.

Oh dear.

It turns out they accidently gave us a bag filled with pillows instead of a warm, cozy duvet.

Gee whiz the warm balmy nights of Paris seem like a long time ago. 

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