shut-down in la plagne, Lock-down in bern
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22.3.2020 – As some of you may have read in our last Facebook post, we arrived back in Bern on March 3rd due to a power failure in Max (which later turned out to be caused by the broken cable reel that connects Max with the power plug outside). It left us without electricity, light and heating. Not a comfortable situation when it is minus 10 degrees, heavily snowing and slowly getting dark outside. So we decided to mount the snow chains on all four wheels and slowly drive down from La Plagne (F) to the valley, and from there back to Bern. Little did we know that here, we would experience yet another lock-down, only of a much larger scale.
We have been thinking a lot about what to do next. Iceland does not feel right to us anymore. We are heavily concerned about the climate change and the future of our children. We want to add as little as possible to the pollution of our wonderful planet earth. So we decided two things: 1. We will drive to Norway instead of driving / flying / shipping over to Iceland. In Norway, we will visit friends of ours. We do not know yet why we are drawn to do so, but we both had the same idea at the same time. |
2. We will stop our journey after that trip. We feel like grounding ourselves again, looking for a spot in nature to put up a little house and a garden.
So as soon as the borders open up again, up north it goes! As usual, we will go with the flow. Be safe and healthy all of you!
So as soon as the borders open up again, up north it goes! As usual, we will go with the flow. Be safe and healthy all of you!
The Different Phases of Our Trip
Phase 1 (August - December 2019)
We have started our journey in AUSTRIA and then continued to SLOVENIA's Triglav National Park, before we explored the coast line and mountains of CROATIA, MONTENEGRO and ALBANIA. From there, we will cross over to ITALY and travel back towards Switzerland to celebrate X-mas.
Phase 2 (January - July 2020)
We will visit ICELAND first thing next year. There, we want to ski to the coast line, spend some time in hot springs and witness the polar lights at night. In IRELAND and SCOTLAND, we will hike the vast green landscapes. We will visit friends in the UK, enjoy WALES and CORNWALL. The way back to Switzerland will lead us to the BRETAGNE and through FRANCE.
Phase 3 (August - December 2020)
We will see then and there if and how our journey continues. The idea is to go overseas to INDIA, where we want to visit the Isha Yoga Center and doing sacred walks in NEPAL. Also on our bucket list are powder skiing in Hokkaido, JAPAN, HAWAII, and the tracks of ancient cultures in CHILE and other outstanding places in SOUTH AMERICA. Most of these places we will visit while our mobile home is being shipped to NEW ZEALAND, where we also wish to spend some weeks.
We have started our journey in AUSTRIA and then continued to SLOVENIA's Triglav National Park, before we explored the coast line and mountains of CROATIA, MONTENEGRO and ALBANIA. From there, we will cross over to ITALY and travel back towards Switzerland to celebrate X-mas.
Phase 2 (January - July 2020)
We will visit ICELAND first thing next year. There, we want to ski to the coast line, spend some time in hot springs and witness the polar lights at night. In IRELAND and SCOTLAND, we will hike the vast green landscapes. We will visit friends in the UK, enjoy WALES and CORNWALL. The way back to Switzerland will lead us to the BRETAGNE and through FRANCE.
Phase 3 (August - December 2020)
We will see then and there if and how our journey continues. The idea is to go overseas to INDIA, where we want to visit the Isha Yoga Center and doing sacred walks in NEPAL. Also on our bucket list are powder skiing in Hokkaido, JAPAN, HAWAII, and the tracks of ancient cultures in CHILE and other outstanding places in SOUTH AMERICA. Most of these places we will visit while our mobile home is being shipped to NEW ZEALAND, where we also wish to spend some weeks.
The StartWe started our journey on July 30th in Bern, Switzerland's capital. We had been living in the middle apartment in this lovely house for twelve years, in one of the most beautiful spots of the city. In summer, we loved to swim in the clear green waters of the river Aare which flows by.
It seemed like a big deal first to say goodbye to this place for good. Well yes, it was emotional, it was a lot of work sorting out things - and at the same time it was liberating and good. |
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