Travel Devil

Travel Devil

Travel Devil is all about unconventional travel. In a world of mass tourism and cheap flights, your host Clara Francken inspires you to travel differently. This podcast holds space for a conscious and sustainable travel lifestyle. You'll get inspired, you'll laugh, and hear incredible stories from a wide range of guests. Go to @clarafrancken on Instagram to get in touch.

Episodes

May 16, 2024 31 mins

In the 1950s, Klaus' parents left Germany on a ship, aiming for a better life in Canada. In this episode, our host Clara Francken talks to Klaus about his travel dreams. Klaus wishes to travel back to Germany and sail back to his roots.
Why does he want to travel on a freighter ship? Why did his parents migrate to Canada? What is the impact of sailing aboard a cargo ship?

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1500km of cycling around the Dutch border & crossing to neighbor countries hundreds of times. Bicycle touring around your own country while following strict rules. Vincent Wever cycled around his homecountry The Netherlands. His rules? 
1. stay as close to the border as possible
2. don't do the same route twice

The borders of Holland touch both Belgium and Germany. But they also cross houses, stores, garde...

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Luxembourg, the world's richest country, made public transport free. Today we're talking about Luxembourg and its buses, tramway and train system. This is great for the environment, is very practical and reduces the amount of traffic which was going in the capital. Luxembourgish railway system is called the SNL (Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois).

How did this change affect the country? Is it fr...

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How to find cheap train tickets? How to travel comfortably? Which countries should you visit by train? Join our host Clara Francken as she shares expert tips, insider secrets, and captivating stories from the rails, guaranteed to elevate your European train travel experience.

Stories from delayed journeys through Belgium and Germany to sun-soaked escapades in Spain and a four-day trip to Greece, this episode is your ultimate guide t...

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What is it like to go long-distance bicycling?  This week’s guest William Spencer biked from the U.K. to India in less than one year, experienced culture shock, danger and profound friendship on the road. Now he's older, but still traveling by bike. He explains which life lessons he learned from being on the road, why age doesn't matter, which challenges he faced and how he overcame those.  William cycled more than 100.00...

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These female ecoleaders are changing the travel industry by raising their voice.  9 women who will inspire you to travel differently and show that there are many solutions.

  1. Tania Muxima
  2. Dalisa Camci
  3. Emma’s Roadmap
  4. Margreen Margarita Samsonova
  5. Olivia Piana
  6. Jane Goodall
  7. Sylvia Earle
  8. Wangari Maathai
  9. Greta Thunberg

First, I talk about my past interview partners (1-3) who have inspired my own travel journey: long distance cycling, hitchh...

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This guy is traveling to every continent of the world using his own human power. No plane, no car, no engine was used for his journey. He takes us back on his road in Oceania where he took the rowing boat to sail between Java and Papua. He rowed 4.00 km in Indonesia and is the first one rowing this long road. In total he rows and sails 12.000 km and cycles 70.000 km to reach his ultimate goal: the summits of Puncak Jaya (Oceania), ...

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December 21, 2023 18 mins

In this week's solo Christmas special, Clara is talking about her experience celebrating Christmas for the firs time abroad. Spending Christmas away from the family, in a place surrounded by new friends only. Social life is already hard during winter times, let alone finding people to celebrate Christmas with. Your host Clara Francken explains how her family Christmas tradition looks like, how she spent her Christmas in Turkey...

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December 7, 2023 29 mins

Everything you need to know about a gap year, and more. What is living in Turkey like? Living in a host family? Learning a new language? Travel Devil host Clara shares her own experience in this week's episode. She answers your questions about her year abroad, and explains how she chose to travel with the exchange organization AFS. At first, she opens up about the process of deciding the country Turkey and shares insights of A...

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How to explore your home country? Can you travel close to home and have fun? See beautiful destinations? Travel Devil host Clara talked about weekend trips and micro adventures with Emma. She started exploring Belgium when the pandemic hit, and shares her experience on Instagram on @emmasroadmap. In this episode, she'll share the top beautiful destinations in Belgium, how to find micro adventures close to your home, how to pla...

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Is cargo ship traveling better than boarding a cruise ship? Travel Devil host Clara talked to Joris, he traveled the Atlantic Ocean as a passenger on a container ship. After that life-changing experience, he started his own travel agency CptnZeppos. In this episode, Joris shares everything you need to know about being a passenger on a cargo ship. I promise you will feel good, inspired, and laugh during this episode. 

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Is it really dangerous to go bike packing  solo as a woman? Travel Devil host Clara talked to Tania, full-time traveler on her bicycle about 8 month a year! Tania did a 10.000 km tour in South America, 9.000 km in Afrika and many more km's on other trips. Her  story isn't only very strong, she's extremely inspiring and was a big inspiration to start Clara's own bicycle touring journey.

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October 31, 2023 24 mins

Join Clara for her first solo episode where she opens up about her Flixbus experiences and tells you about this new travel podcast. In the theme of Halloween this is a horror story which takes place at the bus station in her home town. Clara shares her personal experience with Flixbus and reacts to other's bad experiences on Reddit. If you're asking yourself if you should travel by bus... This episode is for you!

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