Feb. 29, 2024, 8:15 a.m. - UPDATE: ARRIVED
AWAKE and walking (limping from a nine hour bus) towards the hostel
Feb. 29, 2024, 1:26 a.m. - sweet, sweet flixbus. en route to Copenhagen. SLEEP
Feb. 29, 2024, 12:48 a.m. - currently perfecting our card game skills waiting for the bus to Copenhagen in Hamburg!
Feb. 28, 2024, 8:45 p.m. - on the busssssss!!!!
Feb. 28, 2024, 7:48 p.m. - back in the beautiful Bremen station reminiscing on our adventures before we board a beloved flix bus
Feb. 28, 2024, 3:42 p.m. - exploring Bremen and deciding on run routes around Copenhagen, Strava doesn't know what will hit them...
Feb. 28, 2024, 1 p.m. - Luck is upon us and we have raised enough money for an overnight bus to Copenhagen tonight! here we come!
Feb. 28, 2024, 9:12 a.m. - some mathematical skills for the amount of money needed to raise to cover our Copenhagen travels
Feb. 28, 2024, 7:04 a.m. - AWAKE and raring to go - we have our sights set high and a plan in action. hopefully saying bye to the bustling streets of Bremen!
Feb. 27, 2024, 8:28 p.m. - too tired to write a witty update unfortunately, signing off for the night safe and sound in Bremen🫡 ASLEEP
Feb. 27, 2024, 5 p.m. - Made it to Bremen and Angus has declared his love for, and intention to marry, Jasmine. Personally, I was more interested in why she really wanted to teach us the word for Kale in German (in case anyone was curious, it's Grünkohl). Regardless, we're very grateful to be in a city and are going to try a last ditch attempt at getting to Hamburg before it gets dark
Feb. 27, 2024, 4:24 p.m. - With Jasmine getting a some German lessons on our way to Bremen
Feb. 27, 2024, 3:42 p.m. - a very silent drive in a car that felt so hot I convinced myself I was feverish and dying of the plague. But luckily, I am not dying, and we are inching closer to our destination...currently in Oldenburg
Feb. 27, 2024, 3:03 p.m. - He may not speak English, we may not speak German, but we still have much love for our nameless knight in shining armour-- to Oldenburg!
Feb. 27, 2024, 1:36 p.m. - recovering from a 100mph Tesla ride down the autobahn. Now reconvening at a bustling service station somewhere
Feb. 27, 2024, 1:23 p.m. - our full blast Josh Turner and Darius Rucker country playlist attracted some friendly smiles and a friendly Tesla owner to catapault us down the highway to a better location for hitchhiking! Thank you Pim!
Feb. 27, 2024, 12:01 p.m. - Made it to Leer, Germany!!! And consensus is that Hazel might be the sweetest woman ever. As for the German experience 10 minutes in, Angus and I (Madighan) had a close call with death at a round about. Turns out German drivers do not slow down
Feb. 27, 2024, 11:20 a.m. - team 16 ///rider.giggle.drank 30-RP-RP Just as we were losing hope, light came in the form of caffeine (for Madighan) and a ride!!! (for the team). We are educating Hank and Hazel on the joys of Scotland and the Loch Ness Monster
Feb. 27, 2024, 11:19 a.m. - Just as we were losing hope, light came in the form of caffeine (for Madighan) and a ride!!! (for the team). We are educating Hank and Hazel on the joys of Scotland and the Loch Ness Monster
Feb. 27, 2024, 10:01 a.m. - are we leaving Groningen? maybe? where are we going? good question - somewhere along the A7. no one seems to like hitchhikers here - apart from a guy tempting us in with a Tupperware of haribos
Feb. 27, 2024, 9:28 a.m. - our luck apparently ran out after jasper's couch because try as we might, there is simply no getting out of Groningen. Still, we persevere💪
Feb. 27, 2024, 6:14 a.m. - AWAKE
Feb. 26, 2024, 10:57 p.m. - SLEEP
Feb. 26, 2024, 9:03 p.m. - walked into a Pinterest board also known as Jasper's apartment- having fascinating conversations, will update shortly but can't be taken away from Jasper's words of wisdom for that long
Feb. 26, 2024, 7:28 p.m. - Didn't manage to leave Groningen - we keep making promises we can't keep - but instead opted for some vegan frinkogjjejwk (just like hitchhiking, spelling is not our strong suit) and a game of cards. Bussed to Heron to meet Jasper and are currently wandering the high rent district suburbs and fantasising about showers
Feb. 26, 2024, 4:57 p.m. - Our spirits have been slightly lifted with the biking crazed town of Groningen, and the promise of bed and board by a mysterious jasper if we don't manage to get out of here by tonight!
Feb. 26, 2024, 2:42 p.m. - Utrecht drained us of our passion and smiles :( We have seen not a single person smile. So after being kicked out of a service station for asking people for rides, we made our way to the station and are Groningen bound via train. Not our strongest moment, but a necessary choice to save our sanity
Feb. 26, 2024, 1:22 p.m. - admiring the beautiful sights of Utrecht in the rain 😍
Feb. 26, 2024, 1:03 p.m. - Our fearless leader Katie succeeded in securing us a ride into the Utrecht city centre with the very first person she asked. He happens to have studied in Canada so having a very patriotic conversation at the moment
Feb. 26, 2024, 12:33 p.m. - Our hopes rose as we clambered in to our next ride, only to realise that we started driving in the wrong direction (Utrecht). Never fear, we're still enjoying luxury in a suave BMW.
Feb. 26, 2024, 12:08 p.m. - After a mildly soul sucking stint in the inter city of Lelystad, Nick swung by and moved us a few kilometres closer to the main moterway. Didn't catch the license plate but was instead blessed with Nick's pessimism about our ability to hitchhike through the Netherlands
Feb. 26, 2024, 11 a.m. - Withessed a live phone call of Ashley being kicked out of his friends wedding party- very awkward business so glad when we finally made it to Lelystad. While we are enjoying some 4 euro veggie burgers, we are becoming mildly concerned by the lack of cars and overall signs of life in this city...pray for us
Feb. 26, 2024, 8:39 a.m. - 45 minutes into conversation with Ash, topics covered include Texas Chainsaw Massacre, shooting, and the United States of America. Curious to see where the next two hours take us, wish us luck...
Feb. 26, 2024, 7:56 a.m. - our saviour Ashley pulled through with a lift to lelystad, after two hours of networking on the ferry! shoutout to the guy in Costa giving us plentiful bottles of Harrogate spring water.
Feb. 26, 2024, 7:34 a.m. - AWAKE
Feb. 25, 2024, 6:57 p.m. - apart from an accidental booking of the wrong day for the ferry and a lovely person to help us out on the ship to Rotterdam!
Feb. 25, 2024, 5:30 p.m. - made it to the bustling city of hull, the Netherlands is in our sights!
Feb. 25, 2024, 3:43 p.m. - reclining we have lost a tim - big up Tim 2 who is going wayyyyy out of his way to incredibly kindly drop us off in hull - the most generous guy!! had a brief sight of Tim 1s dog rufous as well. travelling in car
Feb. 25, 2024, 1:01 p.m. - The two tims team have taken us across the border! settling in for our three hour journey with these lovely people
Feb. 25, 2024, 12:45 p.m. - Harrogate bound - Jedburgh was not a hotspot but we've been picked up by some two hiking dudes called Tim in a car
Feb. 25, 2024, 12:04 p.m. - seeing the sights of Jedburgh, thought that was a massive service station. Turns out, there is not. But alas, we persevere! Downwards!
Feb. 25, 2024, 11:36 a.m. - got another lift bit of a squish but SO HAPPY!
Feb. 25, 2024, 11:03 a.m. - made it to Galashiels! what an amazing human was Linda
Feb. 25, 2024, 8:52 a.m. - first hitchhike ever!! travelling in a car to Galashiels!!
