American's First Impressions of Europe - After 4 Months of Van Life

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We shipped our van to Europe and after 4 months on the road, there's a lot to talk about... After doing van life in our home country of the United States, we couldn't get enough so we came up with a crazy plan. Ship our van to Europe for 2 years and go on the ultimate road trip. There was so much to figure out as Americans... Car Insurance, Schengen Zone, Border Control, Safety, and so much more. I think you will be surprised on how well it went!
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@ajisroadtrippin5505 3 месяца назад

American here... I live full time in a campervan that I bought when I moved to Germany. Europe is VERY camper friendly. The difference between parking your campervan/motorhome/etc. or 'wild camping', is whether or not you put chairs, tables or awnings out. You can park anywhere designated as a parking spot for FREE as long as you fit. Stealth camping isn't a thing because it differs from "wild camping'. Toll roads are easily avoided if you set your Google maps or navi to avoid them. There is no reason why anyone should have to pay for parking in a van unless you need to. Park4night shows MANY free stellplätze throughout Europe. I stayed overnight for free in Switzerland and loved it. If you're a North American coming to do van life in Europe, my only advice is to ADAPT to your new surroundings. You're not in Kansas anymore. 😉🚚

@dmo4032 7 месяцев назад

My wife and I shipped our campervan over to Europe last year for 6 months. We also had to play the Schengen Zone game. Since you're in Serbia now, think about Romania (Transalpina highway as well as the Transfagarasan highway), the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria, and Turkiye. Istanbul ia amazing, as is so many other places in that amazing country. Just a suggestion since you're so close.

@sirgalahad1470 7 месяцев назад

This is the best travel channel on RU-vid hands down. I recommend you guys to everyone.

@brittbartek 7 месяцев назад

Y’all are so inspiring and knowledgeable!! I learned SO much. Thank you for sharing this invaluable information. And God bless you both for adopting those precious kittens. ♥️

@ian.and.ana. 7 месяцев назад

Awww this comment made our entire day! You have no idea how much it means to Ana & I, we love making these videos for all of you. Glava, Vana, and Gnocchi all say hello!!

@stevecrombie5357 7 месяцев назад

Thanks guys. Nice to get to spend this much time with you. I always love that. It is always a surprise to me to see so much open space in Europe. People have inhabited it for thousands of years and so much still appears unspoiled. Stay safe. Love you. Woot woot!! ❤🙏

@ian.and.ana. 7 месяцев назад

I know right!! Europe is just as massive as the US and there is so much to explore. We have so many amazing videos coming out for you in the coming weeks: Switzerland, Serbia, Croatia, Dolomites Italy

@stevecrombie5357 7 месяцев назад

@@ian.and.ana. Cool. I think I’ll go ahead and hang around. 😉❤️

@benandhaley 7 месяцев назад

Great video! We tried van life in a rental in Tbilisi, Georgia and our van broke down about 20 minutes in hahaha. Hoping to try again in another country in Europe! We'll keep watching your videos for inspiration and tips!❤

@MillaExplores 7 месяцев назад

Traveling in the Schengen zone is so easy as a EU citizen, I love it! It's something I almost take for granted until I leave the zone 😂 And what a fun video, it's always interesting to hear impressions like this ☺ If you're traveling to Norway, I do recommend visiting Northern Finland (Lapland) too. The scenery there is just very different to anywhere else ☺

@mariojsworld 7 месяцев назад

Great trip, greetings from Switzerland.

@worldnomac 7 месяцев назад

I love the clips in here from Guca!!! Amazing video, me and Mabelle want to do van life some day!!

@allisonrose5747 7 месяцев назад

Highly recommend the costa brava/girona region of spain! It’s on the northeast, right by the south of france and has some of the most beautiful gems of sea towns and stunning countryside and doesn’t get the same hype as italy

@ian.and.ana. 7 месяцев назад

Wow Allison thank you so much!! Spain is massive so knowing these hidden gems make it easier to plan out a road trip there. Can't wait to keep sharing our adventure with you

@thewildlylife 6 месяцев назад

We love following you guys on this journey! DYING to do van life in Europe now haha. It seems like a more affordable way to see sooooo much more of a country! Cannot wait to see you guys go to Norway - we're visiting in March and cannot wait!!

@KatieandDan 7 месяцев назад

Thanks for the tips - super helpful :) we're hoping to ship our van to Europe sometime soon!

@ian.and.ana. 7 месяцев назад

You both are going to love it!! Hope our videos help along your entire process

@Sleeperdude 7 месяцев назад

Would love to go over there one day. Thanks for sharing

@ian.and.ana. 7 месяцев назад

Ahhh you will love it!! Glad you enjoyed the video and we can't wait to keep sharing the entire journey with you

@guitarjeff55 7 месяцев назад

Love both you ultimate vedeo for travel info. We appreciate the content you are providing

@ian.and.ana. 7 месяцев назад

Wow thank you so much Jeff!! You have no idea how much these comments mean to Ana & I. We will never stop sharing our journey to inspire and help people travel around the world

@rostislavshevtsov1969 7 месяцев назад

Thanks for the reply!! Will do, some day;) Thanks again!

@Maltemtb 4 месяца назад

The Lesachtal is the most natural valley in Europe. I think you should check it out

@marieneu264 7 месяцев назад

Great video!

@markyaklich632 7 месяцев назад

Love the cats. Enjoy Slovenia. We just got back from visiting our cousins there. Very beautiful but see more than the tourist areas!!

@ian.and.ana. 7 месяцев назад

Thanks so much!! The kittens say hello

@josematamoros596 7 месяцев назад

My favorite RU-vid channel 😊

@ian.and.ana. 7 месяцев назад

Awww thank you so much!! This just made our day. We love making these videos for all of you

@atravelpath 7 месяцев назад

Thanks for sharing, so informative. I had never heard of the Schengen Zone. Thought you adopted a dog at first 😂 that would be a full van!

@KenyaNicole 7 месяцев назад

cant wait to travel

@irmakalember3709 7 месяцев назад

Great video. Beautiful places u guyz camp at.

@ian.and.ana. 7 месяцев назад

Thank you so much Irma!! The campsites out in Europe are CRAZY!!

@irmakalember3709 7 месяцев назад

@@ian.and.ana.I bet ahah

@GoldenLuxuryElite-2024 7 месяцев назад

Woow amazing

@onthetravellist 7 месяцев назад

Guys, you should come to Bulgaria - it's right next door to you :D If you want a local guide, count me in for it!

@Roadmap2Adventures 7 месяцев назад

Any plans of visiting Romania? Would love to see content from there! It’s such an underrated country. ❤

@ian.and.ana. 7 месяцев назад

Everyone keeps saying we should visit there! We have to now haha and it's only 6 hours away from Serbia where our homebase and Ana's family is

@RRD111 7 месяцев назад

nice summation

@ian.and.ana. 7 месяцев назад

Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed

@Maltemtb 4 месяца назад

Try obergail in Austria it's so beautiful

@benjaminstephen97 7 месяцев назад

A good place to visit. Such a quite and amazing environment to have a vacation there. Btw, do visit Sarawak again. I remember the first time i watch ur video was the both of u visit Sarawak😁

@ian.and.ana. 7 месяцев назад

Thanks so much Benjamin glad you enjoyed the video! OMG you have been with us for quite some time. We miss that entire trip to Borneo, your home is super special and we can't wait to visit again

@benjaminstephen97 7 месяцев назад

@@ian.and.ana. im from a city call Miri. But live in Kuching. Kindly visit Marina Bay, Times Square, Cocobana, Canada Hill, and Tanjong Lobang Beach. The places i list here is in Miri. Kindly visit if u're visiting Sarawak again😁

@petersouioui8864 7 месяцев назад

How did you ship your van to Europe? How much it costed you to ship it? We been looking into this as well but the shipping cost was insane

@sillytorque 7 месяцев назад

Some feedback… the toll roads are usually easily avoidable, google maps will see you right. As far as big cities… camping out of the city centre is a good plan but don’t waste money on an Uber. Public transportation is the way to go, catch a train or bus. again Google maps will help you out.

@paulinaplatek2547 7 месяцев назад

Thanks guys! I enjoyed your videos. Are you going to visit 🇵🇱 Poland?

@ian.and.ana. 7 месяцев назад

Thanks so much Paulina!! We have heard amazing things about Poland and need to visit ASAP. Hoping to get there before we ship our van back. There is so much to see in Europe OMG!!

@KTPawlowicz 7 месяцев назад

Yes, highly recommend Poland but not in winter.

@christina3351 7 месяцев назад

Can you make a video of how you plan to travel with your kittens? I have cats too, and am curious on how you are going to do it.

@habibullahrezai 7 месяцев назад

❤❤❤❤❤❤wow❤❤❤❤❤

@annikamosegaard8507 7 месяцев назад

Denmark is part of the EU, but we have our Owen currency the Danish Kroner - come visit

@ian.and.ana. 7 месяцев назад

Wow did not know that! Like Ana said, Europe is an onion, there are so many layers to it. It would be amazing to do more Scandinavian countries after Norway

@Konstantin_Kaiser 7 месяцев назад

You do what others dream of.

@ian.and.ana. 7 месяцев назад

Awww thank you so much! We are so happy we can share it with all of you and maybe inspire some to go after their dreams

@rostislavshevtsov1969 7 месяцев назад

Hi! We’ve been in Europe many times, but it’s our dream travel in a car or van! So you said, after 90 days, you have to move from UN zone to not UN zone, and stay there another 90 days, then you can go back to UN again?

@ian.and.ana. 7 месяцев назад

It's not about UN countries, it's about the Schengen Zone which includes 27 countries in Europe. So you can spend 90 days out of 180 day period in these countries. After 90 days you have to stay out for 90 days. You don't have to do 90 days straight though! You could do Italy, Switzerland, Croatia for 60 days, then go to Montenegro for 30 days, then head back to Schengen Zone countries for another 30 before having to leave again. Hope this helps but you can find way more information by looking up "Schengen Zone for Americans" on Google. Hope you end up living your dream, you will love Europe by road tripping!!

@jasonpacific5661 7 месяцев назад

What a wild cat kingdom you have. Noki the hungry dumpling. Vana who likes vanlife and Glava the Big Brain. Kittens gone wild episode two 🐈🐈🐈🌠

@ian.and.ana. 7 месяцев назад

hahaha YESSSS love this comment so much! Really excited to share this entire europe journey with you especially the kittens growing up

@amyw5647 7 месяцев назад

Do you have plans to visit the UK & Ireland?

@ian.and.ana. 7 месяцев назад

Ahhh we really want to!! Europe has so much to do we may have to extend this trip to 3 years haha

@amyw5647 7 месяцев назад

@@ian.and.ana. you say that like it’s a bad thing 😂

@VinaSerna 6 месяцев назад

How do you get the visa over 90 days? I believe you only get 90 days for tourist vida unless you’re an EU nationals?me and my husband wants to do a 4 month pilgrim walk so this would help us if there’s another way to get longer visa.TIA 😊

@dancemachine1919 5 месяцев назад

I'm not sure if it's changed or how you do it if you're trying to visit multiple countries but I got a visa to study abroad in Greece for 6 months by applying directly with the Greek consulate up in NYC. I completed the application and made an appointment for the consulate. Unfortunately, they deemed some of my documentation insufficient so i had to make a second trip up a week or two later but I luckily just took the train up from NJ. I think it was a student visa that I got but I could've sworn there's something additional you could get as a tourist. 🤔 I was able to take a trip from Greece to Italy and back to Greece with no issues as well since I had the visa. Sorry this wasn't actually very informative but I hope someone else comments soon with more specific info.

@OVERSEASKASHMIRI-dy1yx 7 месяцев назад

❤❤❤💕

@eduardchiru6473 7 месяцев назад

Are you going to visit Romania aswell?🥺🇹🇩

@ian.and.ana. 7 месяцев назад

We have heard amazing things about Romania! A lot of people have recommended it to us. We will have to check it out because our home base over here is Serbia so it would be super close

@peka003 7 месяцев назад

živeli :D

@ian.and.ana. 7 месяцев назад

SERBIA!!! živeli from Ana, Ian, Glava, Vana, and Gnocchi

@peka003 7 месяцев назад

Good luck guys

@freebie808 7 месяцев назад

❤

@ian.and.ana. 7 месяцев назад

The kittens love you right back!

@angelabraun-uu4kd 7 месяцев назад

How much did it cost to ship the van over??

@ian.and.ana. 7 месяцев назад

We have a full video on the entire process and price here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dn5hbRzMRSQ.htmlsi=Xw_msh_elArAUAoX

@riaan7836 7 месяцев назад

love to fine a partner in Europe and do van life

@beyondbasecamp6716 7 месяцев назад

What? I thought the United States was the only one who drives in the right! 😅 wow!

@memetastic01 7 месяцев назад

I had no idea many boarders in the EU dont give you any trouble! I was wondering if people had to do "immigration" every time lol.

@josephinemonahan915 7 месяцев назад

Travel in the E.U. is seamless...yes the individual countries have borders...in Europe we go from one country to another without any hassle...it’s like we’re one big country🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺

@ian.and.ana. 7 месяцев назад

Right!!! One of the biggest surprises, it felt like we were back in the US

@ian.and.ana. 7 месяцев назад

We love that about the EU so much!! Road tripping here is AMAZING

@beautyofjammukashmir3563 7 месяцев назад

💕💕💕👍

@jesusworksbro4Life 5 месяцев назад

Jesus loves you

@mindfulnessv 7 месяцев назад

Eu is globalization to european nations, uk already left for a reason. Soviet union was similair to E union only that was better and finished. This union will not lasts forever hopefully.

@mairaneves4959 Месяц назад

LMAO the comment comparing the traveling from State to State in the US and country to country in Europe 😂😂😂😂 "they are trying to make the United States of Europe". I love you and this channel but this was terrible 😂