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"At the end of the day we each only get one life to live - Are you going to spend your precious time creating more boxes or are you gonna step back, take in a deep breath and find a way to #buildyourdream?" ••• Super stoked to be featured in our first ever article on @Forbes (link in bio)! Sharing our thoughts on #DigitalNomadism + VanLife's biggest challenges + vital tips for finding work-life balance. Written by our talented friend, @theconfusedmillennial, along with thoughts from our incredibly inspiring VanLife friends, @wheresmyofficenow + @bound.for.nowhere 🤗 ••• Ironic: Today we attempted to connect our wifi extender without success. Still unable to upload videos to YouTube, let alone browse Insta, wifi continues to be the biggest challenge for #VanLifeEurope. ••• #WaybackWednesday: This photo was taken somewhere in the mountains of Croatia during our adventures last year. I would write blog posts in Word and upload whenever the world decided to give us wifi ☺️

Last night's sunset on the coast of Brittany, France This is where my dad's family is from and the place after which I am named... no wonder I feel so at home here! ✨ ••• The second we arrived to Quiberon we threw on our bathing suits and jumped into the sea, swimming and laughing like 2 kids. So happy and so free...❤️ ••• With not a soul around, we made dinner on the beach and watched this incredible sunset (at 10:30pm) from the sky. Shades of purple and pink lit up the night until nearly midnight, when a thick blanket of stars finally took over. ••• We spent 2 weeks here last year and loved every moment, I have a feeling this time won't be any different.

One of the most exciting things about #VanLifeEurope is having your fridge and cupboards filled with all your favorite foods from the most delicious countries in the world! ••• Freshly picked cherries, wild mushrooms, giant pretzels and mustard from Germany + wine, stinky cheese, giant tomatoes, fresh fish and a hot batch of crêpes "au blé noir" smothered with buttery Nutella from France If our fridge doesn't make your mouth water I don't know what does! ••• Another fun thing is learning the subtle differences in everyday supplies. From the taste of toothpaste to the smell of the flowery-scented toilet paper (seen in the photo above), when you don't exactly know the language everything is a surprise! ••• Writing this from deep within the forest somewhere in central France as we snack on cherries and sip on coffee made from the #bialettiusa we bought in Italy last year. What are some of your FAVORITE foreign foods?! 🥐❤️

Sitting in the passenger seat with my feet dancing out the window as the sweet smell of lavender rolls in, laughing together as people look in amazement to see how someone could possibly be driving without their feet! Remember our van is British so the driver and passenger seats are opposite ••• As we ride through the German countryside, the space around us expands and the rolling fields of lavender flood our senses with sweet presence. Smiling as our hula monkey dances on the dash and Drew steers our rolling home North, where the air is cooler. ••• My heart feels #simplyhappy to be back on the road ❤️ Next stop: The Black Forest

Today we make the journey from Munich to Bavaria, where we will finally be reunited with the #HowlinYoweller!! ••• When we talk about why it is that we're so excited to be back in the van, we're flooded with thoughts and realities, visions and hopes, memories and unknowns. There are so many reasons why we love exploring different cultures from the comfort of our rolling home. It brings a sense of safety and limitlessness amidst all the change and wonder. It teaches us the power and importance of being in nature and the ability we all have to not just live the dream but to DISCOVER it. #discoverthedream ••• This photo was taken during last year's adventures crossing the border from Croatia into Bosnia 🤘

Fishing for tonight's dinner (clams, oysters and mussels) with our happy little van parked down by the sea. Where the earth guides, she always finds a way to provide 🦀 #Livingofftheland has a sort of magic feel to it ✨

Keeping in theme with our last post, here's today's picnic lunch: an assortment of greens from Germany + France + German sausage for Drew + a box of crackers from Croatia that we hadn't yet opened from our last leg of VanLife Europe ••• Having driven nearly 17 hours (this will likely be the longest distance we drive in one chunk the entire trip), we are excited to finally make it to the salty coast of Brittany, where we will reunite with my family who has eagerly been awaiting our arrival! ••• PS- We are enjoying this meal while parked in one of the many "Aires" that France has scattered along the roadways. Lined with picnic tables and trees you often see campers (and truckers) spending the night here or families enjoying a snack break in the shade ❤️ ••• Hope you all enjoy your #Sundaze wherever you maybe! ✨

You see that little white van in the bottom left of the photo? That's our home! We spent our last night in Germany parked in that exact spot Surrounded by fields of corn and lavender, we woke up under the shade of the trees and started our day with an early morning bike ride through the flowers ••• We've since crossed the border into France and so far we've been taking it easy on the #HowlinYoweller. Her gear shifter has been giving us a hard time (we basically have to pretend we have no 1st gear) but other than that she's been bouncing along just as happy as we are ☺️ #Quiberon here we come!

Last night we slept in our tiny house on wheels for the first time since our 11-month honeymoon ended in November ❤️ We camped next to/under our friend's house and left the doors open so breeze could roll in and cool us down on these warm summer nights. We woke up to the sound of birds chirping and have spent the day putting our things in place, remembering how great it feels to #livemorewithless ••• PS- We also discovered that our supply of sunscreen + canned beverages FROZE over the winter, causing all of the above to EXPLODE under our bed and in our cabinets The wood planks that you see leaning up against the van were evenly soaked in spf. We are happy to report that all has been cleaned and the #HowlinYoweller's porcelain complexion is ready to take on summer ••• Oo! And tomorrow we start the journey to Brittany, France where my family is eagerly awaiting our arrival! The adventures of #VanLifeEuropePart✌ are about to begin!!

It's almost 2am here in Germany and our body clocks are still stuck in California time So, since we're not yet asleep, we're going to use this time to tell you about our incredible friend @chrishoermann, whose apartment we're staying at in Munich tonight and whose barn our van has been staying in for the past 8 months. ••• Drew (from Michigan) met Chris (from Germany) while "studying" Spanish on Isla Margarita in Venezuela almost 10 years ago. I say "studying" because from the stories I hear, they spent most of their time kitesurfing, drinking out of sea shells and dancing salsa... ok maybe Drew not so much the dancing part But ever since I've known Drew, Chris has been an important part of his life, and luckily now mine too. ••• We arrived in Munich tonight prepared to take an Uber to Chris' place, but when we landed who did we see holding up a big "Welcome back to Europe Mr and Mrs Adventure!!!" sign?! None other than Chris + another one of our favorite friends @ruepp_daniel all seen smiling ear to ear in the photo above ••• THEN, just when we thought he couldn't make our day any better, he told us that his grandpa jumpstarted our van and took her to a mechanic to make sure everything was working well! We forgot to use a stabilizer when we left her + she's a bit old so we were concerned. Now at least we know she's been primed and is anticipating our return as much as we are ! ••• Thank you for being such a thoughtful friend Chris, makes this part of the world feel even more like home ❤️ #blessingsonblessings

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