We are still enjoying the sun and warmth in Croatia, but soon it is time for us to slowly roll north. Many others drove down with their motorhomes in the autumn, to winter in southern Europe with a motorhome until spring. Would you like to get some sunshine from more southern latitudes or maybe some ideas for future wintering trips? We list 14 inspiring winterisation blogs to follow!
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ShareUpdate: Of course, we continue our adventures with our FREEDOM motorhome. You can follow them here on freedomtravel.se and on Instagram at @freedomtravelnews.
Innehållsförteckning
1) JoY together
Jakob and Yvonne hit the road in a Carthago and blog at JoY together. They are currently on an exciting tour of Sicily in Italy.
2) Motorhome Helge
The motorhome Helge travels around Europe with his master Bengt, mother Ingela and dog Chivas. This year Helge has travelled to Benidorm in Spain and camping El Raco. You can read about life there on Motorhome Helge.
3) The pensioner's will
Maggan and Ingemar spent last winter with their motorhome in Greece, but this year they are travelling to Spain and Portugal. Follow their journey on Pensioners' will(l)an.
4) Lennart's thoughts
Lennart writes about life inside and outside the motorhome at Lennart's thoughts. Lennart, Irene and their Kabe are currently in Fuzeta, Portugal.
5) Motorhome and travelling
Nils-Åke and Birgitta drove south in October and are currently in Silves, Portugal. You can read more at Motorhome and travelling.
6) Inger's Blog
Inger writes about wintering holidays in Spain and Portugal at Inger's Blog. Inger and Ingemar are currently in Spain. Right now you can read on the blog that they are on their way to Valencia, where we were actually lucky enough to meet them in March this year!
7) Jan and Marita's motorhome trips
Jan and Marita are wintering at La Marina Camping & Resort in Alicante, Spain. You can read more at Jan and Marita's motorhome trips.
8) Kjell and Solveig's motorhome blog
Kjell and Solveig are wintering at El Raco campsite in Benidorm, Spain. You can follow the wintering life on Kjell and Solveig's motorhome blog (the blog no longer exists). Last season (in March), we had the pleasure of meeting them when they invited us to a nice Tuesday meeting for Swedes at the campsite restaurant!
9) Bosses and Gerd's motorhome trips
Bosse and Gerd are also wintering at El Raco in Benidorm, Spain, and we also met them in Benidorm in March! You can follow their wintering at Bosses and Gerd's motorhome trips.
10) Our motorhome life
Another winter blog from the popular El Raco campsite in Benidorm. We also met with Anders and Birgitta and their dog Alonso in March this year and you can follow them at Our motorhome life.
11) Our travel page
Inger, Staffan and their dog Dagny are travelling in an Adria. They rolled south in October and are now in Spain. You can read more on Our travel page (the blog no longer exists).
12) Ulla & Torgny on an adventure
Ulla & Torgny blog about wintering with the ADA motorhome on Ulla & Torgny on an adventure. They are now down in Spain, playing golf among other things!
13) Mona & Charlie's travel blog
Mona & Charlie, who we were lucky enough to meet in Portugal last winter, are now back in Portugal. You can follow them on Mona & Charlie's travel blog.
14) Lena & Jan blog
Lena & Jan are travelling with a Concorde with a Smart in the garage. We spent a few nice days with them in the Roquetas de Mar in February this year. Now they have just come down to Spain again. You can follow them on Lena & Jan blog (the blog no longer exists).
A little bonus: Berit & Bosse's blog
Following the publication of this post, we received tips about Berit and Boss's blog, where they write about their 6th trip to Portugal and Morocco.
Want to read more about wintering with a motorhome in southern Europe?
We've spent a winter in a motorhome in southern Europe, including Portugal and Spain. You can read more about it here:
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Matts Torebring says:
I doubt that we would be able to relax for so long and so much. If we were gone for a long time, we'd move like you have. We've always kept going all our lives.
We visited one of the most popular wintering spots in Spain. We immediately got a taste for it. It would be nice to do a similar research, for those of us who are adrift, stuck at home and rolling all winter. Would think that we are fewer. Have a good time
04 November 2015 - 20:14
Rolle o Carina says:
Imagine how many people go south for the winter!
We expect to do the same in a few years 🙂 .
Take care and enjoy.....
04 November 2015 - 20:17
Steve says:
I will certainly be checking in with some of the southern European over-winterers.
A former colleague of mine used to start the motorhome trip to Spain with his wife and dog on 26 December and return home by 1 May. Many people did the same, I realised, and they became like "families" in the places they stayed for a long time. After a few years, it was always the same place in Spain. Like coming "home" again.
Goodbye!
04 November 2015 - 19:23
JoY says:
We were so surprised and happy to be mentioned on your blog, thank you for that.
Hugs Yvonné
04 November 2015 - 20:51
Jan Svensson says:
So glad you wanted to include our blog!
You have inspired us since we found your blog just over a year ago. It has been great to follow your journey through Europe this year.
04 November 2015 - 21:17
nils-åke hansson says:
Nice to be mentioned on a blog. We write for family and friends and for those who want to travel and will travel in the future.
04 November 2015 - 21:20
BP says:
That's a great list! Will check some of the blogs. By the way, I completely agree with Matts - I / we would also move to different places and not just stand for several months at one and the same campsite. Then you might as well rent an apartment there ...
What surprises me is that as many as four (if I have counted correctly - I have discalciulia;-) ) of the couples end up in Benidorm and then at El Raco. I would never have thought that. Benidorm is not a "Swedish nest", it is Torrevieja and El Raco is in the middle of nowhere. Quite strange actually ...
PS. Now I became so curious that I just have to read the El Rao blogs;-) DS.
04 November 2015 - 21:05
Ditte says:
What a nice picture!
Wow, there were a lot of motorhome owners blogging and wintering down south. And I can understand them.
Of course I'll look in on some, it's always fun to see what's going on. However, I am not so fond of large campsites where you stand quite close together, but I have been attracted by the smaller ones you have shown. But a combination is certainly practical.
If I owned a motorhome, I would do what you have done and travel around because it is
still a lot in Europe I want to see and experience, but it will be another way.
04 November 2015 - 22:07
solan says:
Great idea with blog links from winter travellers. Even if some of them are stuck on camping, they make trips all over the place with good tips as a result. I've read some of them, now I'm going to gnaw my way through all of them. Slowly but surely...;)
04 November 2015 - 23:09
admin says:
Steve, yes, it seems that many people do this, and why not? Many may have a more pleasant and social life than they would have in Sweden during the winter months.
Matts, some of the overwinterers do move, but there are many who stand still in the same place too. It would not suit us to stand still for so long, but as long as you do what you enjoy! 🙂 Good idea by the way, maybe I should gather all the motorhome bloggers who are travelling in Sweden as well 🙂.
Rolle and Carina, yes, you wonder how many there really are! It is only a fraction that blogs, but we saw a huge number of blogs when we were down in Spain and Portugal.
JoY, it felt obvious to mention you! 🙂
BP, we visited Benidorm and noticed that there were many Swedes and Norwegians at El Raco. Otherwise, there are mostly Brits in Benidorm, but as I said, the campsite seems popular with Scandinavians! 🙂
Jan Svensson, how nice to hear that we have inspired you! Nice blog you have started too!
Nils-Åke Hansson, I think there are many people who dream of and plan for winter travelling and find it interesting to read the blogs of those who have actually made it happen!
Ditte, thank you, glad you like the picture! Some overwinterers move between places, while others stay in the same place all the time. We like more to travel around (but to stand still from time to time) but as long as you enjoy what you choose 😉.
Solan, yes, as you say, many of those who lie still make excursions, or take small trips on the way down or up.
04 November 2015 - 23:51
Maggan och Ingemar says:
Thank you so much ..... what an advert you are doing for our blogs!
Many of these you have already met at .... but not us, although it has been close. 😀 We have followed your blog for many years and when you were on your Norrland trip several years ago, we saw the car in Grövelsjön. A few weeks later, when we went to a rest area and coffee.... you just left there...... but we have not come closer than that 😀.
You have had an amazing journey this year and many people envy you. Keep it up and enjoy the warmth, because when you come home it's cold 🙂.
05 November 2015 - 0:47
Marie says:
Nice links, but we actually want to keep following you. 🙂 Do you have any new travel plans or do you just want to go home and land for a while?
05 November 2015 - 3:08
admin says:
Maggan and Ingemar, yes we have met some, but far from all! But oh is it true, were we so close that time? I did not know that 😉 Sooner or later we will surely meet somewhere on the roads! 🙂
Marie, we already have some new travel plans (less iofs, but still exciting!) and we will of course continue to blog! 🙂
05 November 2015 - 8:36
Anna i Dubai says:
Ah cool! Exciting life and different...
BUT .. considering that you were at a nudist bath yesterday (?) I had expected a post and pictures from this. I am expecting ...
05 November 2015 - 10:19
admin says:
Anna in Dubai, haha, we actually WERE at nudist baths yesterday... and before 😉 Have blogged about it here: http://www.freedomtravel.se/2015/10/naturiststrander-i-kroatien/
05 November 2015 - 10:38
Anders och Birgitta says:
Nice to see our blog in the list. Can understand that some people think it is strange to stand in the same place all winter, but if you, like us, have travelled around Europe every year, and sometimes several times a year, since 1982, we think it is nice to lie still in a place we enjoy. The alternative with a house or apartment down here is nothing for us then we would feel stuck, now we at least have the option to move if we feel like it. But as I said, we are all different and that is fortunate.
05 November 2015 - 10:43
Ama de casa says:
That's a lot of motorhome blogs - and a whole bunch "in the neighbourhood" of us as well 🙂 ).
We also have a house car. If you make a distinction. Both house and car. Well, apartment anyway. And right now we have no car either as it is hostage to the workshop for the tyre change.
Haha! But it was a good try anyway - you have to admit that 😉.
(Ok. Half-assed attempt... 😀 )
05 November 2015 - 11:13
Lennart says:
Many Swedes in southern Europe now!
Goodbye!
05 November 2015 - 11:42
Bosse och Gerd says:
Nice compilation you made! We look forward to a ditto on "winter skiers" in Sweden, something we find hard to see the appeal of in rain, snow and cold.
Otherwise, we agree with Anders and Birgitta - we have, like them, travelled by car all over Europe from 1971 and interspersed it with flights and rental cars until we got our first motorhome in 1997, so we don't feel the need to flap around in Spain and Portugal week after week, but instead rent a car and travel around and look around.
05 November 2015 - 11:52
admin says:
Anders and Birgitta, it is fortunate that you can do what you want! 🙂 And it may well be that many of those who stand still at the same campsite have travelled around before.
Ama de casa, haha not a very good attempt... But maybe a tent? Or no, that's right, you threw it away 😉.
Lennart, it would be interesting to know how many there actually are!
Bosse and Gerd, I have to make such a list too! 😉 Yes, understand what you mean! It can probably be true for many, that you have travelled around before. In addition, you always have the opportunity to make excursions!
05 November 2015 - 12:39
Gert & Annica says:
We are also located in Benidorm and enjoy being close to everything.
There are now more than ten cars from Sweden.
Annica & Gert
05 November 2015 - 12:46
admin says:
Gert & Annica, great to hear that you are enjoying yourself and nice to know how many Swedish cars are there!
06 November 2015 - 7:50
Imelda says:
So fun to follow you on your trip and thank you for the link to the blogs, love to read and save all the travel tips. Thank you and enjoy the last month!
06 November 2015 - 12:59
znogge says:
There seem to be many who realise a dream of living in the south during the winter months. I understand them and it must be quite an experience!
06 November 2015 - 15:57
Husbilen Helge says:
It's great to be on your list. This was also reflected in the statistics. I wondered why, but then got the explanation. Understand that it feels like having to go home after your fantastic trip with many interesting elements and also people. Now have a continued good trip!
07 November 2015 - 11:41
admin says:
Imelda, glad you are following our blog! We are currently enjoying the last heat here in Croatia!
Znogge, yes there really are many! Keep in mind that only a fraction of people blog about it 😉 .
The motorhome Helge, glad you noticed it in the statistics! 🙂
07 November 2015 - 13:34