MANY people dream of travelling the world and escaping the rat race, and that is exactly what one adventurous woman did, by moving into a £2,500 school bus. Alexa Berrong had been working as a flight attendant and living in New York, when the pandemic hit and she was forced to move back home to Georgia. Speaking to Fabulous, Alexa said: “I moved back to my parent’s house in Georgia while the world as we knew it began to crumble.
” During this time, Alexa rediscovered her passion for art, which she had studied at college but never pursued professionally. She continued: “My mama always said that I started drawing as soon as I could hold a pencil and that I was drawing in the womb. “Ultimately, I made the mistake of changing my major to Criminal Justice so I could ‘get a real job and do my art on the side.
’ “Like many artists, I was always told that I could not make a living doing my art.” While the prospect of paying for a bricks-and-mortar art gallery was expensive, Alexa came up with a more affordable and exciting option - getting a “studio on wheels.” After speaking with her dad, they looked on Craigslist and found an old school bus that was listed for just $4,000 (£3,100).
They were immediately sold and even haggled the price down to $3,300 (£2,500) when they picked it up. Alexa added: “It was a steal! I did not know that I would spend the next nine months on leave, building the coolest art project of my life so far. “My dad knows how to do every.
