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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Antonia Wilson

Next stop Spain: how to start your European road trip on the sea

Katie Nicholson and her partner Ciaran set off on their adventure travelling around Europe.
Katie Nicholson and her partner Ciaran set off on their adventure travelling around Europe. Composite: Getty Images/Katie Nicholson

“Being able to watch the journey out of the cabin window, seeing France fade away and Spain come into view, you experience the travel and the journey itself as part of the trip, rather than it being a means to an end. We both really love that,” says Katie Nicholson, who recently became a digital nomad, setting sail with Brittany Ferries from the UK to Spain on a new adventure with her partner, Ciaran.

“We rented out our flat and are now remote working from Spain and Italy for a few months, and doing this on and off for the rest of the year,” she says. “We got the ferry mid-April from Portsmouth to Santander. Even before we bought the car for the road trip – an old convertible Saab 93 – we planned on getting the ferry, aiming to fly less.”

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