Hitchhiking trips:

A 10: Raststätte Michendorf → Berlin-Wedding, Ostender Straße (41,4 km)

I hitched a ride with a younf German/French cipule who were on there way to spend a few days in Berlin. They had no idea where to go to in Berlin, they just knew that they qwanted to get close to the center but not too close and also that they were looking for a hostel. In the end I convinced them to park at the metro station 500m away from my house

A115: Raststätte Grunewald → A 10: Raststätte Michendorf (22,7 km)

Hitchhiking from Nikolasse (S-Bahn Grunewald). 3 hitchhikers were already there, 2 more came. After 10 minutes I decided to hitch directly from the street, and it worked perfectly. 5 minutes and I was gone

Rheinmünster (Baden Airport) → A 5 (51): Raststätte Baden-Baden (24,6 km)

I walked over the parking lot of the airport looking for a lift and within ten minutes I spotted a Italian girl that was on my flight. She was just about to climb in her boyfriends car. Despite all the prejudices about Italians and hitchhikers the this Italian couple was not hesitating a second to give me a lift and drove me to the first service station on the A5 northbound.

A 5 (51): Raststätte Baden-Baden → A 5 (47): Ettlingen (22,9 km)

Despite being a Raststätte this is a crappy position for hitchhiking. Main reason for this: 1) the petrol station is on the other side of the motorway and gets served from both sides. Therefor there is not much traffic in the northbound direction. 2) 5 km before this petrolö station there is already the Raststätte Bühl which means that most people coming from South have… (read on in Trip)