I got stuck at a Reststop somewhere before Brussels - I think it was in 2004... at night - and I spent all night there... next day I had to chicken out, took the next best hitch (which did take till something like 10 in the Morning) ended up in Antwerpen and then took a train to Köln. I didn't like Antwerpen. Anyone about to say something nice about the town?

Whilst I lived out in the sticks of the black forest (hah - should be "out in the logs" - not "sticks"...) - well, when I was living out there, night-time hitchhikers usually were 16-17 year olds, who got stuck at some "village-ball" two towns from home. So I got to take along quite a few youngsters, usually in high spirits - or high, or in spirits... I always thought that was rather risky, and I do not feel all that comfortable hitching at night, either.