Fiat recognizes #fiat
On the road in Turkey

#vanlife #tractor #türkiye #turkey #travel

If we were any closer to the #mediterranean … our feet would be wet!

#vanlife #turkey #türkiye #coupletravel

On the beach, just outside Antalya. Sun and sea out the door, a well for fresh water… and all the free solar power you can ask for!

This is #vanlife #turkish style!

#travel #turkey #türkiye #coupletravel

Lamb çis on the road in #turkey
That’s the good life!

#vanlife #travel #foodie #travelfood

When Google Translate gives you an unexpected gem!

#vanlife #cats #vancats #turkey #türkiye #travel

The more things change, the more they stay the same… throughout the centuries.

Roughing it in Antalya, Turkey.
Some places are just so easy to get stuck… and this is one of the stickiest…
It’s just… pleasant.

#vanlife #campervan #turkey #türkiyë

We crossed to our happy place - #turkey

#vanlife #coupletravel #travel

Back to Old Blighty.
Our ferry to Harwich is leaving at 2PM. I’ll miss Europe, but England is nice too!
We’re headed to the Cotswolds to meet up with friends… and down to Kent to see others.
All of this made possible by one base truth: I’m #sober today
#sobertravel #vanlife #sobriety @new-nomads.com

Living in our #van in Arctic #Norway gives us a unique opportunity to experience #nature like few others do.
Last night’s #northernlights were amazing!
This is what #vanlife is all about!
SolarMax is upon us!

#newnomads #aurora #sobertravel #travel #travelcouple #astronomy

The #sunset last night was amazing, but in a very subtle way.
No grand clouds with swirling #colors, just peaceful nuance to end the day.
That’s #norway - it’s beautiful in an “OMG, that’s stunning!” and in the sublime (yet #epic) enormity of it all.

#vanlife #travel

I have to say, Wales Is my happy place.

#wales #vanlife #vanlifeuk

Fishing in Arctic Norway is AMAZING!

Before I came to Norway, I never really enjoyed #fishing - but here, in the Arctic, you can catch lots of interesting things! #cod

#norway #vanlife #newnomads

When you’re called to a life on the road, it’s nice to find a place where the road calls to you.
That’s Norway.

#vanlife #newnomads #norway

Turns out, you don’t need 2,400 square feet and a lawn service to feel free.
Sometimes 38 square feet and the sound of wind through birch trees is enough.

#norway #newnomads #vanlife

Somewhere I have a great picture of my brother and I on the deck of the USS Drum (the WWII submarine in the park) when I was maybe 5-6.
It’s a really happy memory… if only I knew how he’d turn out, I would’ve pushed him overboard!

Everyone insists the Lofoten Islands are “must see” in Norway.
The truth is that most of northern #norway looks like this!

#vanlife #newnomads

Superlatives don’t do #norway justice.
After a while, “wow” isn’t a usable word.
It’s all just a part of being here. This was a normal ferry from one little village to another.
Nothing special… except that EVERYTHING is amazing!

#vanlife #newnomads #landscape #nature

Another day, another ferry!
That’s #vanlife in #norway
Today I think we’ll take 3 ferries but it’s a holiday so they are on a reduced schedule.
We’ll have to see!

#newnomads #helgeland

Scotty, beam us up…
The #aurora in #norway last night was AMAZING!
The lights danced across the sky just above our #van - building and waning in a colorful dance that kept us saying… WOW!
#nature is so incredible!

#newnomads #vanlife #coupletravel #northernlights

Anywhere else and this region would be a national park.
In Norway, this is just the view from the end of one of a thousand islands.

#norway #vanlife #newnomads

We keep the cuckoo at bay by staying one step ahead of it!
We’ll still be here when you’re on the road again!

I had a person trying to convince me that Islam is really a pagan religion because of the way they determine the start of Ramadan…
Yeah bro, Christians are TOTALLY not like that… nope! Not at all…

I’m happy to indulge those passions, as well as enjoy her other passion: cooking!
The results?
Let’s just say I’m the luckiest man on earth to find her!
I love her for many reasons… she’s an intelligent, strong, kind and good person… but I’d be lying if I said this wasn’t a factor too!

She not only catches them, she is obsessive about cleaning and filleting them!
She does the FULL process once it comes out of the water too!
She wants to make sure she does the fish justice!

That is until they started catching fish!
She’s good. She’s really good… at catching fish.
Fast forward 40 years and she’s still REALLY good at catching fish!
She’s obsessed with it!
It’s the biggest reason we’re in Norway at the moment. This is the best fishing on earth!

When the guys would come on the boat and find the pretty young blonde girl in the bikini, they always thought she was just eye candy, or worse.
They could not have been more wrong!
“I’m here to catch fish” as she was gutting a fish for bait.
I can imagine the disappointment of the charter customer

A great wife thread 🧵
My wife is an amazing woman in so many ways. Here’s just one:
When she was growing up in Boston, she found she could make way more money working on fishing charters than she could working in a shop at the mall.
She instantly fell in love with it!

I won the “wife lottery”, she’s amazing… in so many ways… including the tasty ones! :-)

Oh it was!!!