'Best Decision': This Couple Quit Jobs to Travel Around Europe in Van



Kieran and Alice quit their jobs and started renting out their refurbished two-bed semi-detached home in Oxford to pay for their new way of life in August 2020. Kieran and Alice quit their jobs and started renting out their refurbished two-bed semi-detached home in Oxford to pay for their new way of life in August 2020.

The couple had had enough of the perpetual rat race, competitiveness and stress of the stereotypical life.


Many of us have this dream of living the ultimate vagabond life, away from the hustle and bustle of the world, travelling to new places. But, as we are burdened with additional responsibilities, most of us grow out of these ‘utopian’ dreams. However, it is impossible to paint everyone with the same brush and a couple in Europe who are living the ‘ideal dream’ by ditching the nine to six shift for a nomadic life of travelling, wild swimming, surfing and hiking, is the perfect example.


As per a report in The Metro, to establish their new house on wheels, which included a double bed, a composting toilet underneath the sofa, a one-square-meter kitchen, and an outdoor shower, ex-IT consultant 27-year-old Kieran Field, and former accountant 26-year-old Alice Ballard bet everything they owned on a £7,000(Rs 650317) van. The couple had had enough of the perpetual rat race, competitiveness and stress of the stereotypical life and decided to go full nomadic.