France is one of the most beautiful countries I have ever seen in my life, but after traveled through France for five months, I realised is the people who make France a beautiful and delightful place to live and visit
Stephen is a 46 years old bald guy who stopped to give me a ride before I even thumb up, I was at a big roundabout walking toward the right junction to go to Château de Chambord, Continue reading
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Rocamadour is a very pretty small village in the Lot department south-western of France built right on the gorge above the tributary of river Dordogne, every year it attracts millions of tourists and pilgrims because of its sanctuary of blessed virgin mary and the black wooden Madonna and the majestic setting of the village, and how they managed to squeeze the whole cathedral into the cliff is very impressive and unbelievable, plus there is a castle sitting right above the cliff overlooking the gorge and the village, Rocamadour is also classed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO as part of the St James’ Way pilgrimage route. Continue reading
Perpignan, France
If you ever wanna hitchhike from Barcelona to France, there is a very good spot on the highway which works very well for me all the time, you need to take R2 Line train from Barcelona to Montcada(suburb of Barcelona, situate right beside the highway), if you don’t have money to buy the ticket, it is easy to sneak into the train system in Barcelona, you just have to walk right behind the person who has just insert his ticket in the ticket gate, usually the gate will stay open for about 2 seconds after the train ticket was inserted, then you just quickly follow the person through the gate, but don’t do this if you see any train employees around, I guess you will get a fine if you get caught, once you arrive Montcada, you just have to ask the locals where is the rest area on the highway, this rest area is a fantastic place for hitching, it has petrol station and restaurant, and plenty of cars with french number plate, here is an interesting story happened to me when I hitched from Barcelona to Perpignan, France in 2016/01/17: Continue reading
I had never being arrested by polices before, until I was traveling in England by hitchhiking, hitching is not a common thing in England anymore, especially in southern part of England which is the most populated area of United Kingdom , however hitchhiking is still very doable in England and the whole UK, you won’t see any hitchhiker in England, but it doesn’t mean that you can not do it, it is legal to hitchhike in England and any part of UK unless you are thumbing up right on the motorway, but I have to say that the police in England they do not like hitchhiker, Continue reading
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