First Night in my Tiny Adventure Van :)

[u/gazingaaa]

Van build is (slowly) coming along, but I really needed a break from all the long build days and video editing🙃 So I packed up and headed out for a short camping trip to a beautiful Swiss farm🇨🇭 First night sleeping in my new van and I might have already found my favorite camp spot ever!!

[u/HikeSierraNevada]

I like your little van. Any pics of the inside/setup?

[u/gazingaaa → u/HikeSierraNevada]

Thanks! Just got the ceiling & wall paneling installed, will double it up so I get straight walls and a little shelf (and more insulation from all my clothes going in there). far from finished tho😀

[u/HikeSierraNevada → u/gazingaaa]

That looks already very nice!! Enjoy the progress. And then the trips :)

[u/COCPATax]

this looks great! congrats! i am about halfway through my build and so ready to get started.

[u/gazingaaa → u/COCPATax]

Thanks!! Awesome, I bet!! what van are you converting?

[u/COCPATax → u/gazingaaa]

a toyota sienna for weekend and extended trips.

[u/a_soggy_alternative]

Tiny van, big adventure

[u/gazingaaa → u/a_soggy_alternative]

you got it!

[u/not_rushing]

Beautiful photos!! Can you say a lil about your camera and editing style? I have to take photos of gardens for work and would love it so much if they could have the same look as yours

[u/gazingaaa → u/not_rushing]

thank you!! I got most of these photos straight out of the video as stills. I film on a Sony a7 IV, mostly with a f1.8 20mm and f4 24-105 (both Sony lenses). not too much editing, just some minor adjustments (exposure, contrast, saturation. no presets etc)

[u/leros]

I'm from the US but I spent a few weeks wandering around Switzerland. I loved the cows with the bells. Im not sure if that's common for you but it was fairy tale magic for me lol.

[u/gazingaaa → u/leros]

that's awesome! it is quite common but still such a cool sight whenever there's cows around :)

[u/Traditional_Fan_2655]

How do you store your grill while not using it? Also, what am I seeing that is a black container in picture 10?

[u/gazingaaa → u/Traditional_Fan_2655]

oh that grill is just an old car rim that the farm owner put up :) black box is a thing called "gamelle", basically swiss military issued cookware (perfect to set straight into a bed of coals to make hot water)

[u/Traditional_Fan_2655 → u/gazingaaa]

Nice! Thanks for the explanation!

[u/TheBombolla]

That looks amazing! Did that BBQ come from the campsite

[u/gazingaaa → u/TheBombolla]

Thank you!! Yep it's an old rim they welded up🔥

[u/dopiestlizard]

Nice! So odd, I have a Ram Promaster City (Dodge Ram) in the US and it looks nearly exactly like yours which looks to be a Fiat?

Edited: upon second assessment I see that your back door opens up, mine are two back doors that open out to the sides.

[u/gazingaaa → u/dopiestlizard]

Yupp, they are pretty much the same thing! Opel Combo & Vauxhall Combo too. Mine runs on CNG tho, I dont think there are any Rams with that

[u/dopiestlizard → u/gazingaaa]

Oh interesting, no I don't think so but I also am not at all a car person so couldn't say with certainty. Well anyway, I've had mine for 4+ years and I absolutely love it! Congrats and enjoy it!

[u/gazingaaa → u/dopiestlizard]

That's awesome! thanks you too :D