european tesla roadtrip – Page 2

Jun 18 – Last Day in Slovenia

This is our last day in Slovenia. This country was a huge surprise for us as we didn’t know much about it. Koper and Ljubljana (pronounced L-yoo-ub-lee-anna) were some of the top small cities I’ve seen in Europe in my life this far. I am a pretty well traveled dude (I think) but this has made me realize I know very little I know even about European countries/cities. We went out in Koper last night and I was in awe at just how well put together and just how nice it was. It was so clean, developed and “fine”. Who would have thunk that Slovenia was like this? I didn’t. Pure ignorance. Ljubljana was the same way, perfectly clean, pastel, serene and beautiful. We will definitely return to Slovenia.

We’ve got a lot of the itinerary complete now for Leg 2

1. Rammingen (Near Munich)

2. Wurzburg, Germany

3. Neudstadt, Germany

4. Cologne, Germany

5. Berlin, Germany

6. Copenhagen, Denmark

7. Stockholm, Sweden

8. Gothenburg, Sweden

9. Bergen, Norway

After that, it’s back down into mainland Europe and over towards UK/France. We depart back to Cayman on Aug 31.

Jun 11 (Verona)

We’ve now settled in the hilltops overlooking Verona. We sadly left Arona after having an awesome visit at the farm. Ash and I both said we’ll likely return there every year. The people that run the B&B are some of the best people I’ve ever met. I highly recommend it (www.incocco.com).

On the 8th, Ash and I made were lucky enough to be treated like VIPs at the Last Supper painting. We got up to the receptionist who pretty much was super rude to us but when we dropped the name, everyone stopped and apologized profusely and ushered a man from the back to take us in. It was wild, people were moved out of the way and we were given a completely private tour of the painting and its history. All I could think about when looking at it was one of my best friends that always calls his dinner–> supper. Drives me mad. Anyways, will remember that forever. Definitely was special.

The drive to Verona was uneventful, we left at about 12:30 and arrived at the Verona Supercharger at about 2:45pm. We charged and made our way up to the hill. The roads on the way there were super skinny and we’re avoiding using the car until we leave. The bus stops 3 min away from the house anyways.

We paid 27 EURO to go into the arena, and I think I’ve never been so ripped off in my life. It was 2 hallways filled with KISS band equipment. That’s it. Oh yeah, Kiss is playing there tonight, the entire Verona city centre is KISS fans.

On Saturday we leave for Slovenia which I am really excited about, it’ll be a longer stop (5 days) and the location looks super serene. We’ve decided that we might actually go more west on this trip (towards France/Belgium/Netherlands) and cut out time from Scandinavia. Maybe Brittany? Anyone that has recommendations please post in the comments 🙂

This is where we are parked (house is just above)

The arena, we payed 27 EUR to see! What a crock.

Emma watching me write the blog 🙂

Arrived in Arona

We’ve arrived to our first stop on the first leg of the 3-month trek through Europe. It all started at one of the most southern points (Malta) of Europe and will reach out to the most northern in the Swedish laplands.

Arona is one of my favorite places and it made sense to start the journey here. It’s got to be one of the most relaxing places in Europe. Can’t speak enough about it. Thanks to a fellow Tesla driver for introducing it to me when I picked the car up in Tilburg last August.

The first part was difficult. Two ferries and 40 hours later we arrived which is no easy feat with a 3 and 5 year old . More about that soon.