In the eyes of many youth abroad, Germany appears as almost perfect and flawless. Local problems and challenges are not communicated and not shown realistically. Conversely, we only know a few things of the life in Ukraine which are mainly focusing on reports about the precarious political and economic situation.
The joint trip with the final goal in Ukraine gives the chance to look behind the scenes of these clichés: The youth can experience each other’s perspectives and ideas while driving around and get an insight into the true conditions in the other party: unfiltered and largely unaffected by the national media activities.