A crash course on mechanics
I got in touch with Axel through a German online community where he and others virtually helped me to deal with the issues I had with my transmission. Axel owns a collection of six classic vehicles. One of them is...
Trying to pee
Two-thirds on my way to Hamburg I got tired. I had already driven about 185 km since I left Berlin at 10pm. It didn’t seem realistic to reach Hamburg that night. So I left the highway and drove around in...
Leaving Berlin
On the weekend I went on a first little trip with a friend. We successfully tested the fridge and enjoyed some cold beers at a lake near Berlin. The weather finally got better and we could get a sense of...
Turning my van into a mobile office
After constant rainy days, I could finally install the solar panels and the roof-top antennas for my mobile WiFi router. 
While it was still raining, I mounted the panels on plastic spoilers. The rain stopped in the evening, so...
Preventing my van going up in flames
It has been raining a lot for the last weeks in Berlin. I was eager to install the solar panels. So I drove around to find a bridge that offers a dry place to work on the roof. While driving...
Breaking into my own van
All of sudden the door to the bathroom wouldn’t open any more. It appeared that the lock on the door broke. Too bad that all screws to the bathroom construction are inside. I had to disassemble the roof window to...
The first technical issue
After co-working in paradise for a few weeks and visiting my co-workers at HQ, I found an oil puddle below the transmission. Looking a little closer I realized that the transmission was completely covered in oil. It might be connected...
Ordering my solar system
Today I ordered all the components for my future solar system. As I’ll be working from my van I want to be 100% autonomous for several days even on cloudy and rainy days. Estimating the required energy To get...
The first ride
On my way back from the Git Merge conference in Brussels, I picked up the camper van near Düsseldorf. My first ride started with 188,987 km on the odometer. Google told me that I should make the 566 km to...
My future mobile office
Today, I checked out my future mobile office near Düsseldorf, Germany: A Mercedes-Benz 209D from 1984. It’s fully equipped with a small kitchen (fridge, stove and sink), a table with two benches on the left and right that can be...