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Do you plan on using your Mudita Kompakt while traveling this summer? Or perhaps, you’re like me & have already taken your Kompakt on a few travel adventures 
So far, my Kompakt has been to Athens, London, Rome, Istanbul, Venice, Padova, & Verona. Next month we’re heading to Sweden, via FERRY, which has me super excited!
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I live outside of Vancouver BC and I take the train every morning with the mudita kompakt. I love travelling with the Kompakt and I will definitely be taking the Kompakt on trips, especially once the maps feature rolls out with point to point directions. Having a directory with hours and information would be a great feature as well and being able to save specific spots on the map. That would enhance the device for travel purposes. I’m not sure if the Kompakt would be fully reliant for travel, but I typically rely on my BF phone when we travel to Europe. This would be a great companion device and I would love to have those features implemented as well.
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I had mine on two company trips inside Germany and one vacation in Finland (I also went there by ferry and loved it I would choose to go by ferry every time if it wasn’t thrice as expensive as flying). So far, my MK has been great on trips. I took all my pictures with it and with Organic Maps, I also successfully navigated through Berlin and some Finnish forests. I also love the hotspot function since I often use it to connect my iPad or laptop to the internet when I’m working in cafes without WLAN.
Isn’t that a shame! I traveled by Ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki last summer & I absolutely LOVED it. I didn’t have my Kompakt yet, but my BBQ10 managed just fine.
Regarding the cost- yeah, the the Ferry from Gdynia to Karlskorona is not cheap I could fly Ryan Air Or Wizz Air for 1/10 of the price
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I’m planning to go on a day trip to Tallinn the next time I’m in Helsinki
Yeah, I wish, they made ferry trips cheaper. They are better for the environment since most of the ferries also transport goods and so much more relaxing than flying. I also like the fact that you have to pay for WIFI so it’s some kind of forced digital detox 
And since the staff is Finnish and on board everything operates on Finnish time, you feel as if you’re already in Finland (also, they have Lohikeitto and Korvapuusti 
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I took the Mudita Kompakt with me on vacation this week as my daily companion and would like to briefly describe my experiences here.
When it comes to everyday life or traveling without a smartphone, I have already had plenty of practice over the last few years (with the MP02) (or the many decades before smartphones existed) and I really enjoy it.
I went to a remote place here in Germany, where nature, peace and quiet, and few people were important to me
I found a beautiful vacation home in a very small village near the “Mecklenburgische Seenplatte”. There was a lake right behind the house, and next to the house, the village ended and there was nothing but forest. Just right
Everything was booked by phone and paid for in advance. Then I booked and printed out the train tickets from the DB. I carried them in the leather cover of my Field Note notebook, which I always carry with me.
My luggage was very minimalistic: a backpack, clothes for a few days, my carbon steel knife, notebook, planner, and something to read. Plus my Kompakt and headphones that plug into the 3.5 mm jack. I love the 3.5 mm jack and it’s a shame that so many manufacturers are doing away with it. After all, Bluetooth headphones mean one more source of radiation on your head.
The journey went as usual with the train. The train was delayed and my seat reservation was invalid because the booked carriage was not available. During the journey, I listened to music most of the time using my Kompakt (with the Gramophone app, as unfortunately the pre-installed app does not yet allow songs to be sorted or organized into folders), as the other passengers were unfortunately quite loud (loud phone calls and loud conversations without consideration for others).
When I arrived at my destination, I went from the train station to the nearest supermarket to do some shopping. I had already looked up the route on a map beforehand. I then used the Kompakt to call a taxi and continued on to the vacation home. There was no internet connection here (no Wi-Fi and no LTE reception), which I found very relaxing.
The Kompakt mostly stayed in my bag during the vacation, and I often only took it out for my morning meditation.
I tested the camera during a hike by taking a few photos.
Once, I was looking for a specific viewpoint, so I used the maps on the Kompakt. Since I hadn’t installed the latest update due to the known problems, I couldn’t use the navigation function, but that wasn’t a problem at all. I used the map like a classic paper map and reached my destination very quickly.
Otherwise, I spent my time relaxing in the forest, going on long hikes, swimming in the lake behind the house, and above all, enjoying the peace and quiet. At home in the city, it’s no longer possible to sleep without earplugs. At night, there are car races on the street, car posers with loud exhaust systems drive up and down, and the neighbors no longer observe quiet hours.
That made me enjoy the peace and quiet even more. Except for a few animals in the forest, you couldn’t hear a thing. Simply wonderful. That’s life!
The day before my return trip, I called Kompakt to reserve a taxi for the next day.
The return journey went as expected from the railway company. There were delays, the carriage with my reservation was closed, and part of the tracks were closed, which meant that the train had to take a different route and my journey time doubled.
I listened to music with the Kompakt most of the way back as well.
When I got home, I still had over 30% battery left after 7 days (I had left with about 80%). Simply incredible.
Today, I plugged the Kompakt into my laptop, copied the photos to the hard drive, and sent them to family and friends via Telegram on my laptop. I have to say that it’s super relaxing to do something like this at home in peace and quiet instead of on the go. That way, you can stay in the moment during your vacation and aren’t tempted to send pictures around the world and report on your vacation. Instead, you get to experience your vacation!
Oh, and the photos turned out great and have a certain analog style, which I really like as an analog photographer
I like that better than the polished photos from modern smartphone cameras.
All in all, it was a wonderful vacation, and anyone who thinks they really need a smartphone to go on vacation is definitely wrong. With a little planning in advance, it’s all possible. Just like in the days before smartphones
The Mudita Kompakt was a quiet but absolutely reliable companion, which I really appreciate!
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@marko Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful account of your trip and how Mudita Kompakt fit into it. We really appreciate the level of detail and thought you put into describing your experience. It’s inspiring to see how intentionally you approached your vacation and how the phone could support that calm, present way of traveling. We’re especially glad to hear that the long battery life, 3.5 mm jack, and even the analog feel of the photos added to the overall experience. Stories like yours remind us why we build Kompakt in the first place.
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