Freeka

Freeka Stolen

noreply@blogger.com (nada) — Thu, 09 May 2013 21:49:00 +0000

Chapter 43- Freeka was Stolen

Deary Diary,,,, FUCK !!

This is not fair !!

The problem is,... I lost my memory !

Dad keep call it a "one night stand".. But am not that style of Girl !?

I dont go with anyone...

NO ... Is not funny !

This ignorant who took me blow my fuses, Broken one of my windows but... luckily, didn't take nothing from me.

Mum and Dad has been all day in the Market in the Moon (Bristol) selling Handicraft and some second hand music. I was full of stuff inside but this guy who took me, didn't touch nothing, only took me away for a "run" and abandoned me in some council estate ! :(

Mum and Dad told me they would not believe when they got back to the car park and they didn't see me.

They called the police and police got back to them in less then 5 minutes. I was not hard to spot ;) But i was a bit broken..and they couldn't start me. Luckily a friend Lou was with us and she fiddled a bit with my cables AND..Off i was :D she hot wire started me and my engine was running and we could drive home safe.

Dad replaced my window and managed to fix the connections (for now) but still the side mirror to be fixed.

What an adventure...

Now , Dad is unemployed and I have been damaged, all in the same week.

Ufff...

He would do with some donation... if you dont mind

Thanks !

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2012 Resume

noreply@blogger.com (nada) — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 11:25:00 +0000

Chapter 42 - 2012 Resume...

(did I sin that much ?)

Dear Diary...
2012 is what I call a year to forget !! Not all... but some !
So ... for the beginning of the Year dad start to work in a Warehouse and I start to wake up very early to take him to work (boring life !) .
This situation keeps on for 8 Months, then Dad change his job for another Warehouse
.
Again... me, up and down making the Taxi bits :/ (boring)

The Dad found a better job
later (contract to permanent) it was happy as a pig in shit but after 12 weeks they send him back home (2 weeks before Christmas) and he didn't get the permanent job.

On this job , I was having my holidays as the work was 5 minutes walk from the house.

soo... for 12 weeks I didn't move much other then go to Bristol some times and a couple more of adventures that Dad didn't have the time to releases me and let me keep on with my diary bits (he say life was tooo busy at the moment)
but I still remember to be in Cosmo Festival & a couple of Tribe of Frog Gatherings ;) was cool but always wet (Thats UK Festivals for you :(

Yep... dad had lots of planes for life and was very excited to get this permanent job to get some good money etc... all gone ... Just dreams!!

But.. do you think that's all ??
Nop, the year has not finish yet and we still in December !
You want to know more ?
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or click the button to read what's happen to me right after all this slavery working year....

France 2 UK

noreply@blogger.com (nada) — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:31:00 +0000

chapter 41 - France 2 UK

Dear Diary....
Now what I need... is to go to the Church and revel all my sins... mheeeee :)

After the hard work in France , Mum and Dad have decided to come back to UK in a very low motion and appreciating the views.

After they left the Pommes, they drove to a camping park) near by and they had a rest while looked at the web to see how the superficial world is going ;)
This camping park was nice and had a big lake PLUS they had internet code ... yuuupppyy !!! It was just outside of Pompadour in Camping "Les Etoiles",
Mum and Dad stayed for one night and in the morning ... off we go ;)

It was a long drive so they stopped later in the day in a very friendly French Village called "La Blank".
Of course they didn't miss the chance to make a tour around the village and get to have dinner in the garden wood bench hi hi hi ... was very fun (there was an old man who kept following mum and dad insisting to tell us a story about something they really couldn't understand... but EY... he had a very nice bunch of Cats around him :) blessssss !!

They found a small castle and they walked around then they went to sleep very early.

Next morning ..off we go again.. (always on the go.. e ne ?)

Soon they stopped in other French Village for a break and some food ..
This time, dad parked me in a place which had a sign say: "Place de heros" (place of the hero's) and on the back of the sign, was a cemetery of solders from the second world war !!
I really didn't understand why Dad was laugh so much... was no fun at all !
But ey... Do we need to die for our country to be recognised as an hero ?
Questions !!

After a meal in a little pizza caffe, we got back to the road and drive till very late.
No way they could find a camping park !
Not because was very essential but mum and dad was in the road driving for 2 days and they really wanted a shower but there was no camping park for many many miles... until finally , they found a very strange camping park.
This park even had cameras around but didn't have hot water of any conditions PLUS, looked like there were only residents. Sort of a long term camping park.
Mum and dad did try to found someone to book in but it was quite all around and didnt see no one around... cool, so we stayed for the night, and didnt find no one in the morning either..so that was a freebee night :) There was not much going on in that place just big pitches , but no electrics.. no hot shower.. no pay.
Thats it... sleep !

After a good sleep, we left because it was till a long way to drive...drive..drive..We made few more stops and got to the Ferry long before the departing time, so we still had time there for a little rest.

Luckily, when we got back to UK, there was a few very nice sunny days. That made it a bit easier to climates back with English weather :):)
and then...
Home Sweet home :o)

Do you think is all over ??
Just turn the page and you will see some more adventures of
Freeka... The Camper vrrrruuuumm :)

By the way....
INSERT COIN... Please :)

France - La Pomme

noreply@blogger.com (nada) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:15:00 +0000

Chapter 40 - France - La Pomme

Dear Diary...
(This is not a diary anymore... Now is a Fairy Tale :o/
Yes... We are now in 2012 and Dad still writing chapters from September 2011 !!
Should I say ... once upon a time !?
Anywayyy....

Finally we arrived in France as you must have read it before
(If you forget the adventure by now, go back and read again)

We finally get to go into the farm, in small village called Conceze and soon we started the apple picking work.
What can I say ? well... from my side is not much to say really as I have been parked on the back of the farm for all the time. Mum and Dad have slept inside in me every day and had to go to work very early, Luckily they did have a community kitchen and toilets and shower, this left me be the only privet room for some time.
As I did say, is not much to tell about this part of the travelling. I was there, stopped for 3 weeks , and only really went out once to the "Acordeon Festival" which is an annual event in France.
This event brings lots of people out to the streets but the Parents had to drive me out of the place to visit the festival. This was in Tulle.
Good fun ! Many bands were playing on the streets. Mum and Dad got rather drunk (as usual) but not only them, all their friends got drunk too.
Again... I ended up having Catamina and Joao sleeping inside on my bunk beds ;)
was fun !! :)

Next morning we got back to the farm !!

About the Apple picking...
That was a hard job , parents say... but at the same time funny.
Most part of the people we met were travellers and they all join in the Park in Objat on the weekends for some Jamming sessions with bongos , didgs, Flutes , wine, beer and other percussion instruments :)

Dad was learning flute with Mum and they had a plan to do some street performance but they still have to work on to this one :o) (maybe next year)

They met lots of nice people in the apple picking and they plan to get back next year... this year... whatever !!! :o/
Making a countability, most of the people in there were was Portugues, except for 2 couple of very nice Spanish people and 1 French :o/ aaaahhhh ... and ovecorse... Mum, the only Hungarian ! :o)
(Was that stunning blond girl, from Holland ?? if so, she was living in Portugal for many years too ;)
Haaa.. that was Mercedes, The Capataz !! I mean... Team leader...

Mum celebrated her Birthday there and it was very funny (please see the video)
Mums Birthday song was sing in 5 different languages:
* English
* Portuguese
* Spanish
* French
* Hungarian

She received some presents from the people and Catamina did a cake specially for Mum...
Dad did give some presents for mum too but I am not telling you what... hihihihihihi
(was not apples for sure;)

Work was arch but people was funny and bosses were cool , they didnt make us run, they only wanted quality ! Mum and Dad have problems with Authority, they dont like to be told, but all was good there !

I would love to named everyone we meet in France as they became friends but ... at the end of the day, is night !! (maybe is a light at the end of the post !? ;o)

While I was parking in there, Mercedes (The team lieder... not the truck !!) brought a friend from Portugal called Sofia, She had a big camper (bigger then me) and she was travelling around.
Many of the people we met there, left after to go and pick grapes.
Mum and Dad had to return to UK but that is another chapter :o/

(dam... I just notice... Dad keep call this girl by Catamina !! )
SHE IS NOT CATAMINA... HIS NAME IS CATARINA !!
Jesus ,Mary & Jose ... Man's !!
anywayyyy...

Anyway (again ) all the rest was , work, work, work... Hard !
One day, they decided to make a barbecue but that was not all...
Joao (a good friend there) make us a very nice dinner for all and Mercedes (The capataz) did a good dinner too on other occasion.
Dam... this now sounds like the end of the "once upon a time story" !!
Oh noo, one more thing to remember...
In the village where the farm was on, there was a so called "pub". Haha..but it wasn't just any ordinary drinking place. First, this place can not be recognised as Pub from outside, It was just one of the village house, but inside...
This place was run by A lady, a lady who is 93 years old.
YES!! You read it right.(93!!!! :):)
Her front room,(living room) Was converted into "this pub", with tables, chairs, AND, of course drinks:) she was running her own business, serving drinks in the front room, and having family in the other. She was really adorable !:)

Anyway (again x2) I leave the photos and video for you all to enjoy. And as you noticed, this time I didnt ask you to INSERT COIN

Now, just wait for another fairy tale of...

Freeka
" The climbing apple trees Campervan "

At the end of the day... is night !
Night some times means... Moonlight !
Moonlight is Beautiful...
Making Friends is beautiful too...
Thank you all for your friendship !
Fred , Erika & Freeka - 2011/2012
Catarina / Joao / Mercedes / Joao Esteves / Ismael / Sandra / Maribel / Bruno / Jorge Silva / Hugo / Sofia / Tiago / Paulo Barco-iris / Julia / Adega Camada / Julio Ventura

(Video of Erika's Birthday songs ;o)
(Video of Paulo's Marioneta work)

***Welcome to comment at the end ;o)

Switzerland 2 France

noreply@blogger.com (nada) — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:32:00 +0000

Chapter 39 - Switzerland 2 France

Dear Diary....
After all the beauty of Switzerland, Mountains , green lands and amazing views, we are now on our way to France.
Mum and Dad had to wait few days in France to go and Pick apples and they had to met some friends to get things organized and go to the farm to start working but that will be on next chapter ;)

From Switzerland to France was not too far but we were not in a rush, so we had time to make the most of the driving... and we did !

One important point to register... If you drive in France DO NOT GO ON THE MOTORWAY, is expensive and you will loose beautiful places.

I did told you in chapters before that parents did offer me a TomTom (wish they decide to call him "Freekas P.S" )
The TomTom is an amazing tool on the road.
Try to go into a wrong road and the Tom Tom will get you back in the same road but... will take you on very rare roads and true some very peculiar villages you never get to know if the Tom Tom do not take you there.
Mum and dad found some amazing medieval places in France and they never dream that France could be soo amazing as it is.
Close to the Swiss border, we found a beautiful medieval village called Pouncin. Half of the village looked dead. Lots of shop were closed down and there were not many people around, but the buildings and the energy of the place was truly amazing.

We did stop many times and we have stayed in a couple of camping parks while travelling our way to France.
One of the park we stopped was just 15km away from the famous Volvic.
The place we stayed for a night was Camping Bel-air.
Nice camping area with very big old trees and shadow. Although dad didn't really like the service and the owner was not the friendliest we met along the way.
(maybe he didnt like my freeky look compared with all the posh looking caravan he had on the side!?)
* Its an expensive camping park,
* The owner is arrogant and...
* They didn't have Internet access...
Fodam-se !!
DID I OFFEND SOME ONE ?

And so, we arrived to our destination with no problems :0)
Mum and Dad know of some market and they tied there lucky by going to sale in there ;)
They made some new friends and met some others that was there looking for work too.
Should I say... Only Portuguese people. Not only... but almost all.

So we spent couple days in Objat and when our friend arrived, she join us to get into the farm to start work.

If you look at the photos, you will see lots of Renault (very old) but they still on the run and working hard :)
Was brilliant to see my old ansestrals ;)

Soon I will tell you all about the apple picking but for now

INSERT COIN !

Thank you !!

Switzerland - Giger

noreply@blogger.com (nada) — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:48:00 +0000

Chapter 38 - Switzerland - Giger

Dear Diary...
After all the running around in Zurich looking at the Dada (Cabaret Voltaire) place and....
Did you read the last chapter ? if not... Read here:
http://freeka-diary.blogspot.com/2011/10/switzerland-dada.html

I dont like to repeat things !!!

Anyyyyway.... After we left the Camping park, Dad had a surprise of his life (only a bluff !!) ha ha)
Males, males, males, males... They are all males.... Did you see the video on top ?
That was... After we leave the Camping park, Mum and dad made their way to Giger Museum in Château de Gruyères, a Medieval Village which has been kept with its original features... as they say !!!

But anywayyy... After we left the camping park (did I say this before ??) Dad saw this massive camp (hectares and hectares) of land , full of Weed plants... MASSIVE !

Dad stopped me in the middle of the road and jumped out like mad running in direction of the fields.
No fences... nothing ! When dad get to touch the plants, he realize they are all males :( :( :...(
They had big heads but that was only seeds. Thousands and thousands of weed plants... only males !
THIS SHOULD BE ILLEGAL !!! If they have to make it, they should make it with females , not males !!!

Why ? why ? Dad was screaming in the middle of the road with a tear in the conner of his eye (Now is time for a bit of drama, just to make the scene more shocking !!) hahahahaha...

Anywayyyyy.... Nothing to do about that but dad nearly had a hearth attack.
Now you ask...
But how ?
Dad wonder the same !! How tha F***
But I say...
This is a step forward !
This plants will make fabric, rob, medicines, Bird food and more...
Do you want to know how ?

INSERT COIN

Because I dont know too and the story don't finish here !

After all this excitement, mum and dad stopped for a coffee to calm down (as usual... always a good excuse to stop for a coffee !!)

They didn't bring even SEEDS... Ignorants
****
( Dad introduction on this text ) *Stupid metal creature... Male seeds only give male plants !*
****
Anyway... I dont know much about vegetables... Vegy !!
****
By now, you (the reader) have noticed that the author of this blog is showing a Split personality. We are taking the most Urgent presider's to solve his head case. Mean time, while we are waiting for the psychiatric clinic to contact us back ,please keep reading as if this is all normal.
****

Anywayyy, after all this excitement (did I say this before ? Jesus, something is wrong with me today !?)
The way to Gruyère was amazing.... up up up up, that was the roads in Switzerland.

Magnificent views ... We stopped in a place where was an exhibition of Painted cows... yes, have a look in the photos and you will see what I am talking about....

All was beautiful and finally we arrived in Gruyère, The village where the Giger museum is and... do not forget the famous Gruyère cheese.

O.M.G ... The view... The place... The bottle of whisky... The micro point... was all there !!

The parents were happy as a Pig in Shit ! :o)
First day , when we arrived, they only have visited the Bar and had a look around the (posh) village. The next day they visited the museum and went back to the bar again... You have to see the photos...
Mountains... Medieval Village... Beautiful.. beautiful.. beautiful and many tourist restaurants !!!

As a curiosity matter, parents asked one of the bar workers how many times Giger come to this pace.
The Girl in the bar told them that Giger lives in Zurich and comes around the museum 2 to 3 time s in a year.

The village have a castle and a church (as any village) and we had been walking the place up and down , from mountain to mountain... (bloody bottle of whisky.)
Anywayyyy... Do I need to say, we spent the night there and got back next morning to see the museum ? or did I say this before ?
I think I did... not !

Words... dont come easy, to me.. na na na na .. na na .. you make me say... I love it... words dont come easy.
SORRY... only a song ! :)
But ey... have a look in the photos and you will see how amazing it was .. really was amazing ! :) :) :)

and again.. on the run... back to road...
On our way to France...
Off we go then...

Please

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To read one more chapter of ...
Freeka
"The mountains campervan "

(pssst... and make sure you remember to see the photos)

Switzerland - DaDa

noreply@blogger.com (nada) — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 16:19:00 +0000

Chapter 37 - Switzerland - DaDa

Dear Diary...

After the relaxing days in Hungary, I finally got on my way to France but before I got to France, Dad had some Ideas to take me to Switzerland to visit some very special places he always dreamed to go.

Now you ask...

What Places ?

and I answer....

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Dad is mad about Dadaism and we love the works of Giger too (more about Giger in late chapters) but for now, this chapter is about the first stop we made in Switzerland and the way there !

Lets start again...

Took us 1 day to arrive in Zurich (Switzerland) .

First night (on our way to Switzerland) we stop in a small village to sleep on a back of a church

(pssst... very nice approach by one of the Nuns in the morning ;)

We didn't get to stay in Zurich for too long but dad wanted to visit (Cabaret Voltaire)

and now you ask...

What is Cabaret Voltaire ?

and I answer...

Is where DaDaism movement started in 1916 !

and then you ask again...

But what it is Dadaism ?

and I answer...

Look at Wiki page and read !!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dada

Switzerland... What more can you expect other then Beautiful Mountains and views !?

IT IS Beautiful !!

Finally, Zurich and Cabaret Voltaire bar / exhibitions place.

Words ? how can I explain the place ? Its DaDa !

Do not look like nothing, is not a Bar but sell alcohol, is not a Museum but still as it was left in 1922.

Is not a Art Gallery but have some exhibition running in the toilets... is not commercial but have a shop under selling Memorabilia...

Dada it is a is, without the Bs but with some niiis !

Thats Dada !

Shocking !?

Thats why Dada exist... to make what is not normal, to create what is Immoral, to change what is normal... to destroy prototypes !

Is no shelf for dadaism !

BUT... Zurich is not just Dadaism, actually, is a very City feel and very square looking buildings.

Ofcorse we had visited the most tourist part of the city. Restaurants, shops was everywhere.

Very artistic directed (as Giger lives there too;)

After mum and dada ;) have been to Cabaret Voltaire bar drinking something , they walked a bit around but soon left the place to keep driving me up to the mountains to visit (HR Giger Museum in Gruyère, near the France boarder)

It was still a long way to go, so they decided to stop in a Camping park for a good sleep, food and shower.

The camping park was in Salavaux and it was a big T.c.s camp park.

T.C.S is a big camping parks company working in Switzerland, they manage most camping parks)
Good Things about this camping park...
Very nicely situated near to a lake and lots of facilities

Bad things about this park...

1 - When we arrived at 7.00pm, was no one on the gate and we have to be helped by some resident in the restaurant to let us go in and get us a space

2 - Next morning before we leave, we had to pay 40 Euros for the night, which was very expensive considering we do have to pay extra 2.00 Euros for 30.00 minutes of Internet.

but ey... Mums did Cook a nice dinner and next day we had shower and we were ready to go for the next adventure in the mountains.

Do you want to know what's going to happen next ??

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Or wait for one more chapter of

Freeka

"The climbing mountains camper van"

Hungary

noreply@blogger.com (nada) — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 16:13:00 +0000

Chapter 36 - Hungary

Dear Diary...

I dont know from where to start... but I will !!!

This can be a long chapter, so its better if I make some points to get things organized.
This chapter is all about the time I have been on Stand with Mum and Dad in Hungary.
Things can get a bit confusing but let me explain...
First we were in Hungary to go to OZORA Festival, then we drove to Romania and after that we drove back to Hungary to relax for a few days before we got back on the road.
During this time when we stayed in Hungary ( with Mums family) many things happened, for this reason I will make some points first...
* Cleaning
* Fiesta
* Picnic by the river
* Mums (pre) birthday.

Ok, After we left our friends in Budapest (Read last chapter) we stopped in Hungary for 12 days.

When Mum and Dad arrived from the Festival they were very tiered from all the drive and dance, so they decide to stopped in Hungary for some days to relax and waiting to listen from a friend about some work in France (lets leave France for a different chapter ;)

* So, first they gave me a very good clean inside and outside. I was fresh as a daisy :)

* Some days after we had a fest in the town where we were (grummmmtpsss) .
Very funny place but very small too with a fest goin into the night till 2 am :/ anyyywayyyyyy....
Mum and Dad managed to get very drunk and Dance for the folcloric sounds of popular Hungarian artists.
That was a register ;)
Funny street fest. For a couple of days was lots of Artesian showing they're hand work in the street. Interesting and very regional .

* After the fiesta, Mum and Dad decided to take mum`s k-niece Szabina Rácz and her friend Jani Rikker to the river so they could have the experience to sleep inside a Camper Van, as they have never slept in a Camper Van before;)
Very funny !!
Dad parked me 2 fingers away from river Danube.
No one was passing around, so we camp and made the space very cosy and friendly to be there for a couple of days.
Do I need to say, that was brilliant ??
Yes, Swimming, Barbecuing, Drinking, relaxing and... Sleeping :) (at 500 m of a camping park...oopppssss ;)

After the camping we had a (pre) Birthday Party for Mum. Her family knew that Mum will be away by that time when she will became 43 Years Old ... Did I say 43 ?? Sorry Mum ... Its 57 Years Old... eh ne !? :)
Oii...opps..mum shouting...says she is only 27...lol

After some more relaxing days at home (in Hungary), Mum and Dad have received the (sooo wait) message from Mercedes with the directions to France
.
YES... Mum and Dad will be Driving from Hungary to France to go pick apples but before that, I need to tell you some more adventures.
Do you want to know what adventures I am talk about ?
INSERT COIN

Yes... what you think !?
When I get to the scrap yard, you will be crying for more adventures.
So Please... save me from the scrap yard and
INSERT COIN

Ok, I tell you...
The next chapter will be...
...
A surprise :)

Keep your Ears open to read the next chapter of...

Freeka "The chill camper van from Planet Earth"

Romania 2 Budapest

noreply@blogger.com (nada) — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:58:00 +0000

Chapter 35 - Romania 2 Budapest

Dear Diary...

after all the Festival madness was time to return.

On our way out we have some very nice friends to come with us... Alice and Clive.

Was very funny to Travel with this friends until \Budapest where they stay until get a fly back to UK.

We manage to stopped by the first restaurant to eat a proper meal... muha muha muha (this still was 1.000 high.)

Later, we stopped in a small but friendly Camping park in Aurel Vlaicu. It was in a small village !

From the street no one would of think that is a camping park but once we drove through the small gate there were some funny people singing and dancing.

Here we met some Scottish People
(is not Scottish, was Irish Freeka !!)
Imagine!!!!! In middle of Romania meeting Scottish people..:) small funny camping park but friendly:)
(is not Scottish, was Irish ..... Dawm !!)

A Part from the NOISY Scottish people (IS NOT SCOTTISH, WAS IRISH..... Bloody hell !!)
Dad, Mum ,Clive and Alice, manage to do a jam music session inside of ME !
I am not that big to host a stage or a Festival inside but they decide to make some music with a Kaossilator
while Alice was drawing some riffs in her Guitar ;)

Didn't take too long until they decided it was time to go to bed but it was a funny night !

Next day after a shower and fresh food we got back on the road to Budapest.
We made some stops in a way for a coffee or two ;)

The next night we were rumbling a bit looking for a place where to park and stay just for one night without having to pay for camping again, so we stopped outside of Csongrad
.
This was an allotment in a plot where i had AGAIN...(Mary and Jose) 4 people sleeping inside...

As this will be our arriving day to Budapest , we stopped and had a proper breakfast meal before make the last leg to Budapest.

Finally Budapest !!!

we had stayed for a couple of hours looking at the place and find a hotel for our friends.

It was time so then we made our way to visit some family in Hungary..

Finally... I had some beauty treatment :):):)
Mum and Dad gave me a good clean up and washed my outside and hovered inside..
hihi, am tickles..@_@ ,anyway..^_^
Thank you :)

Now, but really... now:
INSERT COINS PLEASE :::: so then i can tell you my next story :)
until then...

Freeka, the real driver will come back soon!!!

Transylvania Calling

noreply@blogger.com (nada) — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:23:00 +0000

Chapter 34 - Transylvania Calling Festival

Dear Diary...

After I have climbed 1800meters high, I finally arrived to the F**** Festival
!!
Jesus Christ , Harry !! What tha F*** was that !??
Who tha wek remember to make a festival this high plus with no road conditions at all !?
You must be Joking...

The road up to the mountains were so bad that took me 5 hours to drive 90kilometres.
Thats crazy ! (I still wonder how the wek the lorries and trucks managed to get there)

When we arrived it was already night so we couldn't see nothing. Again ,Dad managed to park me at the beginning of the festival (just in case we want to run away from the shit where we are in)

I mean... first day in the festival was raining and mud was everywhere. Mum and Dad was thinking to leave the place next day (ARE THEY F*** NUTZ !?)

After I managed to make a heroin act for climb 1800metres in the mountains , they decide to go back ?? NEVER !

Thanks to friends Darren and Maria, they ended up staying till the end of the Festival.
I will explain this with mum and Dad words to be more clear...

* This Festival was the most disorganized festival ever

* some PROFESSIONAL TECHNICIAN manage to blow the Mixer and Amplifier of the sound system whilst making the connections. (first day the music was only on the chill out. They managed to get a new amplifier and mixer next day )

* Before the festival started, the whole thing looked like it was finished already. (all the dancefloor`s deco was blown away by the wind)

* No food ,lack of water ... They were not ready to start the festival and we were now on the second day.

Everyone was angry and many people was requested their money back and left.

With rain, cold and all this good vibes, things didnt get better until the 3 day, when the sun came out and some locals come around to sell their cheese, bread and all the bits and pieces they have in storage in their home at 1800metters high.

They really managed to make a small fortune with the misery conditions of the Festival.

As you know, the trance music scene is very unique and positive, so they survived all the bad conditions and join forces to make the festival work.

GOOD WORK PEOPLE !
THE ORGANIZATION SHOULD BE KICKED OFF AND BANNED TO MAKE MORE SHIT FESTIVALS LIKE THIS.

or

IF WE ALL HAVE TO MAKE A FESTIVAL WORK, WHY NOT MAKE A FREE FESTIVAL WITH A HELP OF EVERYONE ?

No bars, no famous djs, no restaurants, no pre made line ups... only the joy of be together with the tribe !?

Each one bring they're own decos, food and drinks and we all shared our things.

THAT'S A TRIBAL FESTIVAL !
Yes, because PAY and have to make things to work, is not a good way to attract people to a place like this.

Even , I have to say, The place was beautiful and touching, the sky and the moon was amazing.

Anywayyyyyyyyy.... Lets stop moaning !

Ocelot (the artist) was the king of the party, he played as Ocelot (dark psy) , played as progclote (as progressive trace during the day) and Played in the chill out tent (god knows with what name !)

I mean, many of the names in the line up didnt play and last day everyone was invited to give the name to play for free !!!

Jesus, Mary and Jose !

2 bars, half a dozen of shops , 1 chill out tent and a couple of nice people trying to make the festival a pleasant place to be.

Lots of Security's and some police in very moder cloths !! :o/Sort of undercover, you know??:(

Before even the festival started,it was not possible to go in by car anymore as the mud was clamping the cars and campers on the way up.

(see the video and photos.... PLEASE)
The tractor was the hero of the festival :)

On this chapter, I will not make Good words and Bad words as I did on OZORA chapter, I think i have said enough of what Mum and Dad really think about Transylvania calling festival)

PLEASE UNDERSTAND... THIS IS A PERSONAL POINT OF VIEW !

Lets talk about the good things...

* Music was good.

* Vibe between people was better then it was on OZORA
(this is because was much less people and we all did our best for the festival not to be a fiasco)

* More eye contact and friendship connection as people shared food and other things.

* Beautiful views

Take your conclusions !

At the end , become a festival with a good vibe and very nice people BUT.....
I leave here the video and the photos... Enjoy and do not miss the next chapter of...

Freeka

"The Camper-van from the mountains"
(by the way.... INSERT COIN !! Please ;)

The Video of the Trucks

Hungary 2 Romania

noreply@blogger.com (nada) — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:51:00 +0000

Chapter 33 - Hungary 2 Romania

Dear Diary...

To be or not to be, that is the question !!

This chapter is called:

Hungary 2 Romania but can be called,

OZORA Festival 2 Transylvania Festival.
For this reason ,I will call:

Hungary 2 Romania VS Ozora 2 Transylvania

This was a slow drive up to the mountains, 1800 meters high but I DID IT:)
Not only me but I will leave that gossip for the next chapter "Transylvania Festival" .

After OZORA Festival finished , Mum and Dad started to drive me down (or I would say, up) with 2 other Friends, Darren Psy Punk and Ivy Maria .
Its always good to have friends around and is always helpful to share my alcoholic vicious with others as Mum and Dad can not support all my expensive habits alone ;o(

Darren and Maria are 2 good friends and was very nice to travel with them.
All good for a start and nothing to mention until we got up to the mountains but I leave that for later scripts on my diary ;o)

Crossing Hungary to Romania was a road chaos. Roads in this country's are not for any car and now I understand why we saw so many car service stations and tyers garages on the road. Not much places selling new cars but lots selling parts and wheels / tyers and pieces.

We did the usual stops in the petrol stations for a coffee and a pee and we spend the night in a friendly camping park for a good rest , shower and to replace our energies.
Before we stopped, we drove through Arad, which is a city and it reminded mum to old Budapest.
The style, the buildings, roads and everything else was very similar to how Budapest looked about 40 years ago.

This camping park was a bit out of the way but the only one we could find at that moment.
The place called Camping Route Roemenie in Minis village just outside of Arad.,It was a small but very friendly camping park, owned by a couple, and the wife was from Netherlands.
They also have connections with England and as they say its a Non-Profit Organizations where they help kids from abroad for summer work and help to local gypsies etc.
The man also have a vineyard and has his on local wine. So because of that, mum and dad, Darren and Maria had a chance to try some local Romanian wine.

and still a *long way to go* before we start to clime the mountains..........................

Lets ketchup...
Next day very early, we wake up and got on the road , this promising a long day on the Road in Romania.

VERY FUN NOTE: for the first time( since I am with this new adoptive family) I have 4 people sleeping in and all looks great. No complains ;o)

Many kilometers away, we stop again and we done some shopping. We will be on top of the mountains and we dont know what to expect, so we stopped in Deva in a big super market and we done some shopping.
Deva was the last big town with proper shops and petrol station before the big scary mountain roads.
Back on the road, we started to drive up the mountains, the road was in construction and no signs to direct us to the festival PLUS... TomTom do not work in Romania although its in the EU since last year, and dad has a TomTom XL and even that doest recognize the Romanian roads. What a F**** is going on here???
So because they knew that, mum prepared with maps, and all sorts of directions to get to our destination.
(lovely joblly mumlly)

Anywayyyyyyyy.... From the last little town called Sebes to the festival, was only 90 km but it took us 5 hrs.

We arrived at the festival gates late and Dark, the last kilometers was nearly impossible to drive as this was very high in the mountains and no lights or any signals was show to direct us but we did it to the gates that same day. uuffff

On my next chapter "Transilvania Festival" you can read more about.
Thats all for now.
Keep read our Blog and please

INSERT A COIN or Dad will sell me to the gypsies and I will have to spend the rest of my life driving to markets and funfair's.

Thank you for reading
Freeka
"The international gypsy traveler".

Ozora Festival

noreply@blogger.com (nada) — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 12:30:00 +0000

Chapter 32 - OZORA Festival - Hungary

Dear Diary...

After the past incidents my head is spinning of so much adventures :)

I managed to arrive to OZORA Festival in Hungary. ;o)

Amazing ! This is the sort of place where I dont feel lonely as there are many old campers and trucks around.

Took us couple of hours to get into the festival but after we finally got in, mum and Dad managed to find a place for us to park (camping) and Nuno Nunes has been with us all the way :o)

This parking space was not the best place in the festival as it was very close to the road (dust roads) and was nearly 30minuts walk from the main dance floor.

(I did change color with so much dust!!)

The festival was very big... I mean .. was enormous and all the trucks and cars wanted to be very near to the dance floor which made people drive to the end and then have no way to return as the roads was crowded with trucks, campers, cars and other types of living lorries and buses !

On the second day it started raining and that made everything and everyone very muddy. Yep, Mudd was a must in this festival... but not only !! After that one muddy day, the weather was hot, very hot. I was so hot inside that no one could stay inside in ME for too long. Mum and dad was melting away after just few minutes inside. Imagine, when they put the kettle on to make coffee, i was a living sauna.But hey, no complains about the weather, its summer time :):)

MUM AND DAD WORDS ABOUT OZORA FESTIVAL

DAD WORDS

Bad Words

* too big Festival! from the camping to the dance floor was 30 minutes walk.

* The market place reminded to Camden Town in a rush hour... O.M.F.God !! kebabs, fish shop, 10 pizza places, cloths, food (restaurants) ... all this in duplicate.

* The place was not amazing ! The festival was in a forest but that doesn't mean wonderful-land.

* No much places to get water and always a big cue in any tap available.

* 20 Toilets in one place. The next lot of toilets was far distance from each other.

* You can walk for all week and you will not see everything in this festival !!

Good words ->

* Brilliant

* Good fun

* Good music

* Underground Market was amazing !

During the day most part of the (street shops) has closed and give a chance for Travelers and Party People to make a small flea market to get some extra money in the pocket PLUS...Some of the most amazing handmade cloths and jewelery I ever seen..

* Nice to see old friends

* Nice to make new friend (even so people was too busy all time with other things and not enough time left to make new friends)

Congratulations OZORA Festival Organization, you are making something different and it works !

* DO NOT CHANGE YOUR ATTITUDE
* GET SMALLER

* WE DO NOT NEED 10 PIZZA STORES

THANK YOU !!

MUM WORDS:

Bad Words

A bit too big. Wasnt easy to find friends. Not enough water taps around A near by lake or river was missing to dip in during the hot days. Lack of lighting effects and deco in the chill out. Many people was driving up and down unnecessary during the day, creating lots of dust.

Good Words
Very well organized start to finish. was nice to see local Hungarian food stalls such as langos stall. :) Beautifully build chill out, made out of wood, which stays on the land permanently. Amazing view from the hill to the main dance floor.Great, free market place for travelers.

Ozora Festival was in fact the biggest festival Mum and Dad have ever been.
After we left the festival and stopped at a local food store, mum heard from the shop assistant that it was 26000 people there this year. Gosh this is a lot. No wonder why they had trouble finding their friends around.

On my way to Transylvania Call Festival in Romania ;)

Breakdown

noreply@blogger.com (nada) — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 20:08:00 +0000

Chapter 31 - Breakdown in Hungary

Dear Diary...

Bolloks !! This time was a serious case :/

If you did read the last chapter of my adventures, you know I had a strange noise in one of my wheels and dad had to have a look on it while we stayed in Hungary.

Bla Bla Bla.. if you didnt read the last chapter

INSERT COIN !!!

READ HERE....

http://freeka-diary.blogspot.com/2011/07/on-road-hungary.html

Lets start this one ...

After we arrived in Hungary the wheel noise started again, this means the hammering dad did on my wheel center cap didnt solve the problem.

While we stopped at mums Family house, dad did have a look at the wheel and decided to take the wheel center cover out as this was the cause of the horrible noise.

Dad took my wheel off to have a look but all looked normal.

We have been in Hungary for some days waiting for a couple of Friends to arrive from UK (they have been driving down in a car and we were going together to the festival - OZORA-)

After they arrived, we get ourselves ready and were on our way to OZORA festival and here was when all happened !

You want to know whats happened ??

INSERT COIN !!

We got on the road to OZORA and I was on the front ,while Dad Friends (Nuno and Jose) was following us in their car.

Not too far and after some kilometers of driving in a very bad road my back left wheel finally gave up.

Nuno was driving on the back and he saw the wheel go on S S S Ssss.

How to explain this !?

Was like if the wheel was falling out.

inside... Mum and dad felt like this was a tyre puncher but Nuno told us: all the wheel was in SSS movement.

We stopped and took the wheel off but again, nothing was visible, only the barrel of the wheel (inside) looked a bit out of the place (has moved just a little bit to one side) but not too much.

We put the wheel back and decided to drive VERY SLOW until the next village to find some mechanic or garage.

Before, Dad believed this was the break pad out of the place but was not ... the situation was very bad !!

Not much far away they found a garage (looked like was abandoned) with a restaurant on the side , which was still working but didn't have any movement at all, inside we found 2 angels :) (who told you that angels do not exist !?)

Anyway, lets leave the comments and go to the main thing...

Inside of the restaurant was the owners, a very friendly couple that promptly come outside and tried to help us out (not surprise, we are the only living souls in that place for a couple of days)

Anyway, lets leave the comments and go to the main thing...

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Foda-se... Freeka, get on with this !! I dont have all day to be here ! Move on... please ?!

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OK, the owner of the restaurant know a very small village close to the place where we were and out of the main road, so he took us there.That was the ONLY Garage available in the village.

As you can imagine, the man was full of work but (COMMENT WAS REMOVED BY THE TUTORS OF FREEKA) he decided to help us and put our van in front of other works.

By now, is night and the mechanic spend around 2 hours to take the wheel off.

You asking why ?

You want to know what was the main problem ?

Do you want to know whats going to happen next ?

INSERT A COIN !!

Yes, because on this one dad had to insert a couple of big notes but if you want to know more , keep reading please....

After 2 hours, the mechanic finally took the wheel out... Why ?

The bearing of the wheel was melted and all the metal parts inside of the wheel barrel was melted !!

If dad has drove 1 more hour , the wheel would got stuck and God knows what would be happen !!

By now, is night and the mechanic + a couple of friends of him tried to order a new part from the Internet but here is where the trouble started...

You want to know why ? I tell you and this time dont need to insert a coin !

They didnt found the right part for me because they were looking for the part by my registration number which is a 85 petrol camper-van...

NOTE: as you may know from other chapters, I had an engine replacement but this was never very clear because was a work made by my grand parent (old owner) who replaced my old engine to a newer Diesel engine PLUS he replaced the bridge under and he never told Dad what king of changes he has made on ME.

After Dad told the mechanic about the engine changes, the mechanic did a deep search and start to go forward in time until he found that my Engine and bridge are from a1989 2.1 diesel camper-van, I mean, I did have a mechanic surgery and I am Younger then what I really look (even know, I look much better now then ever, since I have been adopted by this couple of Freaks I call Mum and Dad ;)

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Freeka... Can you stop with this (commentary's) ?? Jesus Christ !!

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Ok , dad is not in the best humor today, lets finish this chapter at once.

After the mechanic found and ordered the part from the Internet, Mum ,Dad, Nuno and Jose had to go back to the garage (petrol station) to spend the night inside Nuno's car while ME had to stay in the mechanic garage to be fixed in the morning.

Do I need to say, they have been waken up by a couple of police officers during the night asking for documents and passports ?

Luckily Mum is Hungarian and she did explain whats happen and why we are all sleeping in the petrol station car park :o) ufffff....

Next day they woke up and got into the petrol station`s restaurant for a quick breakfast.

As the Camper-van (ME) was going to be ready only around 15.00pm.

Anyways, we were in good hands and the lady from the restaurant did cook some food for us and made us feel very comfortable in his place and Nuno even had a chance to take a cold water shower for free...

Not bad hey :) !?

After some food and a chat, they got back to the garage to see how I was (around 12.00pm)

The mechanic have just received the part and just started working on ME...

NOTE:

The wheel`s bearing I had on before was not original, it was smaller, maybe this was one of the reasons the bearing broke !!

As I said... we were with angels and this mechanic was one of them. He fixed ME and do you know how much dad paid ??

INSERT COIN !!

* Bearing - £50

* handwork - £20

TOTAL - £70

No, Im not joking !!!

Only in Hungary !! Friendly, clever, cheap and most of all... Human people !!

Maybe not all but this people were a bunch of angels in our way !!

Thank you guys...

PLUS...

Thank you Nuno for being with us and helped us out with everything.

You know what friends are about !

Thank you too for reading one more of my chapters...

Freeka

" The road trips camper-van"

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Have you finished ? Really ? Finally... Im Loosing my patient with you Freeka,

I hope this is the last time you left me down... Beatch!!

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On the Road - Hungary

noreply@blogger.com (nada) — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 20:59:00 +0000

Chapter 30 - On the Road - From Austria to Hungary

Dear Diary...

I know you are waiting for one more of my adventures , wont yhaa ??

If not ... I have a couple of adventures anyway

If you like my adventures

INSERT COIN

if you dont like my adventures

INSERT COIN

off we go:

After I stopped in Austria for a couple of days, (Mums family) they drove me down to the other part of Austria Vienna

I REALLY DIDN'T LIKE THE PLACE !!!

First, from the place where I was to Vienna took me 2 hours, after I arrived in Vienna I was jumping everywhere... O MY GOD !

The roads in Vienna are disgraceful, they have this train rails crossing the roads PLUS is holes everywhere in the road... (No am not posh, Am English !!)

I really didnt like and I had a tantrum :/ Yes, I started to make a very loud noise that everyone in the street was looking at me.

Now, you ask me... why ?

and I answer,

INSERT COIN !!

I hate that roads and I was screaming loud as i could.

You want to know how I sound ??

Is a sound like... metal scratching metal.

OK, lets be serious about this, mum and Dad jump out of me and they look everywhere, the sound was coming out of one of my rear wheel but they looked everywhere and everything looked ok.

Dad suspected that it was the disc break from the wheel but later he found that the noise was made by the wheel cover which moved out of the place with so much holes in the road.

of course this make the wheel cover move out of place , which push forward the Renault symbol in the center wheel to scratch the metal part of the wheel and make a very loud and annoying noise ..

Thats me ! Dont like ? ask for the complains book !!

After Dad stopped and had a good look on my wheel, we notice this issue and hammer it in..

That night we visited some Friends in Vienna, next morning they drove around 100 miles and we will reach HUNGARY :)

MORE ADVENTURES !? yes, here is another adventure happening in Vienna...
The parking system in Vienna is very strange (you have to buy -tickets and go to the parking space to change the ticket hour by hour.
This was not the trouble, the trouble was when Dad try to go into a closed car park wish was recommended for cars not bigger than 2.05m high...
We did past the first barrier as I am only 2.00m high but when we get down the ramp to go into the parking spaces , the ramp roof did get smaller and touch my roof :
RESULT ... I had to reverse inside of the car park and come out true the other door (out door) COMPLAINS BOOK PLEASE..
This people do not comply with the rules show in the first warnings !
In the top metal bar on the car park , it say 2.05m but once you go down the will into the car park, the space gets small between the roof and the floor and come down to 2.00m !!

Off course, I couldn't make a U turn in the meddle of the ramp and I have to get back to the (out door) in reverse mode.
Dad is a brilliant driver but this guys in Austria have to go to the school to learn measurements ! AAARRRGGG... I Really didn't like this piece of the planet call Austria !!

Wheel its fine for now but tomorrow and until we are stopping at Mums family, dad will take the wheel off and have a close look.

Mean time...

I AM IN HUNGARY :)

If you want more chapters of Freeka wait till tomorrow ;)

On the road - Austria

noreply@blogger.com (nada) — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:37:00 +0000

Chapter 29 - On the road - From UK to Austria

Dear Diary....

This is the first of many adventures to come...

Uhau !!

From UK to Austria the driving has been amazing.

Mum and Dad are sooo proud of me...

Lets start :

They start to drive me Thursday around 22.00pm from Swindon to Dover to pick the ferry.

This travel down took me 5 hours, we arrived and get straight into the que for the ferry that was to go out at 06.00am. Mum and dad tied to sleep for a bit but non of them could have a sleep as they were excited , plus everyone around was very noisy.

06.00oclock come and we got onto the ferry. Dad was tired from the drive and wanted to sleep a bit so he can keep driving during the day, so he lay down in the floor of the ferry but no luck ... They couldn't sleep with so much movement around plus was no sofas available and floor is uncomfortable :(

We arrived in Durkenque in France at 9am but only got on the road around 10am as Mum and Dad have to drink their strong coffee and get the beam light converter.on my eye bulbs.

Now I am legal and ready to drive in the foreigner country's.

Was quick to cross France and that took us less than hour.

Soon we got into Belgium where we driven for few hours.
Anyway, I have a small adventure to tell you which happened while we were driving in Belgium....

Mum and Dad was very tired as they didn't have much sleep last night but they managed to drive 272km in Uk plus 435 km in France/Belgium on the first day. I know is not much but they have stopped many times in this first journey , plus they ended up having a nap (small sleep) around 15.00pm that afternoon in Belgium because Dad was no longer feeling very safe to drive.

NOTE TO REGISTER...

DO NOTE LEAVE YOUR GIRLFRIEND ALONE IN A CAMPER VAN OR CAR WHILE YOU ARE STOP IN A PETROL STATION OR CAR PARK IN BELGIUM !!

After Mum and Dad have a nap (small sleep) in this car park, dad left the camper to go to the toilet, and while Dad was going for a pee, Mum was approached by a old man , asking... "how much ?" Mum ask .. "How much what ?" and the man answer "How much what !" with a strange cheesy smile...

Mum started to swear at the man, who started to run straight to his car and left the car park before Dad got back .So from there on if dad left mum alone for few minutes, mum stayed in the car and locked the doors until dad got back.Hmmm, you know its funny now but mum was a bit scared then..

That was a story !!.

They only have been sleeping and I can testify that !!

Dad wonder... is this normal ?

Are prostitutes in Belgium drive around car parks in camper vans or the guy was just a tosser ?

If you think the guy was a tosser ring now:
2345
If you think the guy was really a tosser , ring now:
45321
Lines are open 24/7, day and night ,375 days a year , 30 days a month.

I did feel very offended with this human behave !! Who knows if the guy was only ask Mum if she want to sell me !!??

I AM NOT FOR SELL !! Anyway !

Ok, after all this sing and dance, Mum and dad have drive till around 9.00pm that night and they stop in a petrol station to spend the nigh there, buy then we were around Boon in Germany. .

Next day, they woke up very early (8.30) they just drunk a coffee and got back on the road.

Are they go to finish the first part of the journey ?
Are they go to reach Austria today ?
Phone now...
If you think the answer is YES, ring:
0795465467834
If you think the answer is NO ring:
0784326542134
Lines are open 24/7 bla bla bla bla ;)

If you not shore about this
INSERT COIN TO READ NEXT

They actually, arrive in Austria in the same day !! :)
Dad just carried on driving and were pushing me a bit and they arrived around 21.00pm in Austria ;)

You want to know what happened next ??

INSERT COIN !!

Mum and dad spent a fortune on food to feed me with Diesel , soooo, why not give him a help ?
If you are not up to insert coin, please,

DONATE

Or wait for the next adventures of

THE AMAZING FREEKA

THE SLOWEST CAMPER VAN ON THE ROAD ;)

P.S. : During this drive we saw many other caravans and camper vans and many of them beeped and waved to us with nice smile..showing there respect to meeeee :):)

On the road - Intro

noreply@blogger.com (nada) — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 17:56:00 +0000

Chapter 28 - On the road - Intro

Dear Diary...

Finally, I am on the road... yuuupppyyy :)
If you want to know where do I go just see my calendar here:
http://freeka-diary.blogspot.com/p/on-tour.html

The first part of this traveling will be from UK to Austria.
Then I will be traveling from Austria to Hungary and I will be on OZORA Festival :)
Then I will travel to Romania to go for Transylvania Festival :)
and then, I will be travel back to France , Mum and Dad want to make some extra cash by picking some Apples...
Thats the plan !!

And now you ask...
HOW !?
and I answer

INSERT COIN !!

in other words...

DONATE PLEASE

Is for a very good cause.. me !
I almost ruin Mum and dad's holiday with my eccentricity :(
That was.. breaks, master cylinder, service, paints, rubbers, insides, curtains and all the sing and dance + bits and pieces.

BUT EY... I am now ready and willing to go on the road.

Lets get this in parts, first journey will be Austria.

I am on the go..
See you later alligator ;)

Chapter 27 - Breaks (Part3)

noreply@blogger.com (nada) — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 16:43:00 +0000

Chapter 27 - Breaks (Part3)

Dear Diary...

I am finally fixed but this was only solved today and during the weekend was some bits and pieces happen that I will like to register.

First the good news...
* The Fridge is working :) :) :)
* Leisure battery is getting charged :) :) :)
* New music speakers on the back :) :) :)
* New Gas Bottle :) :) :) :)
* Serviced
* New master Break cylinder :) :) :)
* New Break Cylinder in the rear wheel :) :) :) :)

Then the bad news....
* No money for travel !!!
JOKE !
But all this was a little fortune for a poor man like Dad :o/
By the way...

INSERT COIN !!
(Do I need to tell you why ??)

OK, lets download:

* The Fridge is working :) :) :)
After many attempts to get this fridge to work, dad was giving up on the idea to have a fridge !
Some other friend looked at the fridge before trying to solve the problem, but this fridge is connected with the gas, so was hard to have an electrician making plumber work and my fridge was no way to start.
Dad lost his temper (as he do with women's ;) He switched all the gas tube connections and clicked so many times on my fridge button that... Voi la... IT work !
The little flame started and the fridge is now working :)
And now you wonder... So, what's the problem ?
and I answer... I didn't work for too long, that's the reason !

here the image of the fridge connections :

The fridge can not be connected with the gas while I drive but dad think the fridge will work if he connects the electric system which coming from the leisure battery. This is still a mystery to unveil on next chapters ...

* Leisure battery is getting charged :) :) :)

The Leisure battery was discharging very quick !
After dad friend (Thanks Nathan) had a look at the leisure battery last month, he found that the fuse was blow, by this time, this is not news but this weekend dad found that the battery just needing distillate water !
LOOOL

* New music speakers on the back :) :) :)
Still under last weekend, mum and dad have gone to a car-boot and they found a nice and cheap pair of speakers that can be connected with the IPOD or MINIDISC or LAPTOP or whatever they want to connect !
Anyway, is a nice pair of speakers that doesn't need batteries or electric to work and they have a very good acoustic sound. Here is some Image of similar ones (unfortunately I didn't found on google images :o/ dad say, I am very special and everything I have is very unique.. ppffff)

But they are very similar to this ones , only not soo good, (I am not posh anyway !!)

The only difference between this ones and the ones I have, is that my ones extend the tube for a better bass fidelity ;)

* New Gas Bottle :) :) :) :)
This was a busy weekend...
Mum a dad have been in a camping store and they brought a new gas bottle for me. I have 2, one was empty and the other one was nearly gone, so they decided to get one full bottle as they will have to cook while they travel. I had the bottles from before , they just pay for recharge (£15.00)
Not bad but can be very helpful if you
INSERT COIN !
(Notes are welcome too;)

More paparazzi moments:

* Serviced
As I wrote in my latests chapters, I had a service all around / Breaks/ oil/ filters, etc...
You missed the chapter ?? I DON'T BELIEVE !!
To Read the last chapters please
INSERT COIN !!

or then... read here ;)
Chapter 25

On Sunday, dad had a friend around (Nuno Nunes) This is a good friend of us so I had a very serious conversation with him and he helped me out with some of my loose screws :o/

Do you want to know what screws ??
INSERT COIN !

* New master Break cylinder :) :) :)
* New Break Cylinder in the rear wheel :) :) :) :)
(I dont know why this smiles are about, but anyway !!)

Ketchup... Finally !!
Today dad took me to the garage and they fixed my break issue.
As related on the last chapter, I have now a new break master cylinder and a new break rear cylinder.
I was loosing all my break fluid slowly and was hard to know until the breaks start to sound faulty.
I will remember this but I dont want to talk about tragedy any more :o/
I AM NOT a drama queen!!!

Time to make planes for travel

By now... coins, its all what is left in dads pocket after so much money spent on me.
He keep counting coins, I hope my adventures dont have to stop here because his going bank corrupt !!
IS NOT MY FAULT
I blame the Mechanic !

Hopefully soon...
The new adventures of Freeka
The Crusty Camper-van !!

(ppssst.. crusty is very modern on this days ;)

Chapter 26 - Breaks (part2)

noreply@blogger.com (nada) — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 22:53:00 +0000

Chapter 26 - Breaks (part2)

Dear Diary...

Breaks chapter still on going and hope not for to long !

Dad have contacted 1stchoice to get the Breaks master cylinder from the web, 1stchoice is the website recommended by the mechanic to get parts for cars from breakers, if you need a part for your car, go to the web site http://www.1stchoice.co.uk/ and put in the part you need. They contact over 250 UK breakers all over the UK and they send you emails with quotes from all the breakers where your part is available...
Good service and free !

Not for me in this case.... from 250 UK breakers , no one have a Master Breaks cylinder in stock !! :(

Dad was running around like a headless chicken for 2 days to around all breakers in Swindon etc... but no luck to get this part .

Last scenario, dad decided to go to official car shops and try to get this part as new !?
Yes, Renault still using this part for the latest models, that's why breakers do not stock this part !! *LOOL*

Now you ask...
How much is the new Master Breaks cylinder for the camper-van ??
and I answer...
Surprisingly.... with VAT is: £72.76

PLEASE INSERT COIN !!

Yes, lets be realistic about this... £72.76 is only the part but is not all...
When I was serviced, they found I had a break wheel cylinder bleeding !!
I mean... I need a new break wheel cylinder too :(
No... don't cry... wheel cylinder with VAT is only : £11.36
Fine, by now I have Daddy crying on my shoulder and calling me all the ugly names you can Imagine :o/

So far, only in Parts, he spent:
£72.76 - Master Breaks Cylinder
£11.36 - Wheel Cylinder

--------
£84.12

INSERT COIN ... pleaseeeeeee !

This (of course) still not including the labour ! They will have to replace the parts and bleed the breaks

Dear Diary, I never had been a religious traveller but by now I pray every night for Mum and Dad, they do everything possible to keep me tidy and ready but is some things that are very important and they have to deal with, even if this means less money for travelling :o(

I am now booked to get back to the garage on Monday and hopefully finish with all this tantrums at once ;)

I hope Dad do not swap me for some other youngster Thai Camper.. I would not resist !
And now you wonder... How tha F***lipping this bitch still have a sense of Humour ?
and I answer...

Because life is beautiful and all the rest is only material !!
Night, night dear diary.
I will pray for all the Gods we believe,to be ready and running on the road very soon.

Freeka... the Trouble maker !!!

Chapter 25 - Oil / Breaks

noreply@blogger.com (nada) — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 23:02:00 +0000

Chapter 25 - Oil / Filters / Breaks

Dear Diary...

Yesterday Mum and Dad have been giving me a general clean inside.

Today, dad took me to the garage and they changed my Fuel filter and Oil. They cleaned my air filter, so was no need to change.

They did a service on my Breaks / wheels but the news are not the best...

You want to know why ??

INSERT COIN !!

My Breaks master cylinder is dropping the break fluid, which is Dangerous on the road :(

I mean... 1 week to go in a long journey and now this is just what I need...

Yes, dad has been around brokers to find a replacement master cylinder but until now, just found 1 place (new master cylinder) which ask for £113.00, this of course, without the labour.

All together can go up to £ 200.00.

Dad spent the day in the garage and tried to solve this problem but no luck...

Mechanic recommend dad to keep an eye on the fluid box and dont let it go to empty or air can go in the breaks and this will be the end !! :( ohhh dear!!)

Anyways... I have my service done...

Labour -> £50.00

Oil -> £31.00

Oil Filter -> £10.39

Of course all this prices include 20% of VAT

All together was under £100... yupppyyyy ,

Dad was counting on this price but was not counting on Master Cylinder issue :(

And now ??

INSERT COIN

Yes, insert coin please because if dad have to pay this stupid money for the part I need , the money for travelling will be very short and this will create issues... I think !!
Then we will need lots of tissues ..

Thats all for tonight dear diary...

I go to bed and pray to lord to give me luck for tomorrow so dad can find a master cylinder at the brokers for a cheap price.

Night, night...

Chapter 24 - Tyres + Breaks

noreply@blogger.com (nada) — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 19:24:00 +0000

Chapter 24 - Tyres and Breaks

Dear Diary...

yesterday Mum and Dad brought a pair of tyres for me.
They took me to the brokers and they paid £40 for both tyres.

Later, we drove to Bristol for a party and too see some friends but I have an issue...
Do you want to know what ??
INSERT COIN

When Dad arrived in Bristol, he noticed that I was not breaking as usual. After we stopped at a friends house , dad decided to look at my break fluid box and found I have ... NON... NOTHING... was EMPTY... NO BREAK FLUID IN THE BOX !!!
This is a scary situation as dad have put some breaks/clutch fluid on me about 2 weeks ago before we drove to Cosmo Festival.

Dad`s Friend drove him to a garage and they brought some breaks fluid to put on me.

After that , Dad drove to the party and to pick some other friends and then we got back home next day but dad didn't look at my breaks fluid again. He says, that I break, but takes long and he has to keep the distance from other cars , just in case !!!

This week, dad will put me in a garage to change the filters and oil, plus to do a service, as I will have to make a long travel very soon and dad want to be sure (+ -) that all going to be fine.

Dad notice before, I drop some oil , is not much but he never give much attention to this as I am a old van and this is normal in old cars but now, dad is suspecting that this oil drops in not from my engine but from some hole in a breaks tube !!

Dad check my oil and water regularly but he says, I dont use up much oil or water, soooo... from where is drops of oil coming from?

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Chapter 23 - Cosmo Festival

noreply@blogger.com (nada) — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 21:12:00 +0000

Chapter 23 - Cosmo Festival

Dear Diary...

What an adventure !!

Cosmo Festival was amazing, nice people, good vibe, good music and good ... weather ;)

Driving there was just over 2 hours.

Mum, Dad, and 2 other friends, Claudia and Yan (known as Alian.)

Festival started on Friday and finished Sunday night but we only had to leave the place by Monday (12 o'clock)

Trucks, camper-vans and caravans, was a bit of everything.

They had two stages , one for Progressive trance music (Dad call it step on eggs dance) and other for hard psy, full on psy, dark psy, night psy or whatever you guys like to call to that psychedelic music.

PLUS a chill-out tent with vegetarian food.

No children allowed, no dogs allowed, no alcohol allowed. Alcohol was only allowed if brought inside.

Dad just realized why my last name is TRAFIC !!! yes, I have loooots of secret tunnels that are very good for this type of social repression.

Do you want to know where are the tunnels ??

INSERT COIN

Yes, do you really think I would tell you ???

Not even if you insert a £20 note :)

Anyway, was brilliant weekend and we enjoyed it big time.

Very nice to see some friends... from Brighton to Bristol, from London to Wales, from Swindon to Finland :)

No confrontations or causality's... a part of the usual (alien) causality's you will see in some photos ;)

Security was friendly and smiling, everyone had a good time ;)

Mum and Dad took lots of photos but I will post here only some where you can see me and friends.

(At the end , this is my blog and they have used and abused of my space)

Just arrived ;)

All set up with flag and everything !

Mum and Dad always like to have friends around for a coffee.

A bit of cash in hand. Why not ? everyone has his own way to make it ;)

The troops !

Am not a 5 stars hotel but I am very comfortable even for friends ;)

Some things will never change !!!

Privacy moment for the lady's...

Sundays will never change !!

As you can see, I was very useful.

Shame the music in the Festival stopped every night at 4 am... that is UK festivals for you ! : O

Now is time to get ready for the long travels, Hungary then Transylvania then France ;)

Mean time, Dad need to change my filters and oil PLUS need to get a spear tyre.

And you know what ??

INSERT COIN

Do you think I am rude !?

Dad say exactly the same... but ey... Thats life !

Ok, so for you to don't get bad impression about me, I will give you some more photos of this marvellous weekend at the Festival and I hope you enjoy.

Wait for more adventures of ...Freeka Trafic
The vintage raver !

Chapter 22 - PsySundays

noreply@blogger.com (nada) — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:57:00 +0000

Chapter 22 - PsySundays (Brighton)

Dear Diary...

I know this is not a massive adventure as the ones that will come this summer but I can call it a intro for the upcoming adventures :)

Mum, Dad and a friend have took me near the sea.. yahhhhhooooooo !

Yes , they took me to Brighton and this was a long drive down to the coast.

3 hours drive from Swindon to Brighton !

Was not bad and even being a slow camper-van, I managed to do a good mileage for the diesel expend PLUS, I managed to be as quick as possible (for my age , I still do very well)

All was fine and I had good fun.

Dad had to go to Brighton to DJ in a club, the club was in front of the beach and the day was very hot...

Wicked !! :)

We arrive in Brighton around 3oclock in afternoon and the place was full of cars and campers
No space to park but lucky, Dad know the place from before and he managed to find a parking space for free :)

The club closed at 01.00am and we start to drive back.

I know was not a massive adventure to be registered here but was a 6 hours journey driving up and down without any incidents.

During our driving, many cars was stopped on the road with over heating and even we saw a Jeep caught on fire :/

I did get a bit hot as the day was one of the hottest days of this year but dad was careful to check my water and oil before we left to Brighton.

No incidents to register and dad got back home happy as a pig in shit !! :)

Do you want a full report ??

INSERT COIN !!

Even counting that Dad still have to change my Oil and filters -> (Diesel, air, oil) I did a good rating on a mileage, I manage to make 260miles with £40 of diesel but I would make the 300 miles with the same amount of fuel (around 28/29 litres).

£40 = 28 Litres of Diesel (in UK)

300 Miles = £40

Dad hopes I can make more after the oil and filters have been changed ;)

Next I will go to Cosmo Festival and that will be again a full on drive.

Mum and dad have been take some photos in Brighton...

Do you want to see ?

INSERT COIN !!

Yes... I know am a bitch... but I dont run on water !!!

Anywayyyyyy .. here photos for your curiosity :)

Be ready for the next chapter of the
Amazing Freeka !

Chapter 21 - T.O.F Gathering

noreply@blogger.com (nada) — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 22:23:00 +0000

Chapter 21 - T.O.F Gathering

Dear Diary...

After all that issues with the key barrel, Dad finally solved the problem and now I have a new key barrel.

You want to know how ??

INSERT COIN

Yes... insert coin because the key barrel and the fixing was £50 all together !

Not bad... counting that the original key barrel was £120.

Anywayyyyy today I want to talk about my first real Festival experience.

Tribe of Frog gathering ,was in a farm in Yeovil (Saturday & Sunday).

Not many people but all friends and friends of friends. Most part of Mum and Dad friends was there and you can see the photos next.

Chapter - 20 - Key barrel

noreply@blogger.com (nada) — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:17:00 +0000

Chapter 20 - The Key barrel

Dear Diary....

Fuck this !! I am really pissed off !!

You want to know why ??

INSERT A F*** COIN

My key barrel is gone.. broken...

Dad can not take the key out of the barrel and only can start and stop me.

After some search in car parts, Dad was informed that a original key barrel will cost £120 and take 5 weeks to arrive... GREAT !

After this exciting information, dad run to the garage and ask advise from the mechanic , who recommended him to go to a brokers and get one.

Brokers dont have this memorabilia any more but the mechanic told Dad ,if he does not find an original, he always can put a peugeot one!!

As they say in India... (same same but different !!)

And so it was... Dad did get a Peugeot one for £20 and run to the mechanic who told him to go back on Thursday to get this fixed... ufff...

will be a day before I have to go to the T.O.F gathering...

Lets pray....

Chapter 19 - The Picnics

noreply@blogger.com (nada) — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:15:00 +0000

Chapter 19 - The Picnic

Dear Diary....

OMG wat a wkend...

I mean... for many of you not used with this new modern language !

" OH My Good, what a weekend..."

Mum and dad took me out for picnics many times before but they never post any images or infos because they are shy !

Only this time... I did impose my presence to them and forced them to publish this adventures too !!

(Dad says, I can not keep acting like a teenager any more..pfff...)

Want to read the story to the full ?

INSERT COIN !!

So... here we go , this was a three days picnic adventure 3/4/5 - 06 - 2011

FIRST DAY:

Mum and Dad took me to Bristol on Friday (3th) to see some house.

When they come back, Mum and Dad had the idea to pick some things up and go close to nature near the river to make a barbecue.

Was a beautiful day, the place is brilliant and we could even see, the boats passing on the river.

The day was very sunny and hot, really good :)

DO NOT ASK ME where it is !!

I could not tell you :) Sorry but I want piece and quiet , some times and as you know , paparazzi do not let me alone for a second !!

I have more photos from this place and others from picnics but you will see that at the end of this post.

Following the facts... I still on 3rd - Friday nigh and as any Friday night we look for a bit of action, so... after Barbecue we know of a bar near this place with live music... /// ... off they go !But how??
They crazy...they walked on a main road where mad traffic passes by...and there was no pavement or any light...spooky..:0

They left me near the river and went to the bar to have few drinks and listen to some live music...

Want to see some photos ??

INSERT COIN !!

This bar have a camping side on the back, with some very curious vehicles and some curious people too ;)

OMG... That is a real steaming machine ...

Weird people !!! Not only this... Dad found a couple of my Old ancestral hung around... (As any old fart !!)

CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS !!??

What more can you expect to find in the backyard of a pub ??

Great !

After a short visit to my ancestral's, Mum and Dad returned ;)

SECOND DAY:

Next day (4th-Saturday) they woke up with the Birds singing :) beautiful !!

Soon, the quit place start to became more active with a couple coming for a rabbit shag, a old couple for a moment of reflection by the river with Christian books and a group of youngsters having a barbecue... PLUS... a (normal) couple coming for a picnic and talking about business of the working days... No quit any longer !!

Anyway, we still had lots of barbecue pieces from last day, so decided to stay till late and came back home around 5 o'clock in the afternoon.

After we arrived home, mum and dad just found , they didn't want to be at home on a Saturday night, so they decided to go camping somewhere ... but where !?

After some search in the web , they found a camping park (about 1 hour drive) they phoned the people and off they went to *Hillview Park (OARE) you can read the review or find directions to this camping park here:
http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=9435

By now you must have decide to
INSERT A COIN TO FREEKA !?
If not, keep reading...

The park was very small and is all about mobile living houses but have some extra space for camper-vans and caravans... Good !

Anyway, I am not here to make a review of the camping park !
We arrived was around 7 o'clock, we set up and eat.
Soon after this its started raining and we had lighting and thunderstorms....i must say i was a bit scared...but mum and dad looked after me so it was ok..:o)
Then... we watched a DVD and slept :)

THIRD DAY:
Next day (05th - Sunday) we woke up with birds again ... what a life !!
Mum and Dad like it a lot... I dont find very funny to be shit all over by birds :o/
Sunday... They have a quick look around the place (very small, not much to see in there , really)
What you do on Sundays ? well, by this time we have relaxed enough and decided to keep doing it for the all Sunday, so we picked some animals wild life DVD and spent the day watching it until we get board and came back home around 7 o'clock.

Dear Diary...
What a fucking brilliant weekend !!
Dad has slept inside me 1 time before but this was the first time mum has slept inside me ;)
They kept complain I am not long enough as they can not stretch their legs at night, bla bla bla bla bla...
Is their fucking problem ! Besides, they do not set up all the double bed as it should be, so...
what the fuck they complain about !?
Fucking foreigners, always complaining about everything !

But anywayyyyyyy, this was a good introduction to the times coming, as they will have to sleep inside me, many ,many more times ;)
They have tried 2 different positions already but I am sure they will try many others... I am talking about sleep positions.
But anywayyyy... They always can go sleep on top in the bank beds.... hahahahahahaha

Right... enough of gossip, Dad made a photo album just for the picnic photos, in this album you will see photos of 3 different picnics.
Enjoy it !