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Police, you gotta love 'em!

Submitted by Anonymous Hitchhiker on 27 June 2011 - 4:33pm

I was in Spain on my way to the 2010 European hitchfestival when two nice fellows stepped out of the car to inspect my papers. They informed me I couldn't hitchhike here.

I contested. They double-checked and wished me a nice ride. The same occured a couple of months later, with different police but again in the same country.

In some countries police can give you a hard time. They send you away for example, or even want to check your bags and everything. But most of the time you are fine. I generally just stay nice to them. I think it is easier that way.

Roads in South of Spain

Submitted by Anonymous Hitchhiker on 14 June 2011 - 4:53am

I was hitchhiking in beautiful South Spain this March for almost 3 weeks with an experienced traveller friend. The most inspiring ride was a Portuguese couple who picked us up with a camper-like something, in which we shared the small space with 2 sweet dogs. Ana and Joao are really awesome people: they write poems and short stories, and they sell them. I will learn Portuguese one day to read them.

They made us green leaf-tea in the back of the car, so we were slurping delicious tea while the camper moved under us. When our lifelines crossed we were on the way to Madrid, they were on the way to France to do some fruit-picking.

Hitchhiking to Elf-Town

Submitted by Anonymous Hitchhiker on 25 April 2010 - 2:21am

Where did you say we are going to? To the Town of the Elfs, Lena said, serious but smiling frankly. We came from France hitchhiking with her dog, had stayed overnight with our driver and were on our way to Barcelona.

But first we had to follow an alternative route, leading to a special place, Lena decided. Getting off the main roads, we managed to arrive at Pueblo de los Duendes with three cars and within two hours. We stayed to enjoy this magical place in the hearth of Catalunya - a maze made out of wood - and got one ride out of there, to Barcelona.

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