Hitchhiking

Thank You, all the people who took me up!

Poland

My 'Zero-th' journey
It was in 2002, as I remember, and I wanted to go directly to Warsaw. I had no city's name card, it was 12 o'clock. I remember 6 cars stopped with proposition to take me to Oleśnica, but I refused and after 2 hours I came back and went by train :-(
My first, real journey

From Wrocław
To Warsaw
Date 12.09.2003
Hrs 04:30 (06:00) am
1. Wieluń, truck
2. Just married couple (Opel Astra)
Hrs ~11:40

After "Formalne" examination. 4:30 wake up, 6:00 at the road, 12:00 at the place.

Second
From Wrocław
To Warsaw
Date 10.10.2003
Hrs 06:30 am
1. Grzesiek: young businessman
Hrs ~11:30

That was fast. Directly to Warsaw. All the way talking about.. :)

Third, fourth
From Wrocław
To Warsaw
Date 24.10.2003
Hrs 07:00-07:40 am
1. Koło, Marta: telling about her horse
2. Błonie, PKS truck driver
3. Two young guys in Peugeot
Hrs ~11:40
From Warsaw
To Hrubieszów
Date 30.10.2003
Hrs ~10:40 am
1. Lublin, PKS Mini truck driver
2. Zamość, Guy with awful cigarettes
3. Werbkowice, Young guy driving v. fast (Opel Calibra)
4. Truck driver home in private car
Hrs ~17:00

Well, that was joined journey. First to Warsaw, few days rest, then to Hrubieszów.
I was at the road before sunset. There was cold and dark between 07:00 to 07:20. At 07:40 a girl took me up, and I had to wait to warm up to say something. We were going another way, to Poznan-Warsaw motorway, above Łódź.
I get out in Koło, on a crossroad on lights. An approaching truck flashed with lights with side move. It was great feeling. When you stay on a road and there moves line of cars and one of them makes side move for me. He took me almost to Warsaw.
After few days spent with Monisia I had to go home. And truth is what people say: "close home - worse".
There was no problem to get to Lublin, but I had to wait a while to Zamość. Young guy with awful cigarettes took me. There was raining little and was quite late (16:00). Guy with Opel Calibra came and took me to Werbkowice, very, very fast. I remember car's engine which sounded like wild cat or similar.
I've cache a truck's driver going home in his Mercedes..

Fifth (first to Wrocław)
From Warsaw
To Wrocław
Date 19.11.2003
Hrs 11:10 am
1. Rawa Mazowiecka, Guy driving to Łódź
2. Oleśnica, Truck driver with young boy
3. Man telling about France and French
Hrs ~18:30

It was my first journey from Warsaw. I was little afraid, because it was the first time, and the weather was rather bad. First I stand wrong way :-(, secondly it was late (11:15), third: noone wanted to take me.
Some young guy driving to Łódź took me to Rawa Mazowiecka (100km from Warsaw) and there was big problem there. There were no place to stand on. Cars drive the way very fast. I had to walk about 3 kms with wind at my back and sad in my eyes.
Happily truck stopped, with two guys inside! (driver and younger passenger). They took me to Oleśnica (30km from Wrocław). I went to the lights there, pull up my "Wrocław" card to a small van and he took me, so it was quick. It was already dark outside, it was 17:40. I was in my room near 18:30, so I managed not to late too much for Go classes.
It was my worst journey ever.

Sixth
From Warsaw
To Wrocław
Date 02.12.2003
Hrs 10:30 am
1. truck driver helping his sister's husband in work
Hrs 15:00

Nice and quick. Conversation with driver all the time. :-)

Seventh
From Wrocław
To Warsaw
Date 12.12.2003
Hrs 10:00 am
1. Iveco's representative
Hrs 15:30
Eighth (8)
From Warsaw
To Wrocław
Date 13.01.2004
Hrs 08:05 am
1. Bełchatów, soldier
2. truck, the highest one
Hrs 13:30

This trip has been unexpected. I wanted to go by train, by I late :(. But there was snowy, and I had no map or anything. But I tried and lucky :)

Ninth (9)
From Wrocław
To Warsaw
Date 23.01.2004
Hrs
1. Oleśnica, bus
2. man with Russian music, silence
Hrs ~15:00

There was very cold :-(

Tenth (10)
From Warsaw
To Wrocław
Date 13.01.2004
Hrs 14:00 :-)
1. two young man
Hrs ~19:00

There was very cold :-(

Eleventh (11)
From Wrocław
To Warsaw
Date 06.02.2004
Hrs
1. somewhere near, old man with another girl-hitchhiker
2. Warsaw, man with the beautiful dogs in Poland
Hrs ~14:00
Twelve (12th)
From Wrocław
To Warsaw
Date 04.03.2004
Hrs 11:10
1. Oleśnica, girl with boyfriend
2. Bełchatów, girl
3. Warsaw, a man from Horodło (near my city)
Hrs 18:00
Thirteenth (13th)
From Warsaw
To Wrocław
Date 10.03.2004
Hrs 11:20-13:30
1. Wrocław, man from Wrocław (Social Security, ComArch, ..)
Hrs 17:00

Well, the number 13 has something strange in itself. I was really scary at one moment. We stopped in a forest, somewhere far from the main road, the man get off, opened boot and pulled out the gun. There was nobody near..
All of this is true expect the gun ;-)

Fourteenth (14th)
From Wrocław
To Warsaw
Date 22.03.2004
Hrs 10:40-11:10
1. Warsaw, mid-truck driver (coming back from France)
Hrs 17:30
Fifteenth (15th)
From Wrocław
To Warsaw
Date 09.04.2004
Hrs 10:00
1. Warsaw, Renault Magnum
Hrs 15:30-17:00

The highest truck ever.

Sixteenth (16th)
From Warsaw
To Wroclaw
Date 20.04.2004
Hrs 14:00-15:40
1. Piotrkow Trybunalski, Hip-hop music man going to Katowice
2. Kepno, truck driver
3. by bus..
Hrs 21:40
The worst journey ever. I hate coming back from Warsaw. Drivers are different I think. And it was warm so everybody was thinking I can stand a little longer, I think :(
Seventeenth (17th)
From Wrocław
To Warsaw
Date 17.05.2004
Hrs 06:00-07:00
1. With IT fellow
Hrs 11:00
One of the fastest driving. Only 4 hours, and the funniest is that I arrive to Wroclaw the same day morning at 4 a.m. (by train), and then decided to go back to my Monisia for her birthday. The craziest thing ever done. WazAAAA..

Europe

Where was I?
From Poland
To Spain
Date 07.2000
1. Germany (Weingarten), by train
2. Germany (Bodensee Lake), by aunt's car
3. Switzerland (Zurich)
4. Switzerland (Geneva)
5. France (Lyon)
6. France/seacoast (Montpelier, Perpignan)
7. Spain (by Barcelona)
8. Spain (Lerida)
9. Les Borques Blanques
10. and back...

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