“10 years ago, I returned from a round-the-world trip with my wife. As far as clichés go, I’ve done the lot. Oh… I forget… I also have two charming children, beautiful and intelligent to boot. You want to know the truth? I don’t know them. In fact, in order to pay off the overdraft, I’ve set up in business and work a lot.
A while ago, I read something about a family who toured the world in a camping car. They returned with rock-solid family ties restored. I had a revelation: I know what to do to become a good father: buy a camping car!
In fact, with Milène, we’ve never been in a camping car and whenever we go hiking, we get into a fight. But we wouldn’t be deterred by such details. Our only plan consisted in not being too specific on the length of the trip: 6 months, a year… two weeks? We wanted to cross the Americas, from Prudhoe Bay in Alaska to Ushuaia in the very south of Argentina. It’s the kind of trip you imagine at home, with the finger on the map, in front of a nice fire…