[July 14th, 2006 – French Independence Day - Pierrefitte-sur-Sauldre, France]

I haven’t been camping for the last, let’s say about 25 years. I mean real camping, in a tent, for more than seven days, and no streaming water at your campsite. (but with different digital camera’s (3 in number), a notebook (I am writing on now), my smartphone Treo 650, expensive Wi-Fi, but for all power available!)

These last things have changed, but the way people connect to each other is still the same. A campingground is a small and temporary community that share the same interest: being outside, in a tent or (second choice, in a) caravan, preferably in sunny weather and with lots of children playing around, women walking around without make-up and men sleepwalking to the toilets.

Different from being at home and working, and having lots of social duties people have the time to talk to each other, about whatever they are interested in.

Favourite subject are of course the (mostly quite young) children, but now they have time to sit down,relax (after the children are put to bed hours later than at home) and talk.

The social side of camping life isn’t bad at all (if the weather is as great as it is now).

Where are we going next year?

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