" Jem tugged the floral curtains open just above Mum's bed. She stretched and said, "Oh!" because there is something especially cosy about pulling open floral curtains in your camper van and finding the Mediterranean Sea shining hundreds of feet below you and seabirds twirling all around you. Especially if the kettle has just boiled. "

― Frank Cottrell Boyce , Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, #2)