Do you dream of doing some extended travel? Meet our friends who made a reality of their dream!
July 27th, 2009 | 
Author: We’re having visitors at the moment. It’s our friends from Germany, Gabi, Gunter, and the kids: Esra, Noah and Amy. They have taken some time off from their life in the small gorgeous wine producing village Bubenheim, and are spending 6 months experiencing new things on the road.
Well, maybe you should say “experiencing new things on the beach” because that’s where they spend most of their time. But not laying there under a parasol with a colored drink in their hands though, but photographing. To this family, and particularly to the mother, taking pictures is life. And not just any pictures, but pictures of the ocean and everything related to it.
For this purpose they packed themselves into their camper van and went all the 3 000 km from the South of Germany to almost the furthest North you can get around here: Lofoten, in the northern part of Norway. A fantastic place far, far up by the Norwegian Sea. You absolutely have to check out some of the results from that visit on: www.5reicherts.com
Having spent a couple of months up there, they are now on the way down south again, to go to France and take the Dover-Calais ferry over to England. The plan is then to drive towards the north again, to some far away located Island in Scotland. To find more beautiful pictures…
It’s not the first time the family is on the road experiencing the world and creating fantastic photos and memories. They have made an innumerable amount of shorter trips around the European coastline, and also several long term trips in countries like New Zealand and the USA.
How do they do it? How do they get the time and money to just take the kids and go away on these trips? Well, I guess it’s like with everybody else who do similar things, they have a dream. They have a dream about doing more with their life than just the normal school and job race.
They have a dream about living a more vibrant life filled with passion for what they love; ocean, nature, travel, photography and being together as a family. And when you have a strong enough desire to do something, when you are filled with your dream – with why you want do to something, the how always sorts itself out.
If you have a strong desire to travel and to see, do and experience new things, you plan your life accordingly and put your focus on the things that support this desire. You eliminate things in your life that doesn’t support what you want to do and instead put your time and energy on taking steps that lead you towards what you really want.
Maybe we’re getting a bit philosophical here, but if you want some more practical ideas about the how’s, read more on the pages: Job and Career, Children and School, Travel & Money for example.
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Hi,
very nice post.All the picture are beautiful. It is truly a dream places to travel.
Thanks for sharing.
Glad you liked it. And yes their pictures always amaze us.
And regarding time as we say on the “No time” page: “We’ll tell you a secret. You don’t get the time. You never will. You claim the time!”
Hi,
Very nice picture. I really wants to travel once.
Thanks for sharing.
I want to travel more than once :lol:
it’s really look like a heaven. i never visited like this place. it’s like i am dreaming. if it possible for me i’ll visited here definitely.
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This is really awesome picture. I wants to travel this place.
Thanks for sharing.
Tanmay – I want to go there too! And we are a lot closer than you. It’s just to the north of us, some 1500 km :lol: Have you visit their website for more pictures? http://www.5reicherts.com/
Wow! Some amazing photography there guys – the last one is absolutely stunning! This is the kind of thing my wife and I would love to do, but I think we’ll need to wait until our daughter (a newborn!) is a little older and we’ve got a bit more cash saved…
In the meantime, I guess it’s okay to dream :smile:
Congratulation James to your daughter! I’m sure she’ll have a great time traveling with you.
As you might know we have taken our kids (who are far from new born today:)) everywhere and we’re so grateful for having been able to do this.
Traveling is really the best education!
And regarding Gabis photos, yes they are amazing.
Check here if you want to see more of them (you can also buy them now!): http://www.mygall.net/5reicherts
why do we travel? Or like the song goes “does anybody know what we are looking for”?? Why do we consider travel a basic desire nowadays? I especially like how George Santayana puts it in The Philosophy of Travel: “We need sometimes to escape into open solitudes, into aimlessness, into the moral holiday of running some pure hazard, in order to sharpen the edge of life, to taste hardship, and to be compelled to work desperately for a moment at no matter what.” Do we travel to lose ourselves or to find ourselves? In order to find the WHERE, WHEN or HOW to travel, we need to rediscover the pure pleasure of travels and the meaning of our own inner journey and rediscovery.
that’s really good to know about those ones and some excellent photography done there,wonderful pics.and i would love to visit that place.thanks!
Beautiful photos!! WOW. What kind of camera is there?!? They are wonderful! My husband and I took a 3 month roadtrip last fall and it was great. I’d love to do it for 6 months next time! :)
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Hi There!
Just saw all those nice comments, thanks so much. With pictures it’s easy to make people want to travel:-) and isn’t nature photogapher the best job in the world:-)
Hi Jenn
The camera isn’t really so important. Just if you neet to print tzhe photos really big. I use a canon slr camera, and am very happy with it.
By the way – those pictures were taken in Lofoten, Northern Norway. I can recomend to go there. It’s magical.
Thanks again and lots of greetings, Gabi
Looks like you guys are living the dream. The photos are stunning. It i My dream to own a camper and travel through all the states in America. I think you would get some stunning photos from that to.
I was lucky enough to grow up with pretty adventurous parents and they took a year out to travel when me and my sister were 8 and 9. We mainly travelled around Southern Europe and Central America and I have never forgotten the places we saw, the people we met or the things we experienced. I hope to do the same for my children one day,
Wow. These photos are beautiful! What a neat family. I really love that they are taking their life in their hands and really experiencing it. I bet they’ve gotten really close from traveling together so much.
I love the idea of extended travel, but maybe I’d go by myself. I can see how amazing it would be to take the whole family though. The pictures there look great, they make me yearn for a holiday!
Thats great. I find once you start traveling you meet so many international friends, whom you can stay with and vice versa. It works out great.
Thank you very much, found your site and posts very informative.
Thank you very much. I will come to get information in the future.
You have l ‘air to have a good time well and photographs are superb.
I think be a bit jealous.
Keeping the dream alive! Stunning photographs! Are these the ones that the mother took? I would love to do what they’re doing. The best part of traveling is doing it with people you love. A lot of times I end up not going somewhere because I have no one that will go with but having your family with you makes it so much better.
The 4th picture is gorgeous. .its great that you take the effort in taking time off and being adventurous.
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Thanks for the words of encouragement. I’d realize what your family have done, this blog makes me willing to reach my goals and make my own desired actions.
Hi, your blog is really amazing. I find it very touching and encouraging. Traveling is really fun. Specially when it is done together with the whole family. It is really a memorable bonding moment for the family.
Looking at the pictures for sure your friends would love to stay there longer, very beautiful places. I totally agree with what you have said that “If you have a strong desire to travel and to see, do and experience new things, you plan your life accordingly and put your focus on the things that support this desire.” Great article I enjoy looking at the pictures.
Their vacation is really great as i can see the pictures. I have a travel tips to the readers who drive along the way. If you are driving, make sure that you have a road atlas handy. You can also look up driving directions online before you go (www.mapblast.com) and find out approximate driving times.
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