How I Outsmarted Europe's Border System | The Great Schengen Experiment

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The final chapter in our **Schengen experiment**. We leave Grandma’s in France (after a mad chase to catch the cat!), drive north through Lyon, and spend a night in a camper area before pushing on with a long day’s drive. Along the way we even try one of France’s famous pizza vending machines.

We also talk about the lack of proper UK campervan facilities compared to Europe. Alexia has started a UK government petition to fix this — please consider signing here:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/734493

Finally, we reach Calais ferry port, where passport control gives us the big answer: did the Schengen plan actually work?

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⏱️ **Chapters:**
00:00 Coming up
00:34 The plan and catch the cat
05:08 Driving north through Lyon
07:38 First camper stop
08:11 UK vs EU camper services
08:50 Alexia’s petition explained
10:01 Another day driving through France
14:19 Pizza vending machine test
17:14 Forest campsite
21:30 Calais ferry port park up
19:56 The big day. passport control