You wake us up and we greet you, Istanbul.
Your massive population keeps you bathing in glorious activity,
hopes and dreams.
Never before have we seen anything like you.
Never before did we believe that we would.
You shattered our reality, and for that, we salute you.
Sherefe!
GPS data visualized
We’ve been on the road for a month now.
Here is this months (September/October 2010) statistics:
Movement
The Chicken Dance
Accommodation
Blog activity
Finances
We believe in full transparency, so you can expect to see a summary like this every month.
We can’t say anything else than that it’s been a huge success so far!
Many people have emailed us just to say that they feel very inspired, and that’s why were doing this.
We’re extremely passionate about this project.
This blog is not fully reader-supported yet (financially), but that’s what we’re working towards.
We believe that this project will be able to support itself in a few months.
Help us get there by donating today!
Thank you for reading, supporting and participating in our adventure.
Your engagement means a lot to us.
Love,
Robin and Amanda.
Two weeks before we left Sweden we started a pledge (heavily inspired by Kickstarter) to try out if we could get help to buy a new and better camera. This is the result!
Day one: 3 persons pledged €35 each
Day five: 1 organization pledged €500
Day eighteen: 1 person pledged €100
All together, that is €705.
We promised that we would return the money in case we didn’t get at least €1500. All the sponsors have insisted that we are welcome to keep the money anyway. Thanks a lot! The money will go to a dictaphone and a new computer (we’ve confirmed that it’s OK with all the sponsors). This will enable us to work more effective, resulting in more high quality material for you to enjoy.
Thoughts about the pledge
The pledge system was meant as a trial to see if we could get support from our readers in order to produce material of a higher quality. Since everything we produce goes back into the public domain (more or less) it would be great if people who enjoy it would pitch in, and help fund it directly.
We consider it a success, and we’re now able to buy some new gear that we are in need of. Maybe we would have been even more successful if we would have marketed the pledge system more actively, but we didn’t.
We feel that the result is amazing and we are very grateful for your support.
Thank you again!
The first postcard was posted from 120 meters under the surface in the Wieliczka Salt Mine to a kind person who pledged €35 :) .
What did you feel and think about this experiment?
All feedback is very important to us!
It will still be possible to sponsor us, with a similar system.
We’ll evaluate and post it when it’s finished!
/Amanda and Robin
How do you host people in a nice way?
Well, Jarema Bedzel in Slupsk has all the answers!
Our first CouchSurfing experience in Poland turned out to be a great one. We got picked up by our host in the center of Slupsk, after an interesting first day of hitchhiking. He brought us to a local pub where pirozhki and Polish beer with raspberry juice was served. Later on that night, we had ice-cream, cappuccino and a great night’s sleep at Jarema’s and his girlfriend Kate’s place.
Thanks a lot friends!
Both the second and the third night, we ended up camping behind petrol stations, in Glogowo and Bydgoszcz. You probably know where that is, right?
Today we are lucky to tell you that we’ve reached Warsaw after amazing meetings with the people who’ve driven us!
At the moment, we’re camping a few kilometers outside the city center.
We’ve been wet. We’ve been a bit cold. And yes, we’ve been a bit hungry too.
And we are absolutely amazingly super happy with being on the road again!
Visby – check.
Stockholm – check.
Now, the Chicken Dance comes to Slupsk, Poland!
When: Sep. 16, thursday, 18:30 (6.30 pm)
Where: Slupsk center
Come on Poland, and show us what you’ve got!