WE BOUGHT A VAN!! IN EUROPE 

Hi. I came across your adventures just recently and went back to your 1st video 3 years ago. I have watched most of your vids and they are great. Your Europe trip have bought back memories of my wife and my trip to Europe in 1984. No MBL, no internet ...only strip maps and post cards for comms with family in Melbourne Australia. We had bought a VW Combi Campervan that was from an Aussie co based in London and I drove 20,000 Kms in 14 countries in 2.5 months. I still have the 7 hrs of VHS video of that trip. Keep up your great travels...

Cant stop watching you guys. Your videos are so cool and well put together. Thankyou for what you do. 🙏

When I was in Italy I liked how the drivers just flashed their lights when we were driving too slow (we were doing around 150kms lol) they don’t honk their horns which was nice

😂 love how casually you dropped the f bomb 🤣

So looking forward to the new adventures guys.Van looks Awesome.

Thanks Sue & Nige - that was such an interesting and insightful video. Well done on your van purchase in Germany and looking forward to your next video of your Europe adventures ;)

Hi Sue, congratulations on your purchase, well done! 😊 Please be safe as you explore what Europe has to offer. I'm looking forward to hearing about each adventure, bye, for now. Aussie Aussie Aussie LOL X

Hi Sue and Nigel, CONGRATULATIONS on your new Van 🥂🍾. Thank You for sharing your adventures in the German Towns you visited to find a Van for your next Adventures. Love that Sunday is “Quiet Day” finally a very mindfully Country taking care of its people first above corporate profit🎉👏🏻👏🏻🎉 How wonderful seeing the community out and about enjoying time quality together. Your plans sound fabulous wishing you great experiences and safe travels.👏🏻🙏🏻🙋🏻‍♀️🇦🇺

Congratulations 🎊 👏 🚐💨💨 Another freedom machine! Yes I remember when I drove a combi van all over Europe in the 80s till we got the hang of it driving up the wrong side of the road into oncoming traffic! Luckily it doesn't take long to get the hang of it!

Congratulations on the new wagon guys! When the temps get a bit too cold for ya in mainland europe, head on over to the Canary Islands (Spain) off the coast of the Africa. I´ve lived here for 20 years and its a real popular winter camper destination :)

Congratulations on your new van can’t wait to see what you get up too.xx

Exciting to see the new van. Looks like fun once you get over the administrivia!

Congratulations on the van purchase looks great xx enjoy europe

Awesome guys. Looking forward to following your adventures

Yeah!!! Great news, another great video Nigel and Sue. The van looks great, it will be good to. see the touches of you that you add to it. Stay safe and happy travels. Coen and Jay

YES, here we go again!

Some suggestions for locations: Germany: The Lahn river, with around Limburg an der Lahn an old iron mine, castles, canoe rental, animal parks. Dresden, Leipzig, "Saxon Switzerland". Netherlands: Skip Amsterdam and go straight to Friesland (Leeuwarden, Sneek, Drachten), National park "Hoge Veluwe", the cities of Nijmegen, Den Bosch, Maastricht. The whole southern part of Limburg is mountain bike country. Belgium: Brugge, Gent, Namur, Dinant. Again, the Ardennes great for mountain biking. Luxemburg: Vianden castle, more Ardennes. France: Skip the big city and visit the small villages in the Central Massif, in Bretagne, at the foothills of the Alps, Ardèche, Pyrenees, right through Andorra to Spain with so many beautiful medieval cities, some Moorish like Cordoba and Granada, Santiago de Compostela, Salamanca, Toledo. The Extremadura is a rugged region that resembles some parts of WA. Portugal: Lisbon is beautiful but so are Oporto, Coimbra, Evora, Loulé and many seaside villages. Italy: Valle d'Aosta with the Gran Paradiso, Mont Blanc and Monte Rosa mountains, Pavia, Padova, Ravenna, All cities between Florence and Naples basically, Palermo, the "heel of the boot" where you might still see "emptier" beaches, the whole of Sardinia, I can go on and on and on and I only covered a few countries!

Welcome to the Northern hemisphere!! Have a great time and of course we'll be following you, who knows what super places you will find that we can add to our travel plans😅. Take care, and have fun.👋

Looking forward to your travels!

Congratulations on the new Van and your upcoming adventures. I love the idea of visiting locations that are off the tourist trail.

Congratulations on finding the new van. Looking forward to your adventures for our own future inspirations. Happy trails!

Converted sprinters are very expensive. The base vehicle alone is now heading to €80k. For a new convserion you’re looking at 150k and up. So once someone has invested insomething at that level they're not going to sell it on

Congratulations, looks like a lovely van. Have fun exploring Europe, it’s going to be great watching your adventures. ❤

Great insightful video for anyone in a similar situation. The vehicle search is not always smooth, but you enjoyed the experience along the way!

Well done getting your van. Exciting times ahead. Looking forward to seeing your journey..

Only recently came across your channel, watched a few videos so far & enjoying it..I like how you keep it real.

Surprise, surprise. I never guessed Europe but there you are. Looking forward to your seeing your next adventures.

Glad to see you in my home country. Six months ago I found your youtube channel after planing my trip to Australia which starts in October this year.

Hi Sue, Nigel, if you are traveling to Spain I have a couple of beautiful houses there in the beach one of which is available as I am in Australia

Wow I love the journey you take us on and your warm happy personalities. So looking forward to seeing some adventures in Europe!❤❤

Nigel and Sue - well done - we too are Aussies and bought a LHD Hymer 544 from the owners in Wales and did 66,000 km through 28 countries in Europe over 2 years. We paid for our Hymer before we left Aus and are aware of some of the challenges of buying, registering and insuring a motorhome in Europe as non European residents. We estimated it would have cost around $100k to rent a motorhome for 2 years so we bought one and sold it for about $1k less than we paid. We bought our second motorhome, a Mobilvetta, about 2 months before Covid struck and put it into storage. We cancelled and rebooked our flights 3 times. We finally sold the Mobilvetta after owning it for 18 months without ever stepping inside it. We are now looking for our third motorhome and plan on returning to Germany in March. Interested in seeing your Video regarding your experience with CarTurf. Regards Rob and Krys

Amazing to find something so quick. I've been looking for a caravan /hybrid for more than a year and am no closer. I thought I had found the perfect van a week ago, travelled 350km to look at it, and swiftly got overruled by the boss...🤬🤬

thanks for great videos!! love watching your adventures, love Nigel's secret tabasco bottle!! greetings from NSW, take care, be safe!!

Awesome great purchase can't wait to follow you guys we are hopefully doing the big lap in our Sprinter next year ,can't wait to follow Europe 🌍

Hi N💜S 😃 I love your travel presentation and all the good input you tell about. This presentation piqued my great interest in Vanlife even more 🤠 I'm really looking forward to seeing/hearing how you get on with the practicalities of buying your new Van and whether you used an intermediary for the paper work. And yes, congratulations on buying your new home 🥳 Best Regards Lars from Northern Denmark 😃

Beautiful camper, good luck and have fun. Another amazing video.

So excited to watch your new adventure!

In regards to sim card, there is an app (e sim). You buy your sim online in the country you are in. I am sure you might be aware of it. Have a fun time getting your new home. Can't wait for your adventure. My daughter and her husband live in a van now for 5 years. 😊

Loved the video guys we were last in Europe in 2019 so it's good to see places again,btw highly recommend Abruzzo in central/southern Italy as not "touristy" people,food and scenery amazing.😊

Hi just found your site and loving it. Also very interested in buying van in Germany as I’ve been contemplating doing the same. Thanks for taking us along, can’t wait for next vlog 👍

Off to another great adventure. Thanks for sharing.

How you describe what you are doing is very much sounding like cycle touring something I have done, cycling Pacific Ocean to Atlantic Ocean in Canada in 2001. All about the journey and avoiding the main roads and going country instead meeting amazing people and seeing the out of the way places that many don't get to.

Another great, informative video thank you Nigel and Sue. Love following your travels ❤️ G'day from Geelong 👋

Well done! We have relatives in Turkey who rave about that country, particularly Cappadocia, so recommend you put that on your list.

Whoo I'm so excited for you both love from Bunbury western Australia x x

Congrats on your new van! I started following you about 6 months ago and have LOVED all your videos. I love that you are older and bring something different to travel than the younger ones. I'm wondering.....is it really not that difficult to drive on the other side of the road? We plan to visit Australia in later 2025 and hope it really doesn't take that long to get used to. We live in the US. Looking forward to following you on your travels. Stay safe & have fun!

Looking forward to seeing the "how to" video. That is something we had looked into doing, nomading around Europe, but not having a European address we found roadblocks at every stage as far as google searches took us. Will be interesting to see how it is done as we are pretty much in the same boat - I'm kiwi, husband Australian.

Well, it's all very exciting. I'm very much looking forward to the trip going forward. The van looks very comfortagle. Not as pretty as your custom one, but still nice. 🤗

Interesting video , a lot of work especially with the language difference , some great scenery .

FYI we have just come back from Europe and Germany, we were up in Norway as well for a bit and OMG the amt of vans parked and travelling, bucket list for me would be to do a van trip in Norway. Also we used Airalo it’s a esim for our phones there as most peeps use WhatsApp numbers worked out well for us but then we didn’t need to call people so not always suitable. 🎉

Congrats guys!!

Watching now, but are van prices dramatically cheaper than Australia? There's talk of a RV price crash at the moment in Europe/UK, like there has been in US, post C, so you're probably buying at the best time.

Life is an adventure! 🚐🙌🏼🩵🏞️

Have fun with your new motorhome. Greetings from Karlstadt Your Best Car& Camper Team 🚐🍃

Congratulations! I m also looking at possle they’re amazing! Sprinter they are very fashionable right now in Europe and super expensive. Rarely people sell them at all and if they do they are overpriced. Looking forward to meet you around guys ! Italy or Montenegro 🎉

Ha!! You're actually driving on the correct side now, lol. It is interesting that you aren't seeing the Sprinters there. Did you ever consider shipping your old van over? Looking forward to seeing your adventures!

I’ve seen a video previously with Marcus from Car Turf so it’s great to see his service mentioned again and possibly an update and more details on how it works in relation to us Aussies. In addition to that how do you plan on managing your Schengen time with the whole 90/180 rule. I imagine that’s going to be easier for Nigel as he’s working but what about you Sue ?

Exciting new adventures 😊

Yay, on the road again! 👏💃🕺🤸

Congratulations, can’t wait to follow along on your adventures. I’ll be interested to hear about your banking challenges! We just had some issues transferring between our own accounts because apparently the amount involved was flagged as a possibly fraudulent transaction! I can only imagine how difficult it might have been while overseas.

Leberkase in a roll with senf is heaven. Have fun!

I really like how you can see the future! It's incredible how you can talk about the difficulties of getting your money out of Australia, a week in advance! Do you use a crystal ball; numerology; channeling; something else? 😊

The reason you don't see many Sprinter converted campers probably is weight. In Europe, we are allowed to drive vans of up to 3500 kg with a standard car licence (Category B, whereas above that you need a class C or truck licence. A 313/316 Sprinter probably does not leave much headroom to kit out before you go over the GVM of 3500 so the basis has to be smaller. The 516's you see around are all well over 3500 kg and are driven on a truck licence. Four wheel drive would only add extra weight and there is next to no off roading in Europe. We don't have the empty space here, it is either villages, farm land or natural parks where no traffic is allowed offroad. Now with the advent of electric vans at least in the Netherlands they are pondering to increase the 3500 kg limit because it would be nigh on impossible to have an electric van bigger than the id-buzz remain under 3500 kg. It remains to be seen. Happy travels!

I just wonder what the average monthly cost of living in a motorhome like that is. WHTA A WONDERFUL LIFESTYLE!

When I was looking at vans o/s seemed to have a much better variety but I assume they wouldn’t really suit our roads and weather conditions 🤷‍♀️

great video would have loved to see a little more on all the costs? of the process so us who follow in the future can get a better understanding, and maybe some video of the route vie a map.i find it hard to follow when you just mention places.

I'm so excited to watch your next few years of adventure! Is the van 4WD? Do you need a 4WD in Europe? I imagine there are still unsealed mountain / wilderness roads etc. to explore.

Wow , Germany 😄 who’d of thought. I am so looking forward to this next chapter of your journey. Is it very difficult with communication in Germany , or do most people speak English as a second language?

That's a whopper of a Fiat..looks nice good luck with her..✅

We looked at getting a van in the UK, but both being on Australian passports, we couldn't find anyone who wanted to insure us! Will be following with interest to see how it all goes with CarTurf. Can I ask ~ how much you paid for it? Thanks - David

Congratulations on your new van. A question if I may. With purchasing a van in Germany, what "home" address did you use for obtaining registration and insurance? I've looked into purchasing a vehicle in the UK, and they need a "home" address for doing this. All well and good if you have family/friends which will allow you to use their address. Does this obstacle exist when purchasing in Germany? Thank-you. Happy travels.

When we lived in the UK, we bought a small diesel van. It was hard to rehiste because we needed a permanent address for the insurance etc and the van was a japanese import, so there was an issye with that. Looking back, it would've been better to get someone in the UK to buy it in their name. We sold it when we left for home (Australia) it was all stressful. I wouldnt do it again. Should we go back, perhaps we would buy a van in Europe like youve done. Our last working holiday in Ireland, we hired a car abd rented a house. Just watch car insurance policies because many will only cover a 14 day period. Read the fine print always.

Congrats on the new van Nigel and Sue. How does "schengen" (I think that's how it's spelt) affect you? Going from the UK into Europe you are limited as to the amount of time you can spend (90 days is it?) before having to go out of the schengen zone. How does that work as a tourist in your position?

We have the very same van, bought new 2014 , you will not reget it, we use the van as often as possible, we bought it in Germany,

hello i am waching from canada nice vidyo

Hey guys, why a left hand drive for Australia? Wouldn’t a Uk van be better? 🇦🇺WA

Hello, what made you decide to buy a van in Germany as opposed to england, France or another place. is it cheaper?

How about the 90 day rule?

This is amazing!!! Just found your channel and am so glad l did. I just recently returned from my first Europe and England trip and absolutely loved it. I would love to campervan around England and Europe. I even thought how would l go about buying a van overseas, so this episode has been an amazing insight. That's interesting about sprinters in Germany. I have a sprinter in Oz, so l was naturally looking out for them on my trip. I saw so many campervans everywhere l went and did see a few sprinters but come to think they were on the higher end. I spotted some amazing camping areas. One l remember was in Zanton Mali Dubrovnik, just near where l rented a bnb for a week. Even though l was in a beautiful bnb, l was quietly envious of the campervan parked in this amazing location. I can't wait for your next video.

Hopefully ypur new van has the Euro5 engine ..otherwise youll be paying ULEZ in London..(which is starting to be chargable in main town europe.)

Did you go diesel or petrol? A friend told me that Europe now has restrictions on where you could drive diesel vehicles but I wasn’t sure if this is a big issue? Do things like rego inspections and prices vary much between countries in the EU?

At 4:09 did Nigel say the “R” word? I’m hoping I heard wrong! if he did please consider not using that word.

Can you explain how you are able to stay in the stay in other countries, in regards to passports/90 day limits/citizenship requirements 🤓

Revolut vs Wise vs Western Union, which is better to transfer money, your thoughts please?

was that a hole in the windscreen?

Oh God, more of the same, except in another country.

your australian right? how do go about getting the vehicle registered in your name, if you are not German? .... oops the next video. many thanks

Free Scotland no more excuses Westminster.

Thats Australian banks for you, you have to explain to them why you want your own money!!! You both may never want to come home! Is it possible to have an European bank account whilst you are there?

Hope things go well for you but why on earth were you looking at some of the WORST manufacturers out there, Fiat and Citroen, horrific vehicles.