"To stay is to exist ... To travel is to live"

Gustave Nadaud

here is

OUR HISTORY

You may be wondering (or not elsewhere) that is behind the extension name "Windows On The World".

Quite simply, we: Joana & Eric and our (finally our) combi (s)!

 

Lovers of travel, and need a big break, we jumped in June 2015.

In short: took a plane ticket to Canada, returned our apartment, sold our stuff (except our old vehicles) and bracketed our architectural activities.

The idea: to leave Marseille from where we are, to buy a van in Quebec and to go first to North America.

 

A first adventure of a year and a half to discover the country of the Caribous and that of Uncle Sam, through more than 77 000 Kms.

Hikes, bivouacs, wild animals, crazy landscapes, … encounters and a few galleys later we became addicted to this way of life that we now call “VanLife”.

An obsession with travel and discovery that pushes us to want to see more and more through the windows of our vans (where, you'll understand "DesFenêtresSurLeonde")

The trip is undoubtedly a fabulous opening to the world, impossible now for us, to start the reverse ...

A world that we chose to explore aboard our wheeled house, because yes, with us, there is often a story of old cars in the middle of all this, and then what better as a symbol of freedom!

 

We want DFSLM to be above all a space for sharing, a space which, through the story of our adventures and anecdotes, will perhaps make you want to discover what is happening more or less far from home, or quite simply will allow you to take a little offshore with us, through a few photos.

An exchange of tips, and good plans (results often related to a lot of galleys), here is what you find here!

 

Traveling to discover and discover, share, take the time to observe, contemplate, ...

Already more than 165,000 kms traveled since 2015.

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Joana & Eric

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The course

DONE

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THE TEAM
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JOANA

THE DREAMER

An architect by training, passionate about travelling, hiking and photography, every morning she is the first to get up to quickly discover what the day has in store for us. She likes to be far from everything, alone in the middle of nowhere...

Adventurer at heart, she always wants to see more and go further!

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ERIC

THE SWISS KNIFE

He is also an architect, passionate about travel, mountain biking and old mechanics, he likes to repair everything that is broken. With the combi he does not miss a job!

He's also a bit of the band's geek, in short a kind of mini MacGyver. Very handy on the road!

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POPO

THE WESTFALIA
  • Year 1984
  • Origin: California, USA
  • Purchased near Montreal, Canada
  • Engine: 1.9L petrol
  • Westfalia landscaping
  • Color: VW LH8B

Our little house that allows us to discover the Americas and much more we hope ...

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TOASTER

COMBI
  • Year 1978
  • Origin: Marseille, France
  • Engine: 1.6L petrol
  • Original 8-seater bus with click-clack system
  • End of restoration in 2017
  • Colors: white VW L90D and custom pastel turquoise

He has already accumulated several thousand kilometers in the South and the Alps.

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OUR ADVENTURES
Each in their own way, they give us a boost ...

Thanks to them !