First Week Of VAN LIFE Europe | We're NOT Used To THIS! | Europe Road Trip

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An unbelievable week of travel! We travel the most beautiful roads we've ever driven and have a series of small disasters 😬 BUT this week we finally arrive in Italy! 🥰
📍 Strasbourg, Tyrol, Brenner Pass, Lake Garda, Sirmione
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[@BenandEmily]

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[@waynepeterson1061]

Have always enjoyed your narrow boat journeys, and your van journey to Italy via Germany is amazing. Being stateside, and in my 70's, I'll never see what you're seeing in person, so I much appreciate seeing it through your KZbin channel. Happy trails. 🚑

[@BenandEmily]

Thanks so much for watching and joining us on our trips! 😊

[@user-nt6zd8ny3w]

What an adventure. Looks beautiful over there. Thank you for sharing all your ups and downs. All part of the journey and makes it feel like we're there with you. Safe travels xx

[@pattysommers3566]

Use your pine cone to make a xmas ornament for your Xmas tree. Nice memory of your trip.

[@user-nh8yu2mw2i]

How gorgeous are you two ? Oh, to be your age again, Im going on a young 76 now and have had a wonderful life so far, just like you two are having. Its so great to go with you to these wonderful places in the world, places I will never get to, so I thank you heaps for taking us all on your journey, cant wait to see what is next, take care of each other, till next time.....

[@MrZarlino]

Alan says “please bring me back some Italian cat food”.

[@user-xw6wj2qh5n]

While both are eating ice creams: Bennie: "I've got a pine cone in my pocket" Emily: "Why have you got a pine cone in your pocket Bennie?" What I would have replied with: "Because an ice cream cone would melt"

[@DLBard-bv2nd]

Gather up the pine cones. They are great fire starter for your stove. 🤗

[@modestadventurers]

Cheese and Tronky. Living the dream 😋

[@1dkappe]

Austria has by far the cleanest bathrooms I’ve ever seen.

[@PhasianFarms]

You two are pure magic! Thanks for bringing me & my husband so much joy!!!

[@orchidhouse297]

So happy you like Germany. My wife was there for 17 years with the UK army and so knew the language. I loved Germany as well. We went several times a year for the last 20 years, mostly along the Mosel river and the Rhine. Beautiful. Lake Garda - There is a route over the mountains on the west side of Garda, more scenic, steeper and exceedingly twisty that gives access to Gargnano on the west side of the lake. I have visited Sirmione several times - never saw a camp site! Italy does the best ice cream ever (next to Malta)

[@denisefreeman2123]

So fun to tag along with you as you enter Italy! You woke up to a snow capped mountain but you didn’t mention the cherry blossoms coming out already so close to your van, how lovely 💕 What a beautiful time around Lake Guarda🙏🏻🙌🏻✨💫🫶🏻Love you guys❤

[@atir4u]

Beautiful mountains and the lake is spectacular! And Italian cats too hahaha. Ben's music is lovely to go along with your videos.

[@amymadden4631]

Oh my, Italy is so gorgeous! What a dreamy drive around the lake, I think it was the music, it made me feel slightly sleepy and happy, like being on a road trip when I was a kid 🙂You guys have the best adventures! ❤❤

[@renateschreiber4416]

I am german and we have very nice Planes herein. IT cool to see your Trips. Have a nice time.Have fun😊😂

[@markd3250]

It's almost like being on your boat, except more and faster. I don't know why, but I kept expecting one of you to say "Cheeky Tronky" for some reason lol. As I'm watching, I realize that what's beautiful and scenic to us, is just the normal day for those that live in those places. Can't wait to see more!

[@markrant1460]

Ben and Emily, If you have a "must see" list, next time you travel Europe Slovenia is a MUST. You were so close when you traveled through Austria. Emily you make me laugh every time when you see yummy food. You get in touch with the little girl inside and your eyes get so big and round. Ben one of the things I so enjoy about the videos, you guys produce, is how calm you stay no matter what happens. Looking forward to next week. Mark Alberta, Canada

[@jakesimpson4530]

What a lovely couple, it warms my heart to see the fun you are having. Thank you for letting us share your adventure.

[@DavidDelBianco-em5vm]

Tronki!!! U unblocked a childhood memory! ❤️Go to Le Marche, the region where I was born! 🙏🏼❤️☺️

[@sianwarwick633]

Which country ? Austria 🇦🇹 Italy 🇮🇹 .... oh, Treviso Italy

[@Risingstar0324]

Thank you so much for bringing us along on your journey. Love the scenery and the villages. What a fun time to be had. Be safe on the road, don't be a toad ❤️🥪🥨🧀🥗🍨☕☕🚐 Freddie

[@BenandEmily]

Thank you for joining us! 😊Glad you enjoyed the scenery. Don't worry we're taking it slow and steady 🤗

[@monza1002000]

When you come back via Austria, if you have, drop off the autobahn at a little village called Lermoos. Hire a bike and cycle round the small valley. Cowbells, meadows and chalets, like a chocolate box brought to life. You have already seen some beautiful sights 😊

[@janepritchett5408]

Best travel channel ❤ pine cones are great for predicting the weather,even when they are off their tree and hung up.They are probably open at the moment because of the warm weather .Back in the UK when the weather gets colder they will shut,I think !!!!

[@sianwarwick633]

​@@janepritchett5408they shouldn't burn them in the van stove ?

[@annjarvis9300]

Awww another wonderful vlog full of all the things we would love to do thanks for sharing brightens up our life carry on enjoy trip and keep safe n well luv from the oldies 🤗❤️🌷❤️🌷🤗

[@ussdrewstewart]

Thumbs up on the new (at least to me) music. Good stuff. Creates a perfect atmosphere.

[@md2320]

Extended the diesel heater into the back of the van!!!! When you get back home 👍

[@dancarter482]

It'll still condense - need to eliminate the heat sink with insulation.

[@sianwarwick633]

You Ben and Emily are so brave and fearless in Europe with everything - the cherry beers, the exciting sausage and cheese plates. Lederhosen ! Showers 🚿. Public transport. Water ! I'm so happy for you and Van Hal. Special cat 🐈 messages are being relayed per tios transEuropa via illa telegrafia gattina. 🇮🇪

[@Rachellovescheese]

This is amazing! ❤ loving your journey. On a side note it’s 1.40am & now I have to get out of bed to eat some bread & cheese! 😂

[@mikeleake9488]

Grebes, coots and cormorants ❤

[@mikeleake9488]

And I have definitely had worse disasters!

[@rikkiharcourt3868]

That was so exciting and you have only just begun!

[@BenandEmily]

😊

[@bishopkinlyside8477]

Hi guys, wow adventure before dementia what a beautiful country side you have been travelling through. Thanks for the videos up the good work from Australia

[@dawnrodriguez6280]

Thanks for taking us with you !! I love your videos ❤

[@davidnichols147]

Ben & Emily: I've followed you both for a period on Utube. Your charm, wit and characterization's are both wonderful and inspiring to us all. Of present with your van purchase, build and touring you have taking on a new light and we all thank you for sharing. Love Strasburg to Sirmione, your cinematography now with the drone footage, music and art of expressing this road trip is absolutely delightful. Please be safe, best with Bennie's new album, and never forget that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. We love you guys!

[@viramati5831]

many a time I have driven from Italy to England with a good supply of pocket coffee to keep me going through the night

[@trailman1924]

Awesome trip so far! Thank you for taking us along!

[@gloriawaters1455]

Hi Benny and Emily thankyou for sharing your van journey I have followed you on your boat trips but this one is the only way for me to see these lovely places, my daughter and son inlaw have a campervan and I see their journeys you take care be safe,all the very best 😊❤

[@ironfbody]

Loved this video. We are off on a road trip to Lake Garda in June, close to Sirmione, looking forward to that even more now. We just hope it won't be too hot. We are 75 and 78, so your'e never too old for a road trip.

[@sianwarwick633]

❤

[@christinew9310]

Thank you so much for making the detour to Sirmione! About ten years ago my husband and I had an amazing week there and it was wonderful to see the hotel we stayed in and even the coffee shop we used every day. I’m glad you liked it as much as we did 😊 can’t wait to see your next vlog x

[@yvonnethorpe5224]

Really enjoyed seeing all the lovely scenery in Strasbourg, Fussen and Lake Garda. Really enjoying this trip.

[@melissaledonne9027]

Beautiful town.

[@DetroitMicroSound]

You guys are living part of my dreams. Another part, but in the same region, is the Red Bull Alpenbrevet. Check out some of the great videos here on YT of it. It's yearly. A total blast!!! (Literally!) always attended by 1000k+ riders. I've owned a 1978 Kromag - Steyr - Puch Swinger 2 moped for about a decade now, and have a bunch of friends in the mid-west moped scene, here. Real mopeds... With pedal cranks, like a bicycle.....Not scooters that folks erroneously call "mopeds"....Scooters, and mopeds are VERY different kinds of cycles. I'm not much a fan of scooters they remind me of somebody sitting on the John, reading a newspaper. 🤣.....But mopeds...YES PLEASE!!! Mopeds are like early motorcycles, and still have many aspects shared with bicycles. My favorite bike of all, and also my daily bike, I use on group rides, or any time I need to ride a longer distance, without stopping every few minutes, -who's named Astrid, will do 47mph. All day long. I put on a Dutch Moped Parts 70cc piston port cylinder, a NOS 15mm Bing carb, with a spanish-made Fuego pipe, and she rips pretty good! (She's what we call mid-tuned. About half way between stock 30mph bike, and 80mph++ highly tuned mopeds. Still much faster than is legal, but I don't use all that extra, unless it's safe to do so.....Astrid has also had many upgrades in suspension, braking, 12v lighting, etc, to make her handle like a small road-worthy motorcycle.) 😄❤

[@carole3734]

What a beautiful trip you are having! Snow, large pastries, ice cream and the picturesque Lake Garda! Thanks for showing us around!😊

[@yureituesday]

Great music for the beautiful scenery

[@john3Lee]

That peninsular town looked lovely - thanks for allowing us to travel with you

[@gaiabreeze]

Loved the blossoming pink trees at your campsite. Plus, you're in Italy! I think quality over quantity is still a good plan.

[@sianwarwick633]

Aren't they beautiful ? ❤

[@glynnisross7974]

Just loved this episode which the music complimented. Thank you. Stay safe and bye for now.

[@dr.chrismort8448]

Loving your travelling adventures . The re routing of planned journeys are part and parcel of travelling. So long as you’ve got somewhere to lay your head after a hard days driving things are usually great in the morning. I think the drone footage is excellent and a brilliant way of showing the vista👍. Nice music also Benny❤️. Still loving the flute.

[@kennolan5164]

Great vlog guys, scenery fantastic. your music in this video is sounding very Moody Bluesish Benny. Lake Garda is stunning so hope you really enjoy it there. Best wishes.

[@anniejones1839]

My late mother-in-law loved Lake Garda

[@anniemac3075]

Thoroughly enjoyed this video, how beautiful is everything you shared with us. The music is fabulous Benny. Hope your gear doesn't get damp again. ❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿❤

[@paulinelakats8262]

You both have constant happy smiles... in your element enjoy your trip love the van ❤

[@shoretrader1]

Spectacular mountain scenery :) and the inside of the van looks spectacular too!

[@MelG-ut3hs]

Loving your van trip through all these amazing European towns and cities. Lake Garda was beautiful. Stay safe both of you.

[@johandemondt8028]

It's a beautiful place on the lake and clear water

[@malcolmgarrod1692]

Love your videos so honest and up front stay safe look forward to the next love to you both

[@BenandEmily]

Thanks so much 😊

[@sallysmith155]

It was lovely video.The views are out of this world.And the places you visited and the food looks delicious.Thank you for taking us on your journey.so looking forward to next week video.enjoy ever minute of it both of you.🙂🙂

[@helenmobbs4599]

😊 your music is excellent for this scenery. Well done for all that driving. Thoroughly enjoying your videos. Take care 😊🌹

[@fredsimmons2793]

You've regained your land lubber legs certification for a spell.The way you both press forward on almost everything gains so much ground.You never look back.

[@gerryryan1372]

Can't wait to see more. Beautiful xx

[@BenandEmily]

Thank you so much!!

[@user-pq1zb7gt2x]

hi Benny and Emily. Really enjoyed you video it was very educational. Looking forward to your next one.

[@andyguy0610]

Great Video. Loved the siren, there are alot of countries around the world that take Civil Defence a hell of a lot more seriously than we do in this country. Some parts of the US use their sirens to warn of Tornados for instance

[@lynnecollins3284]

Love love loving this. From seeing the food, shops and scenery. Really enjoying it.

[@susannahwhitaker994]

Emily you are so brave, you two are living your dreams . Well done🤗

[@sianwarwick633]

At 4:30, in Strasbourg love to see those 2 Segways, stand-up 2 🛞 😊 wheelers. The large rubber wheels make you about 6 and a half feet tall. Great for going around pedestrian malls and city centres. We have them in Eastern Canada, because they were manufactured in Quebec in mid-2000 to 2010. Just wild. Bennie, 10:00, you and Emily are near the Sud Tirol mountains not Bavaria, which is around Munich. I would be freaking out driving on the autobahn, but Emily is not.

[@heather333]

Thanks for bringing us along on your holiday. I loved it! ❤

[@rvrebel2209]

Thank you for taking us. Gr🎉eat video, Great places.

[@WendyVanamburgh]

Not jealous, really, I'm not. I just want to be there. It's lovely enjoying your holiday vicariously.

[@judymurphy3842]

You two are so brave entering another country and adapting to their customs. Love having a peak in the eating houses and seeing what you are buying. Love food too !!! Wonderful for you to take us on this journey with you. Just loving it. Regards from New Zealand.

[@deballen6147]

Brilliant vlog guys. I toured France Germany Austria and Italy many years ago this bringing back wonderful memories thankyou for sharing this fantastic adventure. Stay safe take care . See you next week 🎉

[@jennyfulcher8035]

What a lovely adventure so far, in spite of a few little mishaps. Gorgeous mountains, architecture, and interesting shops to explore too. A wonderful new chapter in your life as you tour Germany and Italy. Looking forward to more episodes. Jenny

[@BenandEmily]

Thanks so much for watching! 🥰

[@jennyfulcher8035]

@@BenandEmily You're welcome. 🙂

[@guiart4728]

You crushed it with the van build out! So homey! Love your channel Safe travels…❤️❤️❤️

[@guardianoftheoldway]

Loved when this was a narrowboat channel, The vanlife thing has been done to death, Will be back when the boats are back :)

[@user-yh1lv2ek9t]

Loved every minute ❤ those water bottles make great dumb bells 😊

[@AussieWelder]

Awesome video as always👍Luv you guy's❤

[@janicecameron3688]

Omg Italy is breathtaking ❤❤❤❤

[@jackiehanning8808]

Wonderful❤

[@lily_m3538]

Love the positivity and sense of adventure. Just go with the flow.

[@louiselage7740]

FANTASTIC! I really enjoyed your video of your travels through Germany and Italy! Wowza!. You two are so adorable and I am so impressed at how well you two roll with things not always going as planned! Always so respectful to each other, always looking out for each other, and most importantly you two just enjoy each other's company. The lake drive was spectacular, and the campsite was incredible. The color of the water was such a gorgeous blue/green, and so clear you could see to the bottom. You guys looks so happy and you reminded me so much of my travels in Europe when I was around your age. Can't wait to see the rest of your journey in your van adventure. I wonder if once you guys have such a taste of travel and other countries, will you move away from narrowboating? Take up residence in Italy? The world is your oyster! ~~sending much love from Canada!

[@DavidDelBianco-em5vm]

Buon viaggio ❤️🙏🏼☺️

[@dcop7367]

So good to watch the amazing beautiful places you are visiting. Along with mishaps and positive energy.

[@davidhudson5452]

Miss Alan

[@NW-zl3nm]

Really enjoying coming along on your travels, you both look so happy 😀 xx can’t wait for next week!

[@brucetizzrd883]

That was an outstanding episode, thanks have a great time.

[@carycoombe3380]

That strange car at 15:19 is a "Fiat 500 Trike (conversion)". Because the two back wheels are so close together, it qualifies as a three wheel vehicle, which a 16 year old can drive it on a provisional license, in Germany. (spoiled much?)

[@jeffm1971]

Loving your video's. Lake Garda is a fabulous place, I stayed in Riva Del Garda on a road trip from the UK . One of my favourite places I've ever visited.

[@jeffreyriek7177]

Wonderful! Big fun! Thanks.

[@yeoldfart8762]

Here along the Tanana River in Fairbanks Alaska we still call them Seagulls even though we are 300plus miles from the ocean. The river does flow into the ocean close to 1000 miles away. At least another month before they return. Have fun and thanks for taking us along.

[@Daytona2]

Love it! Great music, Benny 👌 Hopefully you can sloowwww down now.

[@sianwarwick633]

The music at Lake Garda 27:00 is really good. Really good 😊

[@marj1585]

That road through the Alps is jaw-dropping 😲! I stayed in Garda a few years ago. The ferries are brilliant for getting between the towns.

[@christinehammell6365]

That was a beautiful video. Evoked memories of a holiday I took where we were based in Limone on the shores of lake Garda. You can visit all the wee towns around the lake from there by ferries . We also took coach trips to Venice , Verona and Bolzano. It was amazing . Thanks for reminding me . Look forward to seeing more of your Italian trip xx

[@DavidSmith-tu6jd]

Hiya both. Might have a bit of useful info. My experience after 30yrs. living in Spain, if you want overnight parking on your European adventure, try searching out the local Lidl supermarket. They always seem to attract plenty of folk in mobile homes, RV's & converted ambulances. Hope it's the same throughout Europe and the info. is Benny Ficial. Nice chap 'n' dead helpful. Peace.

[@agfbuilding]

The best vloggers by far.. absolutely love your vlogs , especially now your van travelling xx

[@BenandEmily]

Thank you! 😃

[@jpaulrice]

Stateside too and thoroughly enjoying your trip.

[@mrv8rick2]

Good old Fusen I used to stay at steibus and ski with the army when there was no snow we went ti fussen chity chity bang bang castle. we used to spend a day in a bar really.later I used to ski in Ital driving past gada on the way, not the same when you were freezing in the back of a bedford truck, Thanks for bringing back some memories.

[@DeborahBarnes-nx3yh]

Happy holidays guys 🫶🫶xx

[@susanoshea8296]

Thank you for an amazing trip with you both. New villages and towns, Germany and finally Italy , your van needs stickers for all the places it's been, doing really well on its longest road trip. Going to watch this a few times until the next one, enjoying Benny's music along with it. 🎶🎶

[@sheilajoseph9953]

Stunning views of lakes and mountains. 💚

[@patriciarussell5142]

Loved the Vlog,looking foreward to the next chapter x

[@natashab2304]

How fabulous - well done guys and thanks so much for taking us with you to see these amazing places! 💞

[@Kevin-zz9nc]

If it's like Belgium or Holland they trust to punch your own ticket. You buy a card at a newsagents hence no turnstyles, swipecards etc....

[@greghilton7797]

That were grand. So glad you took the drone along. Beware Venice at low tide. See ya next week Cheers

[@OneantasTossGreathouse]

Safe travels how cool your on land now ..Live to follow you both such great information,music and great times via KZbin thanks for taking us along

[@paulpaine1014]

the suspension bridge you drove under just into Austria is amazing. Everyone crosses it with a fixed grin cos its a wee bit scary!

[@bettyourcampervan]

Am loving your journey! Great video guys ❤