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🚐🇪🇺 NIX EUROPEAN DRIFT – THE FINAL RUN 🇪🇺🚐

It’s hard to believe that after nearly a month on the road, the final chapter of this adventure is now in sight.

Ahead lies one last great sweep across Europe:

🇨🇿 Cheb (Czech Republic)
🇩🇪 Wolfsburg (Germany)
🇳🇱 Eindhoven (Netherlands)
🇧🇪 Bruges (Belgium)
🇫🇷 Calais (France)
🇬🇧 Stafford (United Kingdom)

Today, Vanilla and I head for Cheb, adding one final new country to the map and one more Find Penguins badge to the collection. Another border crossed. Another chapter written. Another memory bank deposit.

Then comes Wolfsburg.

For most people it’s simply the home of Volkswagen.

For me, it’s something far more personal.

My second car was a little red VW Polo when I was nineteen. I even spray-painted the wheel trims red because apparently standard wasn’t exciting enough. Since then I’ve owned four VW GTDs, and now I’m travelling Europe in Vanilla, my beloved VW campervan.

Visiting Wolfsburg feels less like sightseeing and more like a pilgrimage.

After that, the road turns west towards Eindhoven, then on to beautiful Bruges, where I hope to slow the pace, wander the canals, enjoy a few Belgian beers and reflect on everything this trip has been.

Then comes Calais.

The final campsite.

The final European sunset.

The final night before the Channel Tunnel carries Vanilla and me back towards Stafford.

By then I’ll have crossed mountains, lakes, coastlines, vineyards, old cities, tunnels and borders. I’ve watched sunrises in the Alps, wandered through medieval towns, driven some of Europe’s greatest roads and visited places that were once only names on a map.

Soon those places will sit in the rear-view mirror.

But not quite yet.

There are still a few miles to drive.

A few beers to sample.

A few photographs to take.

And a few memories still waiting to be made.

The road home has begun.

But the adventure isn’t over yet.

🚐❤️🇪🇺

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