Tag: Before the trip

Take-off difficulties

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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The important things

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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Preparing food

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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Time for furniture: Part 3

Felix took his building skills out and all of a sudden we had a van which already feels homely. That’s actually a bit exaggerated. He has no building skills. Okay, just kidding! What I meant is, that Oswald was not readily converted “all of a sudden”. It took Felix (and Tim and me – when-…
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Cozy beds

Now that we have all the furniture (including beds) we thought it might be nice to have some mattresses for a comfortable sleep. We searched online for used and therefore cheap mattresses we could get. Pretty fast, we found a 1.8x2m mattress that Tim and I picked up with a Citroen C1. Do you know…
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Fly high

Our first attempts to fly a drone were a lot of fun – and not really productive. The video below probably shows our professional skills better than me describing it: While we were on our weekend trip in Denmark to test the van, we did another drone flight. This one was way more effective than…
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Wooden walls

We realized that a lot of our budget for converting Oswald into our cozy home will be needed for wood. So we’ve been searching for ways of saving money on that. Luckily, Tim knows a carpenter who was ready to help. He ordered pretty fancy wood for Oswald’s walls for a really good deal. A…
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Time for furniture: Part 1

Since we got rid of our cardboard furniture, we decided that we need a new seating area, a kitchen and everything you need for a living for a few month. So we took a trip to the building supplies store to get some wood, screws, angle brackets and all we need for the first steps.…
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Make it warm and bright

After some days of absence Oswald found its way back to us. The new clutch works perfectly fine and everything else seems to be pretty good, too. Let’s go for the further steps than! Since we are planning to start our tour somewhen in late summer it might not be warm all the time. Plus,…
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What to do now?

There is an idea. We have a van. It has a name. Now it is your time to guess: What to do next? Cleaning? Would have been a good shout. But we thought there’s still time for that. Let’s first stuff the van with loads of cardboard – great! For us, the cardboard model helped…
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