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So? I am! – Kaminer meets…

Travelling produces impressions. The best ones are created in an open-top car like the BMW 420d Convertible. An ideal setting for a bestselling author like Wladimir Kaminer. That is why we sent him to an inspiring place for the episode “I drive. So? I am!” of our road.stories: to Barcelona.

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    Francisco Arruda · ramp.pictures
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    Markus Henttonen
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    Wladimir Kaminer

When you are driving and travelling, you sometimes experience that magical moment when you feel like you are not moving an inch as the streets, houses and people pass you by. For once, the world seems to revolve around us. Moments like these are rare. The episode “I drive. So? I am!” of the road.stories by ramp x BMW Drivers Club has captured one of them.

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In it, bestselling author and BMW Drivers Club Champ Wladimir Kaminer meets people who could celebrate carnival daily—in nothing more than their usual outfits. He discovers restaurants that he would love to take back to his adopted home of Berlin, because “the Catalans cook like kings”. And minute by minute, he understands the world a little better.

“The beauty of a road trip is that it never ends. The road goes on and on. There, behind the mountains, in the setting sun, the next adventure is waiting for us.”
Wladimir Kaminer

Our road.stories format combines the joy of driving with exciting people from the fields of art, culture and motorsport. Always at the heart of the action: ramp columnist, bestselling author and BMW Drivers Club Champ Wladimir Kaminer.

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