Sea – Niklas Rüffler

20.06.23 – Towards the Sea

Today we woke up to an incredibly humid heat in the morning in Verdun which led to the decision to drive to the coast where it’s cooler. We started driving at around 12 and had a long way ahead of us. During our trip we passed through many small french villages some of which looked like out of a cowboy movie. But also many empty and rundown. We arrived at the sea at around 20:30 after a day of driving and then started searching for a spot to stay over night. In the end we chose a camping spot 200 meters from the beach where we could stay. And with 10€ per day, it isn’t really expensive. After parking we made some Ravioli again for dinner. As it began to rain again, we couldn’t really do much. We wanted to explore the small town a bit though so we got our rain jackets and made a little walk in the rain which was fun!Shortly after we went to bed and got a good amount of sleep as the temperatures were much nicer here at the sea.

19.07.2021 – Skimboarding Session at the Beach

The day started with a breakfast in the sun and the nice seaside view! After that we went to the beach to go swimming and try skimboarding. Skimboarding is basically a variation of surfing but, depending on which board you’re using, happens in more shallow water and not as far out in the sea as with normal surfboards. We used my old wooden skimboard which is used on very shallow water and puddles without waves and also happens to be quite difficult to learn on for beginners. When we went to the beach it was low tide so, besides the strong wind, pretty good conditions for skimboarding. It took us a lot of tries but it was fun!
After a short swim we went back to the camper and started our showering mission. As we weren’t paying for a pitch at the sailing club, we officially weren’t allowed to use the showers. We did it anyways. And after 5 days of not really showering, the warm water felt like heaven!
We then left Haverdal and drove to our next stay: Gothenburg. We booked 2 nights at Askimsstrand camping and after arriving there we cooked vegan hamburgers for tonight’s dinner and they turned out pretty delicious!