We are in the process of preparing for our return to France.

  • We are looking for places to sleep in between Madrid and Paris (we only need a little corner of land to pitch the tent!). If you can help us out, please follow this link.

  • We already have a couple of conferences lined up along the way. To see the schedule, follow this link. We would be happy to met with you!

We are also looking for an apartment in Paris or the surrounding area, starting in mid-May 2010. Any help or suggestions would be most welcome!

RVs

Definition: Recreation Vehicle.

Here in the US, though, the term RV means all vehicles that are decked out for American-style “camping.” So it !!include!!s everything from caravans, to vans, to fully equipped buses! The latter are the size of coaches that would fit 30 people with a surface area of 25m2! The standard features that all these RVs come with !!include!!: a fully equipped kitchen (oven, microwave, sink), toilet and bathroom (sink and shower), TV with satellite dish, heat and air conditioning, fridge and freezer. And you can add dishwasher and washing machine! That’s camping in North America!

Most of the RVs tow their cars (4x4 pickups) like a trailer. Some even pull a boat behind the car, that’s already being pulled by the RV!

They are able to travel huge distances on board these gluttonous monsters (more than 40 L unleaded per 100 km), distances unimaginable to Europeans. 80% of the people we encountered in Alaska were from Florida or California. That’s 20,000 km round trip!

RVs never stop in the wild for the night. They much prefer to go to “RV parks” where rows and rows of all different kinds of RVs are lined up, and where they can get all sorts of amenities: running water, electricity, dirty water disposal, wifi, cable TV... and even a RV-wash!

Definition: RV-wash

All good RV drivers want to keep their vehicles clean. And fortunately for them, all good RV parks have RV-washes which are designed to accommodate the giant size of the vehicles. The whole operation can take up to half an hour!

Definition: RV Caravan

Some people go off on their own in search of adventure, but others prefer to travel in “RV caravans.” These caravans can have as many as 50 RVs, travelling together from anywhere between two weeks and three months across all of North America. They follow each other on the roads, stop together at the same places, and drive off at the same time in the morning. Whether in caravan or on their own, RVs average about 500 km per day (from 200 km to more than 1000 km). 

Their favourite topic of conversation: the price of gas, which is much too high according to them.

What they say  once they get up the courage to speak to us: well at least the price of a barrel doesn’t worry you!

Sara & Sébastien

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