Bienvenue en France

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 […]

Documentation

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 […]

Wëllkomm zu Lëtzebuerg

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Weekend trip to Denmark

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 […]

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- […]

Come on in

Finally, there was time for beauty details. We got some leftovern vinyl floor slabs from Tim’s parents. That was a super good catch. This way, we were able to make our floor look really fancy without spending any money. Thank you, Kirsten and Bernd! In the picture you can see how Tim laying our floor. […]

Electricity

One major part in the van conversion is the electricity. Without it, we couldn’t install our fridge, water tap, light, music and electrical outlets. Since we neither know much about electronics nor are able to install our own electrical system, we are super happy that Tim’s dad was ready to help. He was a really […]