{"id":1083,"date":"2024-05-01T22:02:05","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T20:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grandtoureurope.fr\/?page_id=1083"},"modified":"2024-05-01T22:14:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T20:14:14","slug":"the-journey","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/grandtoureurope.fr\/index.php\/the-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"The Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1083\" class=\"elementor elementor-1083\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-641a3d7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"641a3d7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ba1d34 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6ba1d34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 26-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">THE JOURNEY<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28e903d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"28e903d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b53c845 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b53c845\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"color: #548dd4;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><i><b>\u00ab A bicycle tour of Europe, others have done it, but, as minors, at 17, we&#8217;re the only ones!<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><i style=\"font-family: Arial, serif; color: #548dd4; font-size: x-large;\"><b>\u00a0\u00bb<\/b><\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7fbda2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f7fbda2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b31ae7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6b31ae7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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They adapted their route as much as possible to the constraints created by the pandemic, even though many borders were closed, tests were too expensive for their budget, and quarantines were difficult to avoid. Despite the COVID situation, they were generously welcomed throughout their journey, in a Europe emptied of its usual tourism&#8230; but not of its trucks!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"> Elio and Justin visited ecological projects and met with residents of the different countries they crossed. They collaborated with primary schools and a high school class to allow students to follow their journey remotely via video conferencing and discover Europe with them while studying.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\">They created a blog for their network of contacts, which expanded during the journey. They were also followed by various media outlets in their region and by the high school newspaper Phosphore.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE JOURNEY \u00ab A bicycle tour of Europe, others have done it, but, as minors, at 17, we&#8217;re the only ones!\u00a0\u00bb VISIT THE JOURNEY&#8217;S WEBSITE After 18 months of preparations, particularly to gather the budget &#8211; which was very modest indeed &#8211; they needed, Elio and Justin managed to convince their parents to let them [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1083","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandtoureurope.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandtoureurope.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandtoureurope.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandtoureurope.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandtoureurope.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1083"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/grandtoureurope.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1089,"href":"https:\/\/grandtoureurope.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1083\/revisions\/1089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandtoureurope.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}