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August - September 2022
This is a trip about starting a new chapter in my life. Experience the beauty of slow travels!
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  • Travelere-Road Trip to sail Greece
    Day 1

    We call it FrExit

    August 29, 2022 in Germany ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

    All this trip starts with a good bye, well thinking about it, actually every trip starts with a good bye. But this one was different.
    Let me start at the beginning first, leaving Ambra 🐶
    When arrived at the office I had this very last good morning with my team, though just some of them in house as the team distributed around the world and some on PTO that was the first time saying good morning for the last time in this constellation.
    Leaving the company feels wrong, as you actually break up with people you don’t want to break up with.
    Hard.
    Now after a typical day with end to end meetings we all together - and some more - went to a Peru restaurant and spent this first last evening all together and so many joined.
    And all the nice things they gave me and all the nice words or gestures.
    Touched.
    Missing all!    Read more

  • Travelere-Road Trip to sail Greece
    Day 2

    And I am on the road

    August 30, 2022 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C

    After getting up so early last night, I decided to kick it off easily this that morning. Tried to sleep a bit longer, went for a run on the treadmill and .. most importantly took care of the car. Brought it to my favourite car cleaners at MyZeil Parking. Mean while, went for a delicious plant based lunch. The first couple of hundred kilometres went quit smooth (post-writing this, I feel good to say that) only issue is that the Audi MMI kept on rebooting a dozen times. Thought because of the heat, tried to call Audi and guess what they still seem to have my number blocked / or forward it by default to unwilling and unqualified personal. Anyways, didn’t got them and found out later, that the reason is probably because of a heavy route I have calculated.
    So.. nice things, when being on the highway I remembered that Audi has this Audi Charging Hub located in Nürnberg and I always wanted to visit this. Since, Nürnberg was on my route and charging is always a good idea, I added this is as a stop over. Quiet impressive building and nice decorated, clean and some selected drinks to buy. That’s it then :)

    While passing thru Bavaria I did eventually another stop at a fast charger where i got to talk to a guy who realised that I am from far-far-away and that far-far-away is the area where Warsteiner Beer is produced. I told him that most people avoid Warsteiner in my area.
    So.. Austria, you really have to get this old school sticker for the Maut. Slovenia is way advanced here. Go to the petrol station, buy a ticket and with that your numbers are registered and your car is identified by that.
    Also in Austria you have the chance to get in contact with locals when you are on a drive thru - when you stop over at a charger.

    My plan originally was to head to Slovenia and find a nice place to stay, due to the delayed start, ended up in Graz where I got a kind off a Airbnb room to stay. Well, friendly people, but from that time on I prefer hotels.    Read more

  • Travelere-Road Trip to sail Greece
    Day 3

    Off to the Balkan

    August 31, 2022 in Austria ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C

    hm, did I mention, that EV driving is a quiet social thing? Talked with a Tesla driver for a while at a charging park close to Graz. Never talked with an Austrian person before.

    Did not sleep well, that Booking.com apartment was not too bad, though the smell in the bath room was disgusting and that brought me to the road earlier than planned.

    Oh talking about the apartment, the keys I had to get from a locker which was located at a bicycle stand and to get the key, I had to enter a number code. The car I had to park in an underground parking which was located across the street. CheckIn took a while and all those instruction came via WhatsApp, did you ever had Siri reading a WhatsApp message with only Pictures and videos. Don’t it drives you crazy.

    After leaving the keys in a mailbox, I went for a quick charge in Graz, had a petrol station, prepared my Match Tea with Hot Water from the friendly guy from the petrol station and went on the road and let it roll.

    Next steps at lunch time was already Croatia.    Read more

  • Travelere-Road Trip to sail Greece
    Day 3

    From here we charge slow

    August 31, 2022 in Serbia ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C

    You remember the last charging stop at Shell in Croatia? That was pretty much the last HPC (High Performance Charger) from there on I was happy to get CCS 50 kWh if at all.
    Well, the route is the journey, right. Have simple lunch while charging and getting some unfiltered sun drive the car with a spectacular range of almost 400 km. Insane, at home, I can only reach 250 km max on the highway. With the empty streets and average speed of about 115 km/h more range is possible.
    Really frustrating was though the situation in Serbia with the free HPC charger on the mount routes. Literally non of them was working for me and even the paid ones did not work, that resulted in unplanned hotel stays which offer AC (11 kWh) chargers which is fast enough to charge full over night. Though, very very stressful when you run out of range and no chargers are in reach. Tesla Chargers are not available for non Tesla cars in Serbia, so I took remaining necessary range from a AC charger at Ikea. That charging time using for calling all hotels in Belgrade which listed with EV Chargers at Booking.com. Luckily I did call them, as some of them did not offer even though listed.    Read more

  • Travelere-Road Trip to sail Greece
    Day 4

    Another day in Serbia

    September 1, 2022 in Serbia ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C

    The hotel in Belgrade was really nice, not cheap but definitely worth it. Very nice and clean and friendly staff. It was raining though and hence I did not have the chance to enjoy Belgrade. Ordered some food from Wolt and next morning went to the gym for a quick run. Expecting that the bad day of EV chargers was gone.
    Before getting on the road some one wanted to drive an EV. Super ok for me, because the entrance and exit of the underground parking of the hotel was - lets say - spectacular. See the video.

    Assuming that the journey would go smooth from now on was a false expectation.
    After fighting for an hour with another HPC Charger (paid) at OMV, and a nice chat with a UK family.. Well they were super cool. Couple, Baby, Dog and did a two months trip thru Europe including Turkey, Balkans and others with a BMW iX3. Ah yea, fighting with the charger, called the hotline, called Audi. Nobody could help. Found another CCS 50 kWh charger on the go which would bring me to the border of Serbia to Skopje, but then? Met Bulgarians at the charger and talked a bit. Anyways, I needed to find another charger prior crossing the boarder as I expected to have no chargers in Skopje (North Macedonia).

    Oh and there was this Armageddon rain, see video.

    So luckily there is this awesome hotel in the middle of nowhere, probably they let me charge if I eat at their restaurant or pay the electricity. I assumed, calling them this wouldn’t be the fact. I was really pissed, searched for other opportunities, but nothing. Well, booked and drove in. The hotel was huge. Very high standard and clean. Friendly staff. Food nice. And.. a perfect Gym. So, second run that day :)    Read more

  • Travelere-Road Trip to sail Greece
    Day 5

    Crossing Skopje

    September 2, 2022 in North Macedonia ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C

    Fully charged and well rested heading towards the Border to Skopje. You may realise that I call it Skopje and not North Macedonia - this is due to the fact I was told now many times, that the Greek do not want to hear that. So get used to this. ;)

    Arriving there, there was a dog and many others. This one, I wanted to give a snack, it was not interested, but throughout the entire time, focusing the snack I put down for it.

    The border crossing was smooth, maybe 15 minutes waiting. I was quiet optimistic that the job was done. But.. there is always a but.. my European Insurance Proof was required. Shoot. I got it from my insurance, sure thing. But already while packing the car I was not sure where I have left it. It was mandatory to enter Skopje though. Luckily the border control officer had a exceptional day and excepted my digital copy which I found in my mails. No idea what would be the other option.. Luckily I did not need to care anymore.

    Next, sometimes, I think I am a little genius :D
    But first things first. Actually I wanted to visit Skopje City, but driving through it did not feel like a place I need to spend more time. But what’s about quick re-charge? Nothing, after google maps routed me to a nowhere dead end where a free but slow ProCredit Charger was supposed to be located, I decided to take care of the things happening on my own. So, why not searching for the next Porsche / Audi Dealer in the capital city. Surely they have chargers, don’t they? Google Maps did not indicate any, but zooming all the way in.. I saw something. Can you see it too?

    HPC Charger! :) :) unbelievable. Well, they charge EUR 20,00 flat, even though I only needed 10 kWh. Met people from the Netherlands who were going towards Belgrade, probably they were also genius :D

    Since the highway is so not busy in Skopje, I took this nice selfie on the sidestrip.    Read more

  • Travelere-Road Trip to sail Greece
    Day 5

    Welcome to Greece

    September 2, 2022 in Greece ⋅ 🌙 25 °C

    But before we get there, look at this guy on his bicycle on the highway :D
    Border Crossing to Greece, felt like taking ages and also hoping that after being 4 days on the road I would get to Athens today - that should not happen, close by but not arriving that day. Simply because I did not want to keep the family waiting for me until midnight. So I took my time, talked on the Radio with my cousin and found this very cute appartment hotel in Stylida called Tsamadanis.

    But before I got there, this happens when you let the car run on its own and do not react to warning to keep control of the steering wheel. :D The greek toll roads are incredible nice. Empty and well maintained.    Read more

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