Living and travelling in a campervan is so different from living in a house. I love to cook in my camper kitchen and wake up in a different spot every morning.
I enjoy running, and having a new area to explore each time I go for a run is amazing. We also noticed that everything takes more time when you embrace van life. Even making coffee in the morning becomes a little task. This is something that I like! I also love being outside when we are travelling in the campervan, and the fact that no day is the same is wonderful.
Meet Rosanne from Camperkeuken (Dutch) – Camper Kitchen
Hi! My name is Rosanne, and I’m from the Netherlands. I am the owner of the food platform Camperkeuken, where I share recipes for cooking in a small camper kitchen.
Together with my boyfriend, Coen, and our campervan, Koos, I travelled for one year through Europe. Now we are back in the Netherlands, but since we are both freelancers, we plan to spend part of our year living the van life and working from our campervan!
How Did the Dream of Van Life Begin?
In the past, my boyfriend and I both worked abroad a few times. We enjoyed this, but we never travelled for an extended period. This became our dream: to travel longer together! The plan was to go to Australia and New Zealand for one year, but because of COVID, the borders were closed, and we kept pushing it further into the future.
Then one moment came when we both said, “We want to leave now!” We looked at our options and decided to travel through Europe in our campervan. Coen’s uncle was selling his campervan, which came at the perfect time for us. We bought the camper (along with all the necessary features for our camper kitchen), and with zero camper experience, we started our trip to Scotland.
What Is It Like Traveling in a Campervan?
For us, the biggest pro of van life is the flexibility to decide each day what we want to do. We wake up and choose whether to stay an extra night at our current spot or travel on, depending on the weather and how we’re feeling. The biggest con is being far away from family and friends. Of course, the camper kitchen is my favourite feature of our campervan.
I thought I would miss having a bigger kitchen, but there is so much you can make in a camper kitchen. All of these meals are still super delicious, healthy, and easy to prepare (like the peach burrata salad, see photo below).
Traveling and Working with a Camper Kitchen
My boyfriend and I are both freelancers. We didn’t work much during our one-year travel adventure, which is one reason why we ended our full-time travels in the campervan.
Luckily, we can work flexibly, so we can still take nice trips while living the van life and working from different places in Europe.
Words of Advice for Aspiring Van Lifers
If you are considering this lifestyle, please do it! There are always reasons not to take the step to travel for an extended period.
Honestly, experiencing life and travel like this is amazing. There are many ways to avoid spending too much money, such as visiting places where wild camping is permitted almost everywhere.
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