[Day 13] Last Friday, Timo and I visited the infamous ‘Calais Jungle”, a refugee camp in Northern France where currently between 4000 and 5000 people live in tents, donated camper vans and self-made cabins. Timo wrote an opinion piece on our visit which summarizes our thoughts and discussions that we had after our visit. The …
[Day 11] We spent the past few days with volunteers from the Kesha Niya Kitchen in the Grande-Synthe refugee camp. The kitchen is providing meals for around 700 people three times a day (or rather at night, given it is Ramadan). It is run by VolxKüche München and they rely entirely on volunteers, donations and charity. They are …
[Day 6] After cycling 120km – our longest day tour thus far – we finally made it to France. We still have another 80km to go until we arrive in Calais. We are both excited and slightly anxious about getting there… most organizations we contacted are overwhelmed with their workload so naturally it will be challenging …
[Day 4] Since our start from The Hague we have traveled roughly 190km to Brussels by bike. Throughout the journey we learned a thing or two about sore muscles, sleeping in a forest, fixing bikes, using band-aids, and more… Our latest activity included an interview with Elona Bokshi, Senior Project Manager at the European Council …
[Day 1] Yes, that”s right. the Countdown above is now counting up. That means we have finally started our trip! After a very busy week full of last-minute tasks and finishing our university essays, we are now officially on the road. This morning we drove our – quite overloaded – bikes to the Peace Palace, …
[6 days until departure] Yes, that is correct. Finally, there is less than a week on the clock. It is very unreal in our minds and sometimes we think that we have not quite yet realized what is about to happen. However, despite a rollercoaster of emotions and a heap of small last-minute things that …
Hey Friends! Even though we are currently in the middle of our final exam week, we want to take the time to inform you about something, which we were hoping to avoid. Timo and I will need more time to finish our most important essay this semester. Due to us picking up the bikes from …
[12 days until departure] Exciting news: This morning we received the final OK from our sponsors in regards to the Refugee Roads bikes! MERIDA Germany is equipping us with two 29er Hardtail MTB’s in the Big Nine Team Issue. Over the course of the past five weeks we worked together with their very helpful staff, namely …
[17 days until departure] Wow, what a day. 10 hours of watching online reviews, reading technical specifications and comparing prices lie behind us. But we succeeded! We finally have ordered all necessary equipment for our trip. Our empty bank accounts are the proof of that 😉 For our biking GPS, we decided to go …
[29 days until departure] Our iOgrapher Go including some neat side equipment (see photo) is on its way to us! This beauty will arrive minus the monitor but plus Manfrotto Lumiemuse 3LED Light and Deadcat within the next two weeks – excited to start shooting!!! Ps.: No. We didn’t get a special discount for posting this …