• TheTakenWorld

e-Road Trip to sail Greece

This is a trip about starting a new chapter in my life. Experience the beauty of slow travels!
No plane. Only 👣 🚙 🏍️ ⛴️ ⛵️
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  • Last day offshore

    September 16, 2022 in Greece ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

    After topping up fuel and getting some bottles of water and so, we chilled a bit close to the Marina of Kos. That was indeed a good idea, because the queue at the petrol station got longer and longer over time and you definitely do not want to waste hours of the last days queuing for petrol. Lessons learned :)
    When arrived at the Marina, the “checkout” was quiet smooth. Nothing broken, nothing to complain about from the charter company. FYI, even though checkout done in the afternoon, you can stay and sleep on board until Saturday 9 am.
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  • And I am alone on Kos again

    September 17, 2022 in Greece ⋅ 🌙 25 °C

    What a fantastic week, so many things happened, so much experience gained, so much learned.
    After the guys leaving i decided to go back to my favourite hotel and - so nice - they gave me early checkin again :)
    After shower and relaxing, I rented a scooter and discovered the island. Finding a scooter with a proper engine was not that easy.. and I was almost willing to take a smaller engine, but then I found one. Quiet nice to discover the island, and I did a round trip of about 50 ish km. Bottom line tough, Kos is not my favourite - I am so happy that we were able to discover traditional islands this summer.
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  • The day of leaving the Greek Islands

    September 18, 2022 in Greece ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

    The last day on Kos I walked around the town Center, chilled out at the beach and eventually gave back the rented Scooter. Actually nothing worth mentioning, but overall a quiet good last day - considering that the leaving day, even though ferry was scheduled for the evening, is usually difficult to fill with activities.
    Anyways, said good bye to the people I learned to like there and also had finally some proper Greek food on Kos.
    And then, it was time for embarkation..
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  • Kos to Athens

    September 18, 2022 in Greece ⋅ 🌙 24 °C

    Right, I was quiet optimistic, that I would be able to get a bed on the ferry. Remember, on the inbound drive, I could last minute book one onsite. This time I was even better prepared to remediate my initial mistake of booking a ferry without a cabin. But no.. No rooms available I was told.
    Well, I wanted to accept it. During the time onboard I spent a lot of time walking around, and since space is limited, I passed by the reception quiet often. Surprisingly every time I passed, it seemed like another room was given to a passenger last minute.
    Meanwhile chilling out on deck - trying to make myself as much as possible comfortable, looking at the stars or enjoying to fresh breeze. I gave up my booked airplane like seat hours ago. Just chaotic. Nobody follows seat reservations and everything the ferry stopped at another port, people came in and discussion or fights about seats started. After I fall as sleep and then woke up because of the fights I gave up the seat. Quiet upset I went to the reception and jelled at the guys there - still friendly but made my point clear. Funny thing, only the people boarded at the last port will get potentially available cabin. I tried to understand that logic while trying to sleep, got woke up by crew members who told me / us that we are not allowed to sleep here and there fall asleep again and eventually arrived in Athens.
    Lessons learned, 8 hours + ferry journey only with a cabin.
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  • Sightseeing Athens

    September 19, 2022 in Greece ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

    I just need to go to Acropolis every time am in Athens. It’s just so nice to walk this roots where the foundation of the world we live in where initiated. This time I was very lucky with the timing. I could see how soldiers take down the Greek flag and also enjoy the sunset.
    And then after leaving the Acropolis down to Monastiraki, there was this street musician - amazing. Listen..

    Bottom line, being back in the metropolitan area is nice, but the islands were just NICER!
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  • Leaving Athens

    September 21, 2022 in Greece ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

    Actually I wanted to go for a run outside or on the treadmill in the morning and then slowly getting ready to go - no run though. But then my uncle called and wanted to come over for a last coffee. So nice, just for 40 mins or so taking all the long way. It was worth it and I was so happy to see them once again and say bye bye. The drive to Patras then could have been super relaxing, but I needed to pass by my other cousin and hand over the keys to his apartment - that took longer than expected and so I started with a delay of 45 mins + the need to charge the car prior embarkation - well i did not.
    Passed through Greece towards Patras and honestly this scenery is breathtaking. Absolutely amazing how impressive the country is on that side. Huge mountains close to the coast fantastic. Arrived in Patras I had to collect the tickets - only checking is not possible for international routes.
    When arriving at the port, it was quiet tricky to find the right gate and I was quiet early. Not recommend. They put us all down to deck 1, the lowest one. See the video, quiet tight.
    Arrived, I got a cabin :) :) :)
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  • 24 hours on the ferry

    September 21, 2022, Ionian Sea ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

    With a cabin, everything is so much nice, because you have this personal area where you can always can get back to, leave your stuff and relax.
    Honestly, the first hours you wonder what to do with all the 24 hours, but after a while you come down relax and start reading, enjoying the sun on deck or look at people or just look at the sea.
    It is perfect to relax.
    Now I kind of understand why people like cruises its a limited space where you have to relax - however looking at the exhausts is disgusting. Really
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  • Italy

    September 22, 2022 in Italy ⋅ 🌙 17 °C

    24 hours, later, 23 hours according to timeline change..
    Before leaving the boat, there was one more challenge. Finding the car. Because of all the stress with the tight parking, I completely forgot to remember where I parked. I had a feeling it was level one. But I was not sure, And was it part 1 or 2? Shoot, I talked with one of the guys I met on board and also double checked with the reception and reflected where I came from, First try - correct. Lucky me :)
    I arrived in Ancona Italy. Finding a charging station first.
    There they also had a quiet good rest area with lots of veggies.
    And then I had to make a decision, drive though Austria, Swiss or make another detour. Hard question.
    Finally made the decision to drive though Swiss and that was the right decision.
    But first, Stopping in Milan. Found a hotel on booking.com incredibly expensive but it was supposed to have a charging station. In fact it had two, but when arrived, I found out that they only have one special cable for 1 of 2 stations and that was in use. The other stations was blocked by non EVs. I need to mention that I noted in my booking that I need to charge the car. Service level 0.
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  • Milano

    September 23, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C

    Since I was already in Milano, I had to explore the city. For the 3 hours I was there, I experienced a lot.
    Found a charging station. Got through the chaos of the traffic. Saw a FFF demonstration. :)
    Went to the epic Apple Store and did other sightseeing.
    Oh and there was the Fashion Week in Milano :D
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  • Passing the beautiful Swiss

    September 23, 2022 in Switzerland ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C

    From Milano I continued my journey home passing Swiss. I had to get the vigniette and luckily crossed the boarder without being checked :) Well nothing serious since I was crossing Swiss anyway only. But having some declarable goods on board would be probably nothing funny. Because of a huge traffic jam on the highway, googlemaps offered an alternative route via the epic Gotthard Pass. Luckily I accepted and did not follow my normal behaviour to stay on the highway. Incredible impressive scenery.
    Worth to mention, the incredible charging infrastructure in Swiss. Literally every rest area has a charging station and quiet a number of IONITY charger.
    I stopped to see a friend in Lucern, had dinner there and then continued towards Germany and stopped for another night in a hotel in Karsruhe.
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  • The finaly day

    September 24, 2022 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C

    Leaving Karsruhe quiet on time, I headed further north to Mainz and Frankfurt.
    I stopped in Frankurt for a nice lunch break. Before getting home, I stopped at the trusted Fressnapf and got some Torgas Roots for Ambra and Ole and arrived at around 6 pm.
    Being on the go for almost 4 weeks.
    6990 km
    6 ferries
    1 week on a sailing yacht
    Hopping 8 islands
    Crossing 9 countries
    I have not counted the number of charges.

    But I understood that this roadtrip was worth every single minute.
    I got back happy and full of impressions and experiences.

    I wish to do this again very soon, maybe with an e-Motorbike? :)
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    Trip end
    September 24, 2022