A woman and her little son have picked me up for the last stretch into Frankfurt. The son looks out the window and says, “Mommy, look! That police car is blue and yellow!” The woman explains that it isn’t the … Continue reading
The Dromomaniac
Tomorrow I am going to go for it again and try another exhaustingly long hitch, this time to Paris, but I might use mitfahrgelegenheit.de for the second leg from Munich. If it falls through, I will have to hitchhike the … Continue reading
At the 25 minute mark of the movie “Play it Again, Sam” by Woody Allen is this clip below. Plus, one minute later, there is a scene in a Chinese restaurant where he shows how the Chinese eat rice. On … Continue reading
My friend drove me out to the highway near Lake Balaton. It was freezing, so I put on my cold weather clothes (i.e. an extra t-shirt). It rained the whole way there, and I knew I would be exposed to … Continue reading
There is a vertical dividing line you can draw on a map in Europe where pop music is guitar-based to the left of it and to the right where it sounds more folkish. That line goes a little fuzzy through … Continue reading
By any standard the hitch from Frankfurt to southwest Hungary was a disaster, definitely in the Bottom Ten ever, but it was a true adventure and I have some satisfaction in making it. I just wish it hadn’t lasted 28 … Continue reading
I am going to go for it tomorrow and try and hitchhike 900km (550 miles) to Zalaegerszeg, Hungary in one day. Budapest would be easier as there is more traffic between Vienna and Budapest and there are no highways going … Continue reading
I started this trip with an $83 one way flight to Colombia from USA including all taxes. How did I find it? It was a lot of detective work, and I will reveal the specifics in the redesign of my … Continue reading
I completely dreaded hitchhiking up to Frankfurt on what was said to be one of the coldest May days on record, but I got very lucky. In Switzerland it wasn’t raining, just cold, and I got my first ride out … Continue reading
It’s easy to prepare yourself for Swiss costs by telling yourself that everything is simply double or triple of back home, but when you actually see it, are confronted by it, are hit with the realization that this is the … Continue reading
