Boguinhas, the Car

The idea of bringing the car was brought up for several reasons:

- the huge amount of things we would like to bring to our one year experience in a foreign country, that we wouldn't have to buy once we got there;

- the fact that our faculty in Padova would be about 10km from the actual city, which would mean we would have to travel quite a lot everyday to get there and pay for public transports;

- the commodity of being able to travel around Italy with our own car;

- and of course, because of the adventure it would be to travel across 4 different countries by car!

     

My car is actually quite big, comfortable and in a very good condition, which for me was a requirement to take such a long trip. 

In any case, it's important to make sure everything is ok with the car and that it will be able to make a lot of kms! 

So I did take it to the mechanics, who made some small adjustments such as changing the oil, checking the tyre pressure and replacing the windshield cleaners (which I have no idea of how to say in English!).

All of this did not cost me much, but it will depend on the condition of your car and your own country of course.

After the general check up, I was ready to fill up the gas tank and drive away from Portugal!