european tesla trip – Page 2 – Travels and Trades

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 🙂

From Malta to the Laplands

We’re about to embark on a 3 month family road trip in our Tesla from one of the most southern points of Europe to one of the most northern. We’ll be using Superchargers along the way.

We leave Malta tomorrow at 5am and board the Virtu Ferry to Sicily. From Sicily we’ll disembark from Palermo aboard the GNV ferry to Genoa. Once in Genoa, we’ll make our way to a B&B in Arona and that’ll be our first real stop. From there, we’ll figure out where to next. The idea is to go to Innsbruck, but we might just head over to Lyon instead and loop back over towards Austria later. We prefer spontaneity, however, one thing is certain, we’ll be making our way up towards the northern part of Sweden and back.

The idea is go go through Northern Italy, head towards France and then back through Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria and through Germany (Dresden, Regensburg, Heidelberg, Berlin, Hamburg), Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and finally the UK). We are moving from Malta to Cayman Islands so we are going to try to end the leg selling the Tesla in the UK (so we can repurchase an American version in Cayman).

Epic Tesla Road Trip

Haven’t updated the travel part of the website in a while but as you’ll see below, you can expect a lot more updates in the coming 3 months.

Ash and I are going on a solo (sans kids) trip to Paris on the 23rd for 3 days. We will get back on the 26th and finish packing, and leave for the 30th on an epic 3 month road trip across Europe.

We’ll be driving in our electric Tesla and be utilizing the superchargers (free gas!) along the way. We’ll go from Malta by Ferry to Sicily and onwards through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and finally France and the UK. We depart the UK in late August to arrive back to Cayman Islands so the kids can start school.

We’ll be staying in B&Bs, airbnbs and hotels along the way.

Leg 1:

From Malta, we’ll board the Virtu Ferries and arrive in Pozzallo, Sicily. It’ll be a 3 hour drive to Palermo where we will board the GNV ferries to Genoa.

From Genoa we’ll travel to Arona and stay at a B&B for 4 days. We’ll then make our way to Innsbruck, Austria for another 4 days.

From Innsbruck, we’ll hit Salzburg and Vienna and make our way up towards Germany (Regensburg, Heidelberg/Rothenburg, Cologne, Dresden, Berlin, Hamburg)

Black square are places we’ll likely stay and red dots are the super chargers.

Leg 2:

Sweden, Norway, Denmark

Leg 3:

France, Belgium, Netherlands

Leg 4:

UK/Scotland