For the first time I had the chance to meet my pen pal Jakub and his family from Warsaw, having a nice dinner that night

She was the waitress, working at the restaurant, where I met Jakub, speaking fluently German

They had a flat tire and no tools, so I helped them

Arriving in Riga after having tecnical problems I met Manni and Hermann from Hannover. We had some drinks and a lot of fun.

My first hitchhikers close to the latvian estonian border

My next hitchhikers on the way to Tallin

Nice student at University of Tartu, telling me lot about life in Estonia

Miria, hitchhiking from Tartu to Valga, close to the latvian border. We had a really nice and long talk. I wish you all the best for your time in Chicago

Tried to find the way to the castle in Cesis, he stopped and helped me. He drove all the way in front of me. Thanks again for all your time, I hope your children will find this picture.

Two drunk Russians, too drunk to talk but still very entertaining :-)

A german group with an estonian tour guide (left).
The first time I met them in Cesis (LT) and met them again at the border, then in Vilnius and later in an old castle close to Vilnius.

I started wondering, when I and where I would meet them again.

My last night in Poland close to the ukranian border was not really amusing. The only fun was playing football with these kids until we where chased away by some elderly people. who still had problems with Germans.

Sergej invited me for dinner in his flat, in Kiev strange situation getting invited by a person you don´t know. But we had a lot of fun and wine :-). No chance to take a picture of him, but of his dog

Met Victor on a beach close to Sewastopol, because he had a german numberplate on his camper

Spent three days on this beach with Victor and all his friends, what a wonderful time and a good chance to learn a lot about ukranian people.

Most interesting was triing to comunicate with his friend Michail (left). I should learn russian.It was extremly fascinating. Michail, thanks for all your time and ideas

Borislawa (Michails daughter), her brother and their friend Ira.

Olga and Lera, they kept me busy for three days triing to teach me russian. Their favorite song was Chihuahua by DJ Bobo and they never got tired dancing around my truck all day long. Hope to here from you in the future

Tanja and Edik, my other "neighbors" on that beach. Edik invited me for a bottle of Cognac the first night, what a headache the next day.

So the next days we drank only beer, these were some nice eveneings with you, thanx alot

Tanja worked for a shipping company in the harbor of Odessa. Her male colleagues where quite unfriendly, but she tried her very best for hours to find a way for me toget through Moldava to Romania, thank you so much. this was a stunning experience

Frans and his wife, a dutch couple with their two sons. We met on a campsite in Odessa and talked alot, what interessting stories to tell.

Peter belonged to a Rotel group staying for two nights on that campsite in Odessa. He helped me to remove my broken side bars from the truck

Alois was the driver of the Rotel truck.Rotel tours uses converted coaches with small cells to sleep in, very strange and nothing for me.

But we had long and interessting talks, he has a lot of experience, travelling abroad. Also he invited me for dinner, giving me the chance to try their food, not too bad. Good luck in Russia and the Sahara.
PS: Red  onions are really better for salad

Christine from Berlin and Mathias from Hannover. We met at Lacu Rosu.

Judith and Marc from the Netherlands I also met at Lacu Rosu.

Carmela and me

Andrea,Carmela,Stefania and Francesco, my dear italian friends. We spent some really wonderful days together at Brasov. I hope to see you all again one day. Seems, I will have to visit you in Bologna.

Nina from Saalfeld belonged to a huge group, I met in Shigisora. I hope you enjoyed these pages, I will never forget this morning, because I lost the keys of my car :-) how stupid

Andika, a friend of Franz and Susanna

Franz and Susanna, who where so kind to invite me for a real hungarian Gulasch. What a night, I wished I could have stayed longer.

Romanian group which I met at Cheille Turzuii. Thanks for leaving a me note on the truck. Yes, I enjoyed the trip and the note is still there :-)

Gregor, Ginka, and Kata from Hungary.
Stayed next to Franz and Susanna.

Tomas and Thomas, he was my hungarian neighbour on the campsite at Balaton. We played the whole evening with our cameras, but after a bottle of wine, it became quite a problem. Hope you solved the problem with your girlfriend
:-)

Günni and the Düsseldorf Gang. Plenty of drinks and a lot of fun. Visit their homepage at www.stoney84.de. What an end for a long trip.