Traveling across Europe with your van requires sometimes fuel. And in these days we are all sensible regarding fuel prices. By now, we made 600 km on the road today and here is a snapshot of the fuel prices across Switzerland and France. We started in central Switzerland with gasoline…
Bojan Slat – having impact
On 7th April the Ocean Cleanup non-profit organisation accomplished a milestone of 200.000 kg of plastic removed from the ocean.It all started as a vision from Bojan Slat to get plastic out of the Ocean in 2011, when he was 16. Since then, he achieved with his team to introduce…
Easter marches
A quick one: During the easter time we have a tradition across the world to demonstrate for peace. These marches are called “easter marches” and during different times they had been more or less popular.With a focus on the Ukraine war, these marches are demonstrating for peace and ending the…
Climate activists
Easter season is approaching and you and your family/friends are getting ready for vacation. You get your holiday approved by your employer, you are selecting a place to go – ie North Italy – and you start to plan. As a matter of fact, you decide to take the car.…
5 days and counting
The next trip is finally close. It is a 4-week travel with our T6, which is called Van Halen. We go down to Provence in South France just for a stop-over and then head to Girona in Spain. A small and beautiful town about 80km from Barcelona. A cyclist paradise.…
Happiness
Happiness is something I think about a lot these weeks. What is happiness? Is it the same for everybody? Can it be kept? Is it plan-able? Is it coincidence?First thing I start to recognise is, that happiness is a fragil condition. While you can achieve satisfaction and keep it over…
Declaring “sport-free” today!
During the last 7 months I was training for my ultra endurance race end of April in Mallorca. Long hours, thousands of km, ten-thousands of altitude meters and lots of discipline. This morning there are 22 days to go, my legs are soaring, it is a gray and rainy day…
Finding your best job…
These days I had the chance to speak with different people, who are all looking for the right job and are trying to make a decision about their next steps.All at very different points in their life: two young start-up founders, 2 mid-40ty managers with family and kids and an…