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Our Trabi quickly became popular; first among family members, then friends and even the guys from the service.  Youngest generation of our Trabi fan club During the first week we already drove 300 km in Hungary. Rémi was rather good at driving the 2 stroke engine car from the very beginning. Although he was focusing so much on the first 1 hour long test drive with a friend that he wasn't able to take part in the conversation. Theory vs practical knowledge The car's tank is only 26 L. 20 L of fuel is enough for about 350 km. There's only one problem here: it doesn't have any fuel gauge! You are only given a plastic scale that you deep into the tank to know how much fuel is left... This would be actually still fine, but since we use petrol and oil manually mixed on the spot the whole refilling process starts to be a mathematical problem. 1 . You keep in mind how many km you have driven 2 . You are close to your limit, but since the petrol- oil rati...

Honestly, we cannot recall the day, not even the season when we set our mind to buy a Trabant. Rémi often jokingly talked about it to friends and family and we got different reactions from the very beginning. All in all we always managed to convince people that it was a feasible, cool idea. We had been looking for Trabants from about March on, on a popular Hungarian website, dedicated for second hand cars.  We were hesitating between two types : the Trabant 1.1 - a newer edition with 4 stroke VW engine and the Trabant 601 with 2 stroke engine.  Obviously the previous one seemed as an easier and safer solution, but turned out that it is not possible to register it in France for one reason - any Trabants brought to France must be registered as an old timer. This regulation is based mainly on environmental protection reasons and the fact that these cars were never sold in France. The 1st criteria for an old timer is its age, that must be at least 30 years. Only th...

Article by Holdi, the trickster dog from Cabo de Gata 'At the East of Andalucía, in the South of Spain , we find one of those places with a different vibe : the Natural Park of Cabo de Gata – Níjar. This place is a deserted region where it's not just a daydream to sleep under the stars and listen to the waves of the ocean. One day, the decision was made to add the Holdineta van to our lives. Then, I was ready with  Holdi, the 2 years old dog, to pack everything and leave for an adventurous roadtrip. The trip started exactly at the same place, where we are today: in the Cabo de Gata area. Only a few more kilometres until our last stage of this trip … At least, for now. Why is this trip, around  Cabo de Gata  sepcial for us? This is the place where Holdi, the dog, started her first steps, she started to feel free on the way to discover hidden beaches and learned how to swim in the warm water of Cabo de Gata. Sometimes, her legs just weren’t big enough to ...

You might know the Volvic mineral water, right? Did you know where does it come from? From the Massif Central (FR), its source is Clairvic Spring in the Auvergne Regional Park. So if you can imagine this bottle of water - most importantly, the logo of the brand – imagine it in a bigger version and you’ve arrived! The landscape is green, incredibly green. However, there’s not many trees, just the grassy plateaus. We spent a weekend in Cantal , that lies in the middle of France's central plateau . More precisely, we stayed next to Puy Mary, an extinct volcano, about 6,5 million years old. The snow covered Puy Mary Our plans meet the reality As we spent the 1st of May Bank Holiday there, we prepared with hiking boots and lots of motivation to climb the mountains. Unfortunately this winter was longer than usually, and the weekend brought terrible weather circumstances. Positive experience          Luckily we found a nice, old ...

The summer has arrived! What is your favourite place to cool down ? Around Nantes, the Atlantic coast is the most obvious answer for this question. However in July the beach can be crowded, so here is an alternative option . Hiking in the forest, next to the canals, is a beautiful, peaceful summer afternoon program. We discovered a lovely walk that follows the Petit Canal ou Rigole alimentaire. It’s less than an hour to drive there from the city.   Linked to the Canal de Nantes à Brest A 385 km long canal across Bretagne – that would be nice to walk one day!   Let’s start with something easier. The Rigole alimentaire is a 21 km long canal that was built between 1833 and ’36 to support the main canal’s flow and so to provide a smooth boat traffic on the bigger canal. The countryside was changed; it was industrialized, but once abandoned. That’s how nowadays we can take a romantic walk there, where the nature almost completely took back its p...