A day in a solo female's van life 🚐

Good morning! How you doing? I am eating cereal. This is very strange for me. You know, I'm not a cereal gal, but recently I've turned to cereal. And it's a good use for my bowl I bought to make matcha in, because matcha is no longer being made by me. Because I don't like it. As you would know if you watched my video a few videos back, matcha still hasn't made its way into my life, unfortunately. It's just taking up space in my van now, which to be quite honest, is not what I need. But anyway, I'm actually in the Dordogne right now. I came here for a family party and it's like six hours from Saint-Tropez. Honestly, I'm having withdrawal symptoms. I don't even know who I am anymore. I'm just sitting in this forest like... But it is very nice around here. I appreciate all the castles. You know, it's like the centre, the epicentre of motorhome. Motorhoming, caravanning, vanlifing. So I think it's like very touristy everywhere, which I kind of love. I think we're gonna go out for dinner later, maybe? Yeah, I might go to the little beach for a minute because it looks really peaceful. And then I think we should go to a town because what else would I do? What else would I do with my day? Let's do it. I don't like that. I might have to change out of this because I really love it. Oh sorry, it's really exposed. I really love it, this dress. But there's like muddy sand everywhere and I can't... I can't do that to this dress. So let me be right back. Okay, I'm back with more suitable beachwear. The sun's just gone in, which is really annoying. How much chaos can one thing cause? Dear God, why? I can't deal with my own dog. Look, off she goes. She doesn't care. I'm loving the nature here, really. It's truly peaceful. I was here yesterday and I was trying to work and do some other stuff and I just fell asleep. Fell asleep hard, with all the doors open, everything. It was a really good experience. There's literally no one around for ages here, which is nice, but Lord. There was also a thunderstorm, which was really cute. I was sitting in Gloria listening to the thunderstorm and it was rather spectacular, I must say. Alrighty, the sun has gone in for some unknown reason. Actually, I know the reason. There's a cloud. I can't see. Ew, my hair is just so greasy. It's all I can think about. It's just so ******* gross. Honestly, if I stop full-time van life, it is because I can't deal with greasy hair anymore. As lovely as it is here, I've kind of relaxed yesterday here, so let's go do something more exciting. Mmm, back on the instant coffee. I can really taste the instantness. It's really good. Let's go. I really like listening to the birds at the moment. There's something so therapeutic about it and it's just really nice. It's also getting really muggy. I think there's going to be a thunderstorm again, so I want to get to this place quickly. I think it's like half an hour away, so it's not too dramatic. I'm having to chug this coffee because every time this cup goes in the cup holder, major L. Coffee everywhere. Me, very sad. Very sad. Like down the side of my door, it's so gross. It's just like brown down the door. It's just really not cute, you know? You have my chandelier in the back and in the front, it's just like a ---- bit. Right, let's go. I'm really, I'm actually really excited about this. I've never seen like these kind of medieval kind of, I don't know, they're slightly different. They're slightly different from your average town, so. Do you want to see the road I came down to get to this spot? It is just grass. Jesus! Just driving in the hedges. All right, let's go. ****. Watch everything in the back of the van. Oh, it's so painful. I just don't have the will to drive slow anymore. Slowly, like driving slowly is just, I've done too much of it, so I just, I just treat Gloria like an off-road vehicle because, not that I don't love and respect Gloria and want her to last a very long time. I just, I've just, I've lost the will to drive slow. For legal purposes, that was a joke. I love how when you just pull over for someone and they just stare at you, they literally just drive past you like, sorry, sorry for shooting your entire family. Can you see that Chateau? That's so cool. Oh, I want to be driving a vintage Ford Mustang right now in pink, preferably listening to my vintage music driving through the country. You know what, Gloria is a close second. I also could do with like a headscarf just to like tie my greasy locks back in, in a refined way. And also my sunglasses, but they're in my bag and I can't reach. I'm being so dramatic today. I don't even know why. I think it's because I haven't spoken in a few days. Oh my gosh, an actual cave. Look at the properties. Can you see them? Wait, let me zoom in. Can you see? I think that's Rocamadour actually. That's crazy. Crazy for being. Okay, great. Now I get to find somewhere to park. Could this corner literally be any tighter? I think I've missed my place. I'm not being funny, but there's nowhere to park. Why is nowhere made for vans? I can't do ----. Maybe we'll just have to look at it from a distance. Very pretty, right? How, where am I supposed to park? Very nice, but I just don't feel like I'm ever getting to get into it. We actually just need to get down there. I think there's a place to park, I think. Look at that. Cave road, definitely not big enough. Does anyone else do that? You just forget to put your car windows up when you take a key out and it's like, ****. The biggest question now is do we take the little train up or do we take the stairs? Probably going to go with the stair option because I don't really exercise anymore, so. This is awesome. Oh my god, it is so cool. I love it here. This is great. I wasn't expecting it to be this cool. All right, let's go see some more of it. There's so much, so many steps, but we're going to do this. We're going to do it together, okay? Thank you, thank you, thank you for staying with me. Let's do it. It's really interesting. I've never been to anywhere like this before. It's like a whole castle vibe thing going on. I mean, honestly, it's just making me want to buy a chateau or like a castle and just so I can be super dramatic all day and just walk around like and wear cute dresses. That would be fantastic. Yeah, I am so hungry. The level of hunger right now is extreme. They do like these little cookie things. I think they're from around this region. Again, you know I'm not that good on my facts and I could be. I just don't want to be. I don't know why, but my arm is about to drop off because this camera is very heavy. So let's try and find something to eat because this bitch is hungry. I need food badly and I don't know where to go, so. It is tricky to choose something. Oh, it looks really good. Maybe confit de canard. That's a classic. Just ordered a Vitao. It's ******* criminal. Okay, so I got the canard. I don't know. I think it's the dessert that's like the speciality of here. What's it called? Gâteau au Noir. So I guess that means just like a nut cake, but I've seen it everywhere and I was like, I left it too late to go buy one because all the shops shut as per usual because I'm unorganized, but let's try it. It's good. It's nutty. It's cakey. Goal achieved. Thoroughly impressed. It's beautiful here. Just got back from the restaurant and I'm making Gigi a steak. She won't eat anything, but the whole time in the restaurant she was just whining at me. She was just looking up and being like, feed me bitch. So I've had to come back and make her a steak because at the moment she just won't eat anything other than the most expensive food she can choose. She likes steak. She likes salmon. That's about it. She won't touch dog food, chicken. I don't know what is going on with her, but I go bankrupt is gonna be because of her. I genuinely think it would be cheaper to feed a husky. It's fine because mommy loves you, but I don't know what's wrong with that really. Now I got to figure out where to go next. It's kind of strange because I'm so used to being in places I'm familiar with, but like being ages away from the places I like to be. Kind of weird. I don't really know where to go. I'm getting like such decision fatigue of having to choose somewhere to sleep every night. I'm really used to it, but at the moment it's been like doing my head in a bit. I'm like, I just, I don't know where I want to sleep tonight. I don't know. Right here you queen. Look at that. I really wish that was the first time I've done that. I literally cook her steak every night. No, you're not gonna bury it. Thank you. You little ----. She looks so satisfied. Like she's actually just managed to bury it. I've taken it, Gigi. Fine, whatever. Also got asked out by this person and he was like, oh, are you married? I don't know. I'm wearing a lot of rings, so it's not impossible. And I was like, no. And he was like, are you engaged? And I was like, yes, I'm not. But I'm telling you this story because it's really ironic. The fact that my ring actually says ****. It's on my like, what's it called, index finger? No. What finger is this? Your marriage ring finger. That is what this ring is on. So it's just quite funny because he thought I was married, but I'm actually wearing a ring that says ****. And technically, I guess that means I'm married to myself, which, you know, I'm quite a catch. So I'm pretty, I'm pretty pleased with the outcome of I need to stop speaking. Oh, my God, I need to stop speaking. What is wrong with me? Right. Let's move. What? Ah, OK. What am I doing? What am I doing with my life? What am I doing every day? I don't even know where I'm parking. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. All right. Not going to lie. I just have been sitting here for at least half an hour. Trying to decide what to do. Nothing's happening. ****. Oh, honest to God. I've only just decided to question myself as to why I don't have a plan. But all I want to do is go back down to the south because I just I can't leave it for some reason. My soul loves it, is connected to it. And actually, I think I might have left my soul in Centropy. I think she might be there. So if you see her, please take her by the hand. She might be vicious, but give her to me because I miss her. I'm just sitting here like, what the hell do I do? Honestly, I think I need a house. I could need somewhere to go back to. And I haven't felt that way until now. What is wrong with me? Oh, but the town looks cute. See, look at the town. It looks really cute. Still driving through darkness and forests endlessly in small towns for no reason. But I've now reached my peak point of fearlessness. So I've now got into my fearless mode. So I'm pretty happy doing this, even though I'm pretty sure this is how nine out of 10 at least start. I should keep driving. Should I put everyone out of fuel? Do you ever get the weird urge to just go lay in a graveyard? And I'm not saying that to try. I'm genuinely saying you ever get that urge because I do all the time. I just want to go with the dead people because they're thoroughly less dramatic than the live ones. Oh gosh, it is so damn cute every second. Maybe I should just leave here. I can't really see anywhere though. Oh, it's so cute. Some guy half naked in his shower room. Okay. Ended up in this car park, a glorious car park. There's a singular cricket outside, which won't shut up. Just having a great time. Don't know why. And I'm going to go to sleep. Good night. Okay, I'm thinking about going into the town. It's really nice, um, this car park actually. I didn't have high hopes for it. Um, well, it's not too shabby. Like, I kind of want to go have a look around and get a croissant. So let's do that. That was wonderful. Wonderful experience. Didn't get a croissant. Just ate like an entire lunch instead. And I ate ice cream. And now I just, I feel like, I feel like death. So that's really fun. Um, let me show you what I bought. It's quite funny. When you go into any of the towns near here, every single person is retired. But me. Every single person is retired. So I kind of feel like I'm retired, which you know what? I don't hate that. I don't hate that. And I just realized everything I bought makes the whole situation even more like I'm retired. Let me show you what I bought. Um, well actually right now I'm at a campsite because it's literally like two minutes drive away from that place. And I also need to wash this mop, which I call hair. Look how greasy it is. I mean, it could be kind of like rock, rocker, rocker chic, but it's not. It just kind of looks like, I don't know. Okay. First thing I bought is, um, you're gonna love this. I bought confit de canard. And I also, I also bought wine. This is red wine. It looked kind of nice. Um, again, who am I? I now drink wine. I love that. I love that. Recently I've just gotten into drinking wine, which has been quite fun. Never done that before. I also bought a handmade pottery mug because it was pink and it's handmade. And I'd rather buy stuff from the small towns instead of stores. And also look how damn cute that is. Can't wait to break it. Um, okay. Uh, I don't know whether to show you now or not or to make you wait till next week because I'm so excited. What's in here is for Gloria. And you might think what is going to be that revolutionary and life-changing about something that big, but I may or may not have new door handles. And that is what I'm going to say. Um, so I'm going to be installing those because my other ones have fallen apart. Wish me luck at this campsite. There were ants absolutely everywhere in here. Oh my God, there are ants everywhere. Should I be concerned? Get out. Get out. All right. Thanks for watching. I'll see you next week. Bye.