Blog entry April 5, 2020
After eleven days of travelling we arrived home yesterday at about 3 pm in Nußdorf
Was that a nice surprise at the door, attached by our neighbor Rosi:
„Welcome home“.
In the kitchen we found a second and bigger surprise: a delicious Sachertorte and a bouquet of sky keys. How I would have loved to pick a few on our trip, but a full vase in the wobbly Big Fredi just doesn’t suit travelling. Now I am all the more pleased that I can enjoy the celestial keys in the vase.
And the cake was simply heavenly. Thanks Michaela, thanks also for emptying the mailbox and taking care of our house. Also the grape tree was already cut and can now go full in juice.
I hope Michaela can also enjoy the fresh grapes later in the year when we are gone again!
It was pleasantly warm in the afternoon and that as long as the sun was shining. The house had been ventilated by Michaela for days and filled with warm spring air.
But without heating it would be too uncomfortable in the house and in the studio and so we voluntarily extended our travel feeling in Big Fredi.
Now we have to live in quarantine for two weeks due to the corona virus.
But our todo list goes far beyond two weeks.
Yesterday, we already worked out a strategic plan for the implementation.
The sunny and ever warmer weather will support us well and the many offers of help from our friends are a loving cushion.
Thank you for having accompanied us so patiently on our journey so far. We are now taking a blog break during our work phase and will get back to you as soon as we have new plans for our trip and would be happy if you would follow us again!
Today it was empty except for a few pedestrians and cyclists. It also served only for lunch. The buttered potatoes are a quick but warm lunch, they are not heavy in the stomach and we both enjoy them.
But it became a short friendly stay at the border. We showed our passports and the very young official asked us if we were coming back from holiday and if we knew that he had to send us to quarantine now, noted our address on his list, filled in a form, had it signed and we drove a few kilometres further to Andorf. 
Hopefully it will be a quiet night here before our last part home.
An American school bus, apparently to be converted into a restaurant, aroused our curiosity. 
The work is currently – as all activities in tourism enterprises – stopped. However, photography is not prohibited and so we stopped Big Fredi to get a picture of the big road cruiser. Looks really fascinating, such a bus.
The last kilometer went at walking pace. The policeman checked our passports and wanted to know the destination of our journey. That was it and we were already done with the control.
I paid in full outfit: my scarf, which was folded several times, served as a mouthguard and we always have a pair of disposable gloves for filling up.
The beginning of spring was not accompanied by the sun. Good that there is no snow on the road. Our tires would not be suitable for that.
Only about 20 km away from the small village Fromental, where we stayed last year. Our daily stages are quite similar to those of last year and even with a few days difference we are back on the same route.
Equipped with water and food one can stand it here for a while.
Yesterday we cleared our place for other travellers and traveled to the lonely beach of Odeceixe (unpronounceable name, wonderful surroundings). 65 km, a short stop for supply and disposal in Odemira. Now in winter it is indescribably beautiful and quiet here. 
A stiff breeze, as always on the Atlantic Ocean, blew around our ears. Rather alternative campers stood there and one caught Wilfried’s eye right away: An 4-wheeler with two likeable Germans.
Through cork oak and pine forests we went forever winding until we saw the sea again in Porto Covo. But the sun had already set and we just waved a hello to Pedro and Isa and filled our empty bellies.
In gratitude, he invited us to eat with him in Portugal. Yes, such is the community of the traveling people!
but we preferred to stay one more night on a beautiful natural lake surrounded by a forest before we finally reached our friend Michael in Smoldzino July 26.
So we took advantage of the time with beach visits and a great trip with our folding paddling boat on the Łupawa river.
The saleswoman, Beata and her daughter Kalina are now also in the project. The piece of fabric for the chair I got on top of it as a gift. The chair is now freshly made with a fabric that will still be good in 100 years. It will always remind us of Slupsk.
