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6/1/2008 | Destination Madrid

Spain welcomed us with the entirely Spanish-only environment. You would think that they would bother to have some signs our announcements in English at the international airport. Fortunately, PJ knows little Spanish so we were able to find our way out of airport and take the right bus to our hostel.

6/4/2008 | Along the coast of Dragon to Montpellier

France, eventually. For a while, it seemed like we wouldn’t be able to make it. We spent more than three hours waiting for a ride at the Spanish – French border in Pyrenees. The scenery was cool, though. Finally, an old man in the rusty Seat took us on board. As if unaware of his vehicle condition, he drove like nuts so that we sat in silence with terror in our eyes. He couldn’t speak English anyway. However he took us all the way to Montpellier.

6/11/2008 | Traffic in Trieste

They say Trieste is one charming city. We barely had a time to notice it, though, because we were really busy taking care of not being run over by the insane Italian drivers.

6/15/2008 | Friendly Slovenia

After a while, we’re getting farther away from the coast. From Trieste, the old lady gave us a ride. She realized soon that she liked us so much that we had to meet her family. And you can’t say NO to an old lady who gives you a ride. Meeting her family was great. We weren’t apparently the first hitchhikers invited into this family in its history. Therefore, everybody knew what to do. We had a great lunch and only because our busy schedule we had to refused to spend a night there and we set off to Ljubljana.

6/18/2008 | Impressions of Graz

PJ wanted to see Graz so badly that we even got off the car that could have taken us all the way to Vienna. She got all excited about the most ordinary things such as trams in the streets and flowers in windows, with her feet barely touching the sidewalk. I finally got a glimpse of what was going on when she started talking about that book she had finished reading two weeks ago and whose story was set to Graz.

6/22/2008 | Sacher torte and Austrian capital

Vienna, now this is the place I was aching to see. PJ is mad at me because I refused to go with her to taste “sacher torte”. To me, it seemed like the most obvious thing to do in Vienna. I couldn’t stop her from going on her own, though.

7/1/2008 | Disappointment in Prague

I’m supposed to pick up PJ in Bratislava. Again, I don’t have to hitchhike so I’m taking a bus. Oddly enough, PJ’s rather glad to see me. The trip to Prague is one smooth ride. But the city center is jammed with people again. Why all tourists share the need of visiting same places at the same time?

7/3/2008 | Wir sind Berliners

Berlin, after a long time the city we both wanted to see. And as we’re almost done with our trip, we’re getting much more relaxed in comparison with just week ago. We are almost able to joke with each other again. We don’t have much money left, though, so we’re mostly hanging around, considering every Euro, spent for the gallery ticket.

7/5/2008 | Saying goodbye Europe

Paris, our final destination. Because there’s no upcoming hitchhiking trip, the tension between PJ and me is all gone. I have a friend here, so the last night we spend in his place, drinking wine and using his computer to look at pictures we’ve taken during our month in Europe.

Today, PJ went to do some shopping and we've promised each other go out have dinner tonight.

6/29/2008 | Sweetness of loneliness

Since I went to Budapest on my own, I didn’t have to pretend I enjoy hitchhiking and I took a train. I wouldn’t dare to hitchhike on my own anyway. Finally had a little time to read that book I bought in Ljubljana.

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