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The story of a trip in a very gray past...

My trip to Kobenhavn was nice. I left Ipswich on Wednesday 7 June (2000!), early in the morning (as it turned out too early for the Park-and-Ride bus, so had to walk for about 45 minutes to the A12) As usual my waiting time there was minimal, no more than ten minutes, but it wasn't until six rides later, at 14:29(!) before I reached Dover. Got on the ferry for free, thanks to three guys who were going on a booze-shopping expedition to Calais, and on the ferry I managed to get a ride all the way to the Raststätte Siegburg (south of Köln) in the evening. After a meal, I found a quiet corner in the restaurant and got myself some sleep.

So what do you do when you're unemployed? In my case, my wife sends me out to do a bit more hitch-hiking :)

Trip 76, three days, 16 rides, a lousy 995.5 km in 8.31 hour of driving time, which makes the average speed of 116.9 km/h the only thing worth mentioning.

Which brings me to trip 77...

After visiting Portugal and Spain for the first time this year (as a hitch-hiker, that story will follow later) I decided to escape the Belgian part of Lithuania, the house was somewhat overrun by our grandchildren and relatives of my wife, for a few days...

So...

Day 1

After getting out of bed at the horrible time of 5:30 and eating a few sandwiches and a drink, I jumped on my bike, cycled to the President Kennedy Plein (the start of the A10) and stuck up my "Brugge" sign, but it took me about half an hour to get a ride, and quite remarkable, it was the third (out of four) times I left Oostende with a female driver, to the "Jabbeke" petrol station.

Just returned from my second trip of the year;over the weekend my mother visited us to celebrate Audrone's birthday and about two hours after she left, I got a call, "Did I leave my bag at your place?". She did...

As she and her friend are about to go to Spain for a holiday, and with the bag containing lots of important papers, she suggested mailing them, but I decided to grab this opportunity to get a bit more training for my next trip (Porto-Luxembourg, next month) and to take it myself. It would also offer me a chance to see their new apartment.