Author: drivingeurope

Traveling everyday still feels exciting. Your backyard changes every day. In the morning you wake up with an everchanging view. There are new challenges to be mastered daily. Problems of all kinds need to be solved. One challenge for us: On the one hand, we want to see as much as possible from Europe. On…
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On the 24th of September we started our trip through Great Britain. As we arrived in Dover with the ferry, we started driving South England from that point on. We arrived in the middle of the night and parked somewhere in a park to enjoy some hours of sleep. When we woke up, the sky…
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Calais. Probably a French city you have heard about during the European refugee crises. We didn’t see much of it, but it was the place where we met again. I came up from the South of France from a relaxing week of family vacation while Felix and Tim drove over from Belgium. Plus, our second…
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On our way to France we stopped at a hiking point in Northern Black Forest. We hiked a few kilometers up to Teufelsmühle which has a pretty nice view point. We planned on having our introduction interviews of ourselves up here with this great view. But unfortunately, there was a lot of wind that day…
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Our goal for this journey is not only to see all the different countries of Europe but also to get an impression of the public opinion towards the European Union. For achieving this, we want to talk to locals in all countries we are traveling through. We would like to share the collected information with…
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We made it! First stop: Luxembourg. We drove to “Esch an der Alzette” which is the second biggest city in Luxembourg, we learned. Here, we found shelter with Chris. Chris moved in with us in Hamburg when we extended our shared flat. We had some incredible months together and became not only flatmates but also…
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Long time no hear. September 1st. This used to be the set date for our take-off. But what we learned from our travel preparations so far definitely is: stay spontaneous and take things the way they come! We did not start our Europe tour on the 1st of September. Some incidents crossed our way. Tim…
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Finally there is time for the really important things! Since we did not have a balcony in our shared flat in Hamburg and always dreamed of one, Felix built one for Oswald. It is pretty stable and I think it’s super comfy but let’s see how long it takes until it breaks down. When starting…
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As explained before, we are not able to spend too much money on the road. When our savings are used up, it means for us that the journey is over. That’s why we decided to prepare as much food as possible before the trip – out of saved food so that we avoid spending money…
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Ready for adventure time! We are done with the major parts of our conversion. For sure, we are far away from being ready to start our big trip but we moved forward pretty well in the last months. So we thought, it’s time for a weekend trip to test everything. Since we are all not…
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