Archive for the 'A major piece of my life' Category

First steps on the way to Portugal

Saturday, July 24th, 2010

The 21st of July This was about the time to set off and head towards Portugal. I was waken up after a few hours sleep by my parents telling me that they were going 70km in my direction with a car and if I wanted a lift I had to hurry. That wasn’t good news, [...]

From England back to Poland

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

This was like one of the most amaizing days ever. I hit the road late friday morning. I found myself at the junction where from I was picked by Spanish truck driver. This cool fellow told me the story how he got to know his South African wife when he was on the road, brilliant [...]

The way to England and hitching over the channell

Saturday, May 22nd, 2010

It was early wednesday morning when I hit the road. I got a fast lift to Olsztyn, then to Ostróda. Standing at the perfect spot, watching cars passing by, next car stops. The guy was going to Poznan, excellent option as for me. He dropped me at the gas station on the highway A2, couldn’t [...]

I was headed to Amsterdam..

Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

These days I’m too lazy to share anything, so I’ll just drop some info what has happened recently. 4 days before the Easter I got a phonecall from Latvia that a friend and some fellow hitchhikers are leaving Riga and are headed to Amsterdam.  I didn’t think much, just felt like going. I barely made [...]

Berlin – Warsaw – Bartoszyce

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

On the 16th of March I hit the road and was headed towards Warsaw. We started together with Platschi (www.platschi.tk) at Grunewald highway exit and made it quite rapidly to Michendord. There we split up after being dropped by some German who used to hitchhike a lot when he was young. I put my thumb [...]

From hometown to Berlin via Warshaffka

Sunday, March 14th, 2010

The 11th of March This day started pretty good cause I passed my driving exam on the first attempt! I started hitching from Olsztyn towards Warsaw. I barely put on my headphones and played the music when first car and took me 30 km further. For the next lift I had to wait around an [...]

Winter hitching is the best hitching !

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

The 25th of January So, after a short break the idea was to go across Baltic countries to visit friend in Riga, then pay a visit to the community which lives in a house in Tallinn. First step was Bartoszyce- Riga.  When I woke up the weather wasn’t really encouraging. -25 degreeds could be felt [...]

Amsterdam again

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

The 17th of December Hi there, after a while. This time there was no goal in my trip. I was simply headed to casarobino to check out how are things there. The way started with a lift given by my parents to Olsztyn, 70km further. Olsztyn was quite snowy and windy, about -10 degreeds. I [...]

Catching up with friends in Lithuania

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

The 2nd of October Bartoszyce – Druskininkai As it’s been a while since I hit the road, I eagerly woke up in the morning and did so. The distance wasn’t extremely long, about 400km. I started hitchhing at around half past ten and after 6 minutes I got a lift from two girls who were [...]

This is how we do it without the money

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

Right, short explanation before I start it. We were hitchhiking back home, I mean I and 2 friends of mine. I asked one of them what is he going to do shortly, he said nothing. I asked, why wouldn’t we hitchhike a bit ? He agreed, we made an appointment one hour after arrival. We [...]