‘My road trip of self-discovery was a gift of time’
Jan 19, 2021
5 minutes
“In case you’re wondering, you need chocks to drive in Estonia, you have to get damaged bodywork certified when you enter Slovakia and it’s illegal to drive a dirty car in Romania”
ON THE DAY I WAS LEAVING on my adventure, it was brilliant 25ºC sunshine in London. I was trying to keep my luggage down to one bag then, at the last minute, my partner suggested that I take a jumper. But it didn’t fit in my bag. I had a waterproof with a warm lining, surely that would be enough? In the end, I threw it on the back seat. It might come in useful at some point, I thought, though in that heat it seemed excessive. I took a deep breath, got in the car and headed off. It was me, the car and seven weeks on the open road.
“Plenty could go wrong and I wasn’t sure if it would be my back
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