The Jaguar Dream turns Dacia - and that is a good thing!

This blog posting is dedicated to Martha X and Raymond Y.  

Below is an e-mail posted to them recently.  A gentle read, that I hope dear reader, you might enjoy.

Liebe Martha, lieber Ray,

Greetings to you both!  

I hope life and times and health continue well for you there.  As it is here.  Thank God.

We have little news, which as we said before is not a bad thing in these Covid times.  In lieu of news I share a nice story. - No the boss of the pension down the road has not found his inner peace and is now nice to guests. Alas the establishment continues on as usual.

But we have a car story in which you are indirectly a part and which you may enjoy.  This is not an urgent read, so wait until you have you have a relaxing moment with your drink of choice to hand and enjoy.

As you may recall, when you visited, Herbert was quite taken with your Jaguar. - AND with you both of course, but that goes without saying!!!

Anyway Herbert assumed such a lovely car was not a feasible purchase for us.  But fair dues he went looking and looking and looking on the internet.  He did about five months of looking and fair dues again, he did indeed find and purchased the Jaguar of his dreams as you know.  We enjoyed trips in the Jaguar for over six years.  Great happy memories around many adventures on the road.

Full disclosure:  Personal transport wise it is normally bikes and Bugattis that excite me.  But it was I and not Herbert that got all Mrs. Bucket over Herbert´s  Jaguar; so much so that Herbert had to remind me not to be polishing the car so diligently in public places!

In the last while our life plans have evolved; I will be a retiree next year D.V.  (ho hooooo!).  We plan to do more road trips outside of school holiday time.  - Herbert being self employed can arrange his work schedule easier than me.  We wanted flexibility. ..... And we got it with a new (second hand) Dacia.

It worked almost seamlessly.   On Sunday June 28th, Herbert sold his Jaguar to a lovely gentleman called Joseph who ´collects Jaguars´, we know the car will be loved, which is a good feeling for us after so many happy years with the car.

The following Saturday July 4th Herbert bought his Dacia - also from a man called Joseph. - Nice touch I thought the Joseph factor.

FYI:  I think St. Joseph, like St. Christopher are totally underrated saints - if you ´do´ saints that is.  And worse for the latter who had to put up with a demotion to ´blessed´from the Vatican some years ago.  But I digress. ...

Away, the Dacia is the perfect ´up grade´for us; Herbert purchased a box bed for the car, so we don´t have to stress about booking accommodation, we now have a plan B in the back of the car!

We already tried it out.  And it worked a treat:    On Friday July 10th we drove to Venice for seven days.  😎 - More on that adventure in the last blog posting.

On the way back we visited two vineyards in Valpolicella  😊.  Taking our time we drove back via Innsbruck.  Just before the Arlberg tunnel we found a suitable car park to overnight and sleep. And that we did on our box bed.  Arriving into Allensbach at 6:20 a.m. on Sunday July 20th.


For info. on the box bed Romeo H. chose to purchase: https://dielectric.de/produkt-kategorie/dacia/

All for now and full of ´Dacia happy´ from Allensbach. More photos below.

Hausfrau Róisín  

P.S. Note to self and Dacia owner.  Regardless of how mild the weather is, a warm sleeping bag is always advisable!

Dacia in the shade in Vineyard Mount d´Ora Valpolicella.

Dacia in Vineyard La Dame in Valpolicella


A reader asked for photos of the Jaguar.

See below Romeo H coming home in September 2013 with his brand new third hand Jaguar.

Is that the look of one happy camper im Leben.

And ´the happy´ was deserved: Romeo H. put in a look of work and effort to find the Jaguar of his dreams.....

One happy man with his new car!




Celebrating the Jaguar purchase.....












And the Jaguar was bought after the Mercedes was sold.

But that is another whole story!