Chilly-Chilly-BANG! how we freelanced through Europe's coldest winter in a VW with a kid

by Harley Sachs

Overview

Caught between jobs and residences, e.g. homeless and unemployed, we got $1000 from my parents, bought an old VW bus for $600, and set off in the winter from Denmark. Off we went,two adults and a toddler in a rusty VW heated with a catalytic heater. I had never owned a car and knew nothing about fixing them as we went from breakdown to breakdown through Europe, writing three trade journal articles a week. We could not afford restaurants or hotels. Near the end of the winter tghe exchange engine went BANG two days after the warranty expired, leaving us stranded on the Autobahn. This is our adventure story.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012052216
Publisher:	IDEVCO Idea Development Company
Publication date:	03/31/2008
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	105
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Though born in Chicago and raised in Indiana, Harley L. Sachs considers himself an international, having lived in Germany, Sweden, Scotland, and Denmark. He earned a degree in English at Indiana University, then served in the US Army in Germany. After getting his Master's degree at I.U. he returned to Europe and worked under cover for several years. He met and married Ulla in Stockholm, Sweden and they spent a year's honeymoon in a Scottish castle. Returning to the USA, Sachs taught English briefly at Southern Illinois University then moved to Michigan Technological University in the Upper Peninsula where he and his wife raised three daughters. He took early retirement and now divides the year between Michigan and Portland, Oregon.

Harley L. Sachs is the author of many novels, short stories, magazine articles and newspaper columns. His short stories have been broadcast on the BBC World Service short wave and on Oregon Public Radio’s Golden Hours . His awards for writing are too numerous to list as are his about 100 publications.