About Be The Xception
This is us.
A Swiss-Portuguese story about travel, veganism and building a life beyond the expected path.
“Hi there! Welcome to our world! We are Leonie and João, a swiss-portuguese couple living in Switzerland. Our flat mate and the secret star of this blog is Maria, a 14 year old toy poodle, and Sharpy, a 9 years old shar-pei.”
Back in 2017, a first vanlife experience in Australia changed the direction of the journey. Later came a self-converted van, built around the layout they wanted.
This is preserved as historical biography from the existing site. It is not presented as a newly verified personal update.
VANLIFE.
VEGANISM.
The original site describes veganism as an ethical stance against animal exploitation, and vanlife as a way to travel with freedom and build a home around what matters.
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