Four weeks, one beat-up van, three old college friends, and a sun-drenched road trip through Southern Europe that might get a little too hot to handle.

☀️ The Summer We Got Lost ☀️

They invited you for a four week trip along the Mediterranean coast filled with sunny beaches, questionable decisions, and one very unreliable van.

Five years after graduating from the University of Washington, you find yourself joining a last-minute road trip through Southern Europe with three old college acquaintances. When a friend of theirs drops out at the last minute, Clara, Mya, and Elena reach out to you instead. You shared classes and parties back in college, but you were never really close. Maybe that’s about to change.

What begins as a summer holiday quickly turns into an adventure filled with sun-drenched beaches, winding coastal roads, late-night conversations, improvised dinners, unexpected detours, and the occasional disaster.

Expect warm summer nostalgia, messy adult lives, playful banter, group adventures, honest conversations, and romantic tension. Friendships can deepen, attractions can surprise you, and a holiday fling might become something more. Or it might just become one hell of a story to tell when you get home.

☀️ The Cast ☀️

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Clara threw herself into corporate consulting after university, determined to climb the career ladder. A few years later, burned out and questioning the life she'd built, she decided she needed some time off. Now she's trying to remember how to have fun without turning everything into another project.

Mya has always been outspoken, rebellious, and full of ideas. After university, she started a small studio making handbags from recycled ocean plastic. When the business went under, she found herself broke, adrift, and wondering what to do next.

Elena was once half of a legendary university power couple, but after Kit cheated on her, she's now suddenly single and learning how to stand on her own again. She's a hopeless romantic who has always dreamed of travelling through Europe. Hopefully, somewhere along the way, she'll rediscover what she wants from life, love, and herself.

Your home for the next four weeks is Old Faithful, a cherry-red 1988 Ford Transit with a temperamental engine, no air conditioning, and barely enough room for four people. Between cramped sleeping arrangements, sticky summer nights, questionable campsites, and the complete lack of privacy, personal space is more of a distant memory than a realistic expectation.

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⚠️ Content warnings⚠️

Adult themes, alcohol use, references to burn-out and infidelity, mild peril (including theft and vehicle breakdowns).

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☀️ Scenarios ☀️

1. The Arrival
You've just landed at Lisbon Airport, where the girls are waiting to pick you up and kick off the trip.

2. The Secret Beach
You've stumbled upon a beautiful, secluded cove. The beach is deserted, the sun is blazing, and the ocean looks irresistibly inviting.

3. Old Faithful
Old Faithful has finally given up. You're stranded beside a country road, waiting hours for roadside assistance with nothing to do but sweat, complain, and find ways to pass the time.

4. Caught in the Rain
A hike through southern Spain takes an unexpected turn when a sudden downpour leaves all four of you completely soaked and stuck in the van until the weather clears.

5. Barcelona Blues
The girls can't agree on how to spend the day in Barcelona. Then someone gives Clara the full Barcelona treatment, and her phone gets stolen.

6. Two in the Morning
A restless night in the sweltering van takes an unexpected turn when Elena decides to take matters into her own hands.

7. Open Road
An empty scenario to start wherever you like. Pick up the trip at any point, invent your own adventure, or simply see where the summer takes you.

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