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Well my dears, what can I say! Yes, you heard it right! Now, instead of gypsies we are Vikings! Wait, no! We're still gypsies, only we now have a viking stationed in our garage! Does that make sense? Of course, I’m only referring to our new 2018 Forest River VIKING 17RD trailer, that is! And I’m super-duper excited! So excited, in fact, that right after we brought our new travel trailer home on Friday, we packed everything up and went out on our first Viking trip regardless of weather, the cold and the amount of rain we got over the weekend.

Just in case you don’ know it (which I much doubt, of course), the Vikings were seafaring Scandinavians engaged in exploring, raiding and trading in waters and lands outside of Scandinavia from the eighth to eleventh centuries. Now, we’re not Scandies by any means, but we are definitely people engaged in exploring, searching, storming in and invading all sorts of open spaces surrounded by abundant nature where we can roam freely and plunge for a while! 

So, if that applies, then we’re vikings too! But really, it all comes to only one word: Camping! Or Glamping! Because when it comes to camping, I much rather go glamping. It suits my personality so much better you know! So come on in, let me show you around!

This is our cozy little room now. I have to be careful how I decorated it thought, because the Fisherman is a minimalist who prefers the unadorned, but comfortable things, and you know me… I love pillows and veils and pretty fabrics and all sorts of romantic looking pretty things, such as this chandelier. Isn’t it cute!

And this lovely pendant heart. I love it so much! Both, the chandelier and pendant have to be taken down every night when sleeping here, because the Fisherman is a funny-grumpy old fisherman who won’t stand having things jingling or hanging too low over his head, or too many pillows on his bed or this many gypsy veils here and there, just like I love. So I rather not provoke him, in case I might have to end up sleeping with an Imp!

I miss having two bedrooms where I can play and decorate, but we now have acquired an entire bathroom with a shower, and toilet and all, and that’s an improvement.

I want to cover all walls in our little bedroom and thus I tried different methods and different things this weekend to see what I like better... I tried some lace curtains, a mandala, then some longer, wider white curtains, and still can't decide what I like. Wallpaper maybe? I didn't want to use a lot of color this time, and tended towards a more subtle more sophisticated kind of a room. So for now is mainly neutrals in here...

I haven't done much in this area... and don't know if I want to over decorate it either, because I love that clear large window, opened and letting in all that light. I was going to wallpaper the table, then, decided for a tablecloth instead, some pillows to match and large globe fairy lights.

Love these lights so much and the soothing romantic light it shed at night, that I’m getting more for this area, and for our room too. I can already hear the Fisherman protesting because there’s too many things in the way or because his head got caught in the cords and so on… but I just don’t care! More lights will be! Hehe!

I was thinking of a proper name to call our new trailer and for a moment thought about naming it Lagertha, who was, according to legend, a Viking shieldmaiden and ruler from what is now Norway, and the onetime wife of the famous Viking Ragnar Lodbrok, but it wasn’t entirely ‘me’. I wanted something more personal, so I came out with “Cielo Vikingo”, which means “Viking Sky” still gypsy, still me and still the model of our new travel trailer:

Year: 2018

Make: Forest River

Model: Viking 17RD

Class: Travel Trailer

DESRIPTION: 

The 17RD layout offers a beautiful rear dinette surrounded by windows. The Queen bed is located in the front end of the trailer. The bed lifts for a large storage area. The kitchen is to the left with a single sink, two stove burners, microwave with range hood, and refrigerator. The bathroom has a corner shower and toilet. Plenty of storage. 

Unit Options: This trailer has a 13,500 BTU Roof Mount Air Conditioner, furnace, 6 gallon water heater with direct spark ignite (DSI), water tank monitor panel, LED lights, Electric awning, Microwave with range hood, 2 burner cook-top, 6 cubic refrigerator, TV Antenna, Stereo with outdoor speakers, Outside Shower, Aluminium wheels, spare tire and carrier.

So that's what our new home on wheels looks for now, but I know it will evolve soon!

Von Voyages!