'We were both diagnosed with MS within days of each other - so we jumped in our van and hit the road for a year'
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'We were both diagnosed with MS within days of each other - so we jumped in our van and hit the road for a year'
"A husband and wife, travelling in a van the size of the average car parking space, for 361 days, across 17 countries, covering 160,000 miles - Susan Bennett laughs when I have to ask the question that has been plaguing me: "Did you not fight?""
"When Belfast couple Susan and Chris Bennett found out they had multiple sclerosis in the same week, they seized the moment to embark on the adventure of a lifetime across Europe"
"I devoured the Co Down woman's beautifully observed debut, One Year, a book that is part travel guide, part memoir, documenting her year-long trip of a lifetime around Europe in a campervan with her husband, Chris."
Susan and Chris Bennett learned they both had multiple sclerosis in the same week and chose to travel across Europe. They spent 361 days on the road, traveling in a van about the size of an average car parking space. Their journey covered 160,000 miles across 17 countries. Susan Bennett’s account blends travel guidance with personal memoir, describing the year-long adventure with her husband. The narrative emphasizes the surprising lack of marital conflict during the trip, focusing instead on shared experience and endurance while living with multiple sclerosis.
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