Looking through my collected campers over the years, you’ll find few that you’d be tempted to call classy, with many qualifying as the quite the opposite, from military monster trucks to…well, see for yourself.

So I was surprised by this one: 1) local (from Montevideo — the “S” plate), and 2) not parked at the beach.

We don’t travel to escape life, but so that life doesn’t escape (run away from) us.

I like that.

Were it not for the traction plates, this German camper would hardly earn a second glance.

Because after all, this one, also at Tienda Inglesa and too big to get up the ramp to where the other is parked, is much more the norm.

You can see my collection of camper posts here – in addition to Teutonic monsters, there are some rather amusing local ones I’ve spotted over the years.

Uruguayan camper. Worth sharing, but, umm, I don’t think I have anything else to say about it.

Outside Tienda Inglesa. Late in the season. From Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg.

The day before, in exactly the same location, were two, equally if not more imposing, in a matching drab green military-type color. I didn’t have my phone to take a picture. It was quite a sight.

Here’s to lightweight travel, German style!

I hope it has a rear-view camera.

On the bright side, it doesn’t say “Free Candy.”

Sighted yesterday: another lightweight, compact German camper.

Yes, the season of lightweight Teutonic campers has officially arrived. In front of Tienda Inglesa.

Plenty of campers around, including the military-looking minimog/whatever (mostly) German contraptions, a few fancy rigs, some ghetto stuff, and then this absolutely classy gem from Argentina.

The first “lightweight” German camper of the season.