Photos from day 8 until day 17

Final Day 17

The girls drove us right to the port in Germany. There we were really lucky, because the ferry was just about to leave. We asked the captain if we could come on the ferry, we don't have a ticket though but we're on a school project. He told us to enter and then we could explain her the project. She liked the idea and we got across to Switzerland for free and still had the money we earned yesterday! It was around 11 o'clock and we could only use the trains after 7pm, so we decided to hitchhike through the small villages in Switzerland. After 2 lifts and quite a bit of marching we arrived in Wil at 5pm. There we slept in the waiting area until our train arrived 19:10! Because I lost my wallet in England, I of course didn't have my Gleis 7 with me and they gave me a fine of 125Fr. I will probably not have to pay though, because I wrote an e-mail with an explanation to the office. In Zürich our Manuel and I split up and we arrived back home around 9pm. Safe, happy, not hungry, and with many many great memories and experiences!

Day 16

We got up quite early because Demet had to go to a course. The first bakery we then asked for food, gave us heaps of stuff. We even had an apple pie! After we have eaten all our food, we started to do some street music on the Königsstrasse. It worked pretty well, we earned a bit more than 13 Euros and two sausages. Then we thought about buying a train ticket back to Switzerland with this money. We didn't have enough so we tried to sell the ticket we got from the ladies the day before. The first girl Manuel asked, has heard from our story and started to laugh really loud. The two hitchhikers we met in Bristol, slept at her place the night before and told her about us. She was just about to go to the Bodensee and then asked if we wanted to join. Of course we did so and we made heaps of pasta on a fire. Then we all slept in her car, because it was rainy outside.

Day 15

We slept until very late and then cooked some more pasta, because the pasta the day before was so nice. Then we saw some guys from Jura in Switzerland. We of course asked them straight away and they were able to take us all the way to Metz. There we waited for some germans. After two hours of successful waiting we finally found a car that took us almost all the way to Stuttgart. We stopped in a shop and got some bread with meat. Then we got stuck in traffic, so they let us out and went another way home. Luckily a guy saw us getting out the car and could then take us all the way into the center of Stuttgart. We are really close from home now!
We probably looked really confused and two ladies tried to help us and gave us some train tickets as a present. Then we wanted to look for a tenting place when some students came and wanted to interview us. After we answered the questions we met Demet, who was nice enough to take us to her place. Finally sleeping on a couch again and not in the tent! And at last we could take a shower again. We did both need one!

Day 14

The first thing we did in the morning was looking for a bakery. After getting a bread we tried to hitchhike out of Calais. It was really difficult. After beeing unlucky for three hours, we started to walk along the railways towards the motorway. Finally a young french guy gave us a lift onto the motorway and left us with 2,20 Euros.
The next fuel station was 20 kilometres away. After a while we decided to walk there on the outside of the motorway. One hour later the police car stopped us and told us, it is forbidden to do that. We explained our situation and then they took us to the next service station and wished us luck. A couple from London then took us all the way to Reims. We decided to settle down there and started to cook some pasta on the gaz-cooker. It felt great to eat something else than bread after such a long time.We put up our tent behind the station and went to sleep!

Day 13

After climbing down the mountains we met some other hitchhikers from Germany. We ended up talking to them for hours. One of the guys, Daniel, is travelling the world with no money for almost six years. He had great storries to tell. He did some illegal things though to survive like that, but he was a very cool chap. In the evening we finally managed to get onto the ferry with some german guy. He left us in Calais and we put up our tent in the grass next to the hospital.

Day 12

It began to rain really early in the morning, so we had to get up very quickly. We were still not able to get past London, so we eventually went straight into Illford in east London with a guy. From there we walked to the trainstation and used all the money we had left over for a train ticket to Dartford. The man on the ticked office made a special offer for us, so it was just enough. Manu got some Bread and some Aples before we tried to hitchhike to Dover. After hours of trying to get a lift, we decided to walk these 50 km. But then we suddenly found a great road and got a lift to the next fuel station really easy. We were rescued at last! Then a couple took us all the way to Canterburry, where Emma, the first girl we asked, took us to Dover. We made a stop at McDonalds though and she gave us each a big portion of pommes frites. In Dover we tried to get a ferry, but it was already dark and noone stoped. We decided to put up our tent near the castle at the top of the cliffs. Bad idea though: We fighted our way through the bushes and fences for one whole hour. Still we could not arrive at the castle, so we just put up our tent on a grassslope, which made it really uncomfortable.

Day 11

After having some breakfast at Richards place, he took us to the next fuel station near Swansea. From there we got a lift right to Cardiff. The next lift was really funny. It was the ex-welsh-boxing champion, who had 8 kids. He also managed to nearly make an accident with us inside his car and showed us all around Cardiff. Then 3 girls, who were on the way to Bristol to go shopping, gave us a lift. They also left us with a lot uf chunk food, which made us really happy. Just a few minutes after they dropped us, Eric and Yasha took us right infront of London. We also got a tin of coke from them, so we are still doing really fine with food and drinks. After trying to go past London for hours, we finally went to north London with a car out of frustration. We ended up sleeping in a tent behind the fuel station once again. Silly enough we were to lazy to put up our tent. It was a freezing night.

Day 10

Luckily nobody waked us up, so we started to cook a soup with our gaz-cooker. Then we walked towards St. Clears when we noticed, my wallet with all the money we have earnt during our trip, was lost. Still we managed to get two hot dogs, two hamburgers and four tins of drinks for lunch. Then a very exited footballfan, took us to a roundabout a bit further on the way. It was a really bad place to hitchhike. Richard and his wife saved us and we were allowed to jump into the back of their van. Also they left us a number in case we get stuck. That was exactely what happened and we were so happy to finally be able to take a shower. We were even allowed to make us some sandwiches for tomorrow and as always we got offered a beer.

Day 9

We got up, had some breakfast and then decided what the plan should be. We wanted to go to Ireland. Natalia brought us to the fuel station and our journey through Wales begun. First we got a lift from a man into Wales and from there another man took us almost all the way to Pembroke, in the southeast of Wales. We decided to walk down to Pembroke when two young musicians stopped and gave us a lift. They also invited us to their home in case we not arrive in Ireland. We had to wait for the office to open, during this time we went to the sea and collected heaps of nice shells. Then we went to ask for a free ferry to Ireland. We tried again, but there was no chance to do anything so quickly. Maybe if we would have called a few days in advance. We searched for a place to put up our tent and found a golf court. Ireland is out of our mind now, so we need a new plan!

Day 8

We got up relatively late and had some breakfast all together. Then Dorian got a horse-ride on the horse called Daisy. After that we went and cut down some trees in the back garden, to complete the wooden circle we made the other day. During that time, Natalia made a picnic ready and we went to a really cool stone circle, with stones over 3000 years old. On the way there we stopped at a really special shop, where we could look at many things from Tibet, Nepal, Himalaya. At the stone circle we had a nice picnic and then ran around a bit with the dogs. We lost the one dog, but Manuel managed to catch him after chasing him some miles. Back at home we cooked some pasta and then went out to play with Iris, the daughter of Natalia. We decided to stay one last night and then Natalia will bring us to a good petrol station tomorrow morning, so we can continue our trip towards Ireland, although it maybe isn't possible to go to Ireland on a ferry without money. Faith will lead our way!

Photos from day 4 to 7

This is a selection of photos from these days!

Day 7

This morning when we got up we found Liberty the dog in Manuels sleeping bag. We had some breakfast and hung around in the house and made the plans for the day. Then we went out to build a wooden circle in the garden of Natalia. After that she brought us to Evesham, where we had a nice walk with her dogs, Liberty and Loky. We also went over the river with a boat and then on the other side we picknicked with a lovely view. Just when we discusted how nice everything was, the dogs started to bark at some horses. Then a guy came out and told us he is going to shoot us and the dogs, if we not get away from there straight away. So we ran all the way back and then we went to see some lovely places with Natalia. We got to see beautiful landscape and views of the countryside, which normal travelers would never be able to see. Once we got back we continued building the wooden circle. It is really great fun at her place so we decided to stay a day longer :) Then we went in and started to help her cook some Fajitas and then relaxed around the house in the evening!

Day 6

After a good shower in the hotel we packed our bags and headed towards London, where we planned to do some street music. We changed these plans quite quickly though. We were told it's forbidden to do busking in London and if you do so, you will be arrested. We got one or to lifts towards London, but then we got stuck. Our plan from then on was to go north. We were quite disappointed first, because all the people had a go at us, when we tried to explain what we were doing. Finally a guy took us to a gas station miles further north. He is doing volunteer working projects, which was really interesting, also he was really friendly, gave us some food and eventually 20 pounds towards our project. We were so happy and the new plan was to go towards Ireland. We wanted to go to the shop to find out where in England we are and where the next village is where Nathalia asked us, where were going. We told her about our plans and she asked, if we wanted to come to her place. We didn't have to think long and we went into the countryside of england with her and her daughter Iris. They live in a really nice house far away from the cities and they have a lovely garden, where we had a walk with her. So once again the day took us to a very unexpected but special place, where we will definitely spend a nice time!

Day 5

For once we got up really early in the morning at about 7 am. We got out of the tent and it was amazing weather, even though the weather forecast was terrible. The first thing we did was a fire. We managed to get some water from a natural spring and then we cooked some pasta on the fire. Then we went for a shower in the sea. Yes, it was really refreshing! Anyway we started to pack our bags after that and walked along the beach up to Dover. We passed amazing cliffs and when we finally reached Dover after the 4 hour walk we went into the Subway, where we asked for some food while explaining our project. We were very surprised when we could choose a sandwich and a drink each! Then we went into Dover to search for a hotel, where we could stay for free. Amazingly it worked out really well and we were allowed to stay at the first hotel we asked. In exchange we played some guitar and sang along in the pub the whole evening. This was great fun and a nice experience too.  It was the first time we ever did music in public. In the afternoon we also went into a park in Dover, where we offered some pillow fights. People reacted with laughter first, but then they really enjoyed the pillowfighting and we actually earned 5 pounds with it.
We also got some dinks and a burger while we were doing the music, so were still very well out!

Day 4

After playing games with Matthieu into the night we overslept of course. We did finally get up at 11 o'clock, had some breakfast with Matthieu and then left towards Beauvais. We marched around 3 hours when we noticed we're going the wrong direction! Luckily a man with a very smoky car brought us to the motor way towards Calais. From there a young guy who used to hitchhike himself took us to the middle of nowhere. Still we managed to get a lift from Guillaume, who was heading towards Belgium after just about half an hour. He took us right up to the "Rue Angletaire". And really, the first lady we asked took us all the way to Calais. We talked to her in the car and then she said we could try to go through the tunnel with her, which was exactly what we did! After a crazy ride through Folkestone in England she finally managed to dump us at the beach, where we marched along for a while until we found a nice place to put up our tent. So after 4 days we are already in England, even though we went through Paris and didn't really hurry. Also we were never hungry throughout our whole trip and everything goes so much better than expected!

Some pictures of our first 3 days!