Awesome! I've always thought hitchhiking was wonderfully romantic (especially now that I'm reading Kerouac's On the Road, but I'll probably never do it just because of the danger (perceived or real). What was it like for you guys? Also: shit, how fast were you going at the end? That's 170+ km/hr, right?
Yeah the driver was going pretty fast. It's not really legal (I don't remember but i think the speed limit was around 130km/h) but it's this new "autobahn" style toll road they constructed in Croatia recently. It was also an empty road (cause nobody wants to pay the toll?) so honestly I think it was pretty safe. We were not planning to hitchhike which is why we have a backpack on heels instead of a regular backpack. We decided to give it a try because we couchsurfed a bunch before and all our hosts kept telling us how amazing hitchhiking is. So we decided to give it a go in Romania and take buses if it didn't work out. We have a pretty crazy/awesome first day : http://foundonland.tumblr.com/post/96595634115/first-time-hitchhiking http://foundonland.tumblr.com/post/96701704525/hichkiking-adventures-from-romania So we decided to keep doing that :) We definitely had a couple long waits and unpleasant moments but the good outweighs the bad 10000% And I think most of Europe is pretty safe and easy to hitchhike. Definitely would do again.
I need to try and reread Kerouac because the first time I tried I was not having what he was putting down.