Hello hello everyone
It’s been a while but that doesns’t make the story less interesting right 😉
On Friday November 15 my hitchhike adventure to Leipzig began! At 6 am, not a minute
later, Antoni and I were ready to catch our first ride at the hitchhike spot near Sontplein. We
(read: Antoni) started with chucking a beer (most important things first right) to get some
points for the minute games. After this it was time to take a selfie in our matching outfits,
together with our mascot Eckie.
Within 10 minutes we got our first ride from 2 students who were going to Berlin for the
weekend. So we were off to a great start! We did a lot of minute games together with them
like doing push ups and karaoke (we sang along with sugardaddy, yes really). They dropped
us off at a gas station near Bremen where we got some free coffee from the very generous
employee <3
We then got a ride to hannover, from 3 guys, who were drinking red bull, playing hard style
oh and not to forget: they drove a BMW. I was pretty happy. Or well I couldn’t be happier
with our vibe in the car. The guys were going to EuroTier. You’re probably wondering what
that is. Well, it is the biggest farming fair in Europe (yes the guys were farmers). What Antoni
and I didn’t know tho, is that they were going to drop us off at this fair… Time for a
sidequest!
We walked and walked until we got to the highway where there was a pedestrian bridge
(why would you even build that??) which led us to a gas station on the highway. We were
kind of stranded there. Nobody wanted to bring us into the direction of Leipzig. So we
decided to do some minute games like the gender blender! Don’t we look hot?
After this, we decided to start looking for alternatives, like a flixbus or blablacar. We decided
to get a blablacar from the city of Hannover if we weren’t able to get a ride before 5. But then
something happened. We met a really lovely busdriver who wanted to drop us off at another
gas station. The committee wanted to disqualify us because we took a ride from a bus but
the bus wasn’t even in service, nobody else was in there even…. And this guy basically
saved us!
At the next gas station, we were able to get a ride into the city of Hannover from an Egyptian
guy where we were dropped of at another gas station. Here our misery came to an end
when we got our next ride within a few minutes to Magdeburg! We were so happy!!! Until we
arrived at the gas station in Magdeburg, where other AEGEEans were waiting as well. We
were there with 5 couples or something so the game was on!
Antoni was smart enough to pair up with another duo who were able to get a ride for the four
of us! Thank you so much Mette! Although the driver was a bit sketchy, was probably high
on drugs and had a lot of grocery bags in his car, all filled with alcohol, it was a pretty good
last ride of the day. He dropped us off in Leipzig where we took a tram to the central station
and finally arrived at the hostel around 7 pm . It was a long day but it was all worth it <3
I hope you enjoyed reading about our hitchhike adventure and see you somewhere in
Europe!
XOXO
Jennifer
NL