Bathing: Keeping Yourself Clean in a Van
Back in 2012, when we started traveling, it was funny to hear comments like: “You live in a van? You don’t look homeless!” No, we’re not. Even if some of you think it’s really difficult, it’s actually...
View ArticleCome With Us: Czech Republic Country #1
This is the beginning of us. The Czech Republic. It was where we first met in 2009 and reunited in 2012; it was where we became inseparable; it was where we found and bought Mork. Welcome to our...
View ArticleOnline Work Webinar
Welcome to our webinar, speaking about how we started to become digital nomads, how we began traveling, and of course- how we hope to help you. Hello and enjoy, eh? Episode 01 Episode 02 Episode 03...
View ArticleCome With Us: Bulgaria Country #2
From Sep 02, 2012 to Oct 13, 2012: 41 days of #vanlife We went to Sofia, Bulgaria, to a film lot that Armando was working on as a ‘First AD (Assistant Director).’ It was my first foreign country to...
View ArticleKeeping Your House Clean
Keeping your house clean is really important for us, especially when our house is an 80-square-foot van. We especially don’t like to live in a mess, which is why cleaning is now part of our daily life....
View ArticleCome With Us: Turkey Country #3
From Oct 13, 2012 to Dec 17, 2012: 106 days of #vanlife We left Bulgaria with the idea of going to Istanbul. We both had kind of vague notions of an exotic city filled with mosques, but we really had...
View ArticleCooking & Cleaning in a Van: Kitchen Basics
I think that the main thinking of many people we’ve met on the road is that living in a van means eating sandwich stuffs and cold food. It’s funny how many times, when we showed our van, starting from...
View ArticleCome With Us: Greece Country #4
From Dec 18, 2012 to Feb 14, 2013: 165 days of #vanlife We kind of celebrated, pork-wise, after leaving Turkey. There were many moments in Greece that were memorable: having to get hunters to unstick...
View ArticleStaying Slightly Warm in Your Van
This post is a focus and share about our experiences keeping warm. Some are tips or advice, and some kept us alive even with temperatures that sunk below 0 Celsius sometimes (seriously). So this is a...
View ArticleCome With Us: Italy Country #5
From Feb 15, 2013 to June 24, 2013: 295 days of #vanlife Italy is one of those places that many dream of visiting, but strangely it wasn’t on my wish list. I was pleasantly surprised by all the country...
View ArticleReal-Life WWOOFING: The Tools
We arrived with our van in a northern region of Germany, since it was the easiest way to be near the harbor where Mork needed to be for shipment to Canada. It’s not really a touristic region, even if...
View ArticleCome With Us: Germany Country #6
From June 25, 2013 to July 7, 2013: 308 days of #vanlife We had no expectations, really, of Germany. We figured it’d probably be another typical* European country, only one with beer steins and...
View ArticleCome With Us: Austria Country #7
From July 8, 2013 to July 14, 2013: 315 days of #vanlife Most people think of classical music, opera, or posh coffee when they think of Vienna. We found a lot of diverse sides to Vienna, however, and...
View ArticleCome With Us: Netherlands Country #8
From July 15, 2013 to July 23, 2013: 324 days of #vanlife The summer of 2013 was the one we ‘dubbed’ the whirlwind European summer.’ We had a job with a New York company to visit some of the main...
View ArticleCome With Us: Belgium Country #9
From July 24, 2013 to July 30, 2013: 331 days of #vanlife We went to Belgium, which Armando knew pretty well since he’d studied in Brussels for a year. We also had the chance to meet up with our...
View ArticleCome With Us: England Country #10
From July 31, 2013 to September 2, 2013: 365 days of #vanlife Our last stop for our whirlwind European capital summer: London. I’d never been before. We’d met a friend, Dominic, in Thessaloniki and he...
View ArticleHow to Ship Your Van to North America From Europe (or Vice Versa)
As many of you know, we’ve spent the last 4 years traveling and living full-time in our van across Europe. In our typical slow travel styles, we’ve pretty much visited almost all of the European...
View ArticleThe Uncomfortable Truth About Vanlife
Many things happened during our years of full-time life in a van. We went through many changes and faced many unexpected situations. Most were positive; others not so much. What has happened recently...
View ArticleThe Beginning of the End
We finally end our vanlife adventures around the world (between North America and Europe), between vessels and planes, border police and passport control. It was just 2 months ago that we were refused...
View ArticleHow to Find a Good Free Parking Spot
Many people have asked us over the years for advice and tips about the places we’ve visited – and also tips on how to find a good free parking spot for our van. I’ll share with you our experiences on...
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