On the 2nd day I went from Monster to Rotterdam. I visited The Impact Hub where they use their 3D printers for social needs and interviewed Kromkommer about their weird vegetables.
English subtitles will follow soon!
The first daily video is online now! Watch how the kick-off went and see my first experience with someone who plugged me in.
Today was the day! I’ve been thinking about this day for 2 years now, and as always it’s never what you expect. In the morning a technician from Radio 1 came over. She set up a live-link with the studio from where the presenter interviewed me about my plans. You can re-listen the interview here (from the 18:15 mark).
After that I had to rush to Houten where to kick-off would start at 11am. I arrived at 10:45 and first we had to fix the car a bit. We removed the backseat for more space and gave the software an update (that’s one of the advantages of an electric car).
At 11 the first guest came in. I invited sponsors, friends, familie and people who where involved in the project the last months. I explained my plans for the coming months, thanked people for their help and said everyone goodbye, a weird moment. Then Ruben waved the flag and I set off for the long journey.
#plugmeinproject @WiebeWkkr has started. He is leaving today pic.twitter.com/F9WcEPqpxX
— Solar2Drive (@Solar2Drive) March 15, 2016
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The first stop was at Frank’s place in Monster (Netherlands) in Westland. He invited me and left a message: “I got some avocado powder for you to take on your journey.” I got interested so he was the first one I wanted to visit. Frank was involved in numerous sustainable projects in the area. With a friend he builds a boat with a whale-like driven mechanism powered on solar energy.
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Later he and his familie cooked for me and we talked a lot about his journey. He and his wife made a road and train trip from Holland to Australia. A very interesting journey especially because I’m going through a few countries where he has been so he shared a lot of information.
I feel good about this day. I was nervous during the kick-off and visiting the first pluggers was exciting as well. Looking forward to the coming days, weeks and months!
From 4pm you can check the first video-update on the YouTube channel.