From Abroad to Local Everyday Adventures (Everyday Adventures in North Jutland, week 1)

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It was time to focus more locally than we’d done the past six months.

It was the first week of June and we had just returned home from our first half year abroad in our red VW California Coach ‘Turtle’ from ’92.

More precisely, we had been home in Denmark for 2 weeks and had only just seen the nearest of the family and some few friends.

But now we were already heading towards new adventures, namely ‘everyday adventures in North Jutland’.

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“Well, it’s right now you should do it”..

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Lars and Suzi are two brilliant examples that one can easily travel around the world with two young children.

How often haven’t I heard “Well, it’s right now you should do it” when I tell someone that Morten and I have quit our jobs and housing to move into a camper and travel around the world..?
Meaning: “Cause once you’ve settled down, bought a house and have children, you can’t just travel like that.”
It’s been MANY times I’ve heard that – so many times I can’t count it anymore, it’s certainly one of the standard comments when we tell about our lifestyle.

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Turbulent first month in Turtle (Article from Aalborgnu.dk)

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We’ve spend our time in Austria,working and skiing.

When we waved goodbye to Aalborg a month ago and took off at the country roads in Northern Jutland with our noses facing South, we were expecting that we were now on our way to the adventure of our lives. From now on we wanted to turn down the pace and drive out and experience the world from our new home, the Red Volkswagen California from the 90s, “Turtle”.

We looked at each other – and we laughed. How crazy was this? We had sold all our possessions, quit our apartment and jobs and now the whole world lay in front of our feet!

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