How It All Began

For a long time I had the idea of one day travelling the world in a truck or bus, discovering and experiencing it in a completely different way. Instead of flying somewhere for two weeks, I wanted to be on the road permanently. That was my plan for retirement ...

Then came Covid. I realised how possible it is to work digitally. How I moved between bed and desk and didn’t really need the rest of my big flat. How I could do most of my work digitally. That was the moment the idea took shape ... why not build a mobile office and hit the road? Instead of sitting in Berlin and taking photos now and then, travel to exciting landscapes, photograph all the time and be constantly inspired. All the equipment, power supply, laptop and screen on board, connected to the internet. Working pretty much all the time ... which isn’t bad if you enjoy your work.

After about a year of thinking it over, in 2021 I saw a Mercedes 1124 AF on the German customs auction site (Zoll-Auktion). It was at €13,000 when I started bidding, and at €16,000 I actually wanted to drop out. I still sent my last bid, €16,400. Five minutes later I was the owner of a fire truck. Oops!

14 years ago I moved from the village to Stuttgart. Four years later from Stuttgart to Berlin. For a long time Berlin was the right city for me and inspired me. But now it’s time for a new chapter in my life and in the way I work – a chapter in which life and work are even less separated and simply flow into each other. Every day 16 hours of work – or every day 16 hours of fun.

The truck will see the world with me as a mobile office. And I’m converting it for that.

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