I did a hitchhiking race from Lille to Copenhagen in one week. We were 24 teams of 2 (m/m or m/f, for safety issues) with 15 organizers.

Every morning, we were given an envelope with the destination of the day and we had to get there without spending a penny. We went to Utrecht (a mini-Amsterdam in the Netherlands), Niederlandenbeck (a small village of 40 peoples in Germany), Hambourg (a mini-Berlin), Kolding and Copenhagen (in Denmark). In one week, we did ~ 1400 kms (870 miles) and we got there with approximately 24 cars and one truck.

The truck driver asked us to unshoe because he installed a little carpet. There was also a porn calendar and some kitchen paper at hand's reach, it was pretty funny. We went in a car with a CEO who just signed a 100 000 € contract and was pretty happy in a beautiful Mercedes, he created a product which aims to reproduce the yellow pages for compagnies. There was a guy who did MMA, a couple who went to a little cabin in Sweden to disconnect from the world and breathe, a sculptor, a fisher who fished in Antarctica and builds roads who was at 220 km/h (136,70 mph) on the highway in Germany.

There was a guy who did a 500 kms detour for a team. Another who bought 6 burger kings menu to 3 teams. A lot of great people.

Overall it was a really great experience.

Now I'm back to reality and I have to be ready for school/university interviews while searching for a summer job, but I spend way too much time playing Civilization V with friends. I'm also planning an Interrail trip in August and for now we planned to go to Milan, Rome, Athens, Istanbul and Prague. It should be another great adventure.