21-year-old Sets Off On Epic European Hitchhiking Journey

At conscionable 21 years old, Yuri Fernández has group retired connected an escapade not often seen among young group connected nan bluish Costa Blanca: a 15-day hitchhiking travel crossed Europe. Originally from Moncada (Valencia), but surviving successful Denia for nan past six years, this adventurer combines his occupation arsenic an acrobatics coach successful Javea pinch his top passion – athletics and individual challenges. “I’m ever reasoning astir what nan adjacent escapade will be,” he says.

The thought came astir spontaneously. After finishing nan summertime campy wherever he had been working, Yuri recovered himself pinch astir a period of free time. Instead of staying astatine home, he decided to make nan astir of his holidays. With conscionable a ray rucksack, a summertime sleeping container and astir €200 successful his pocket, he group disconnected pinch 1 clear goal: to get arsenic acold distant from Spain arsenic imaginable successful 15 days.

His travel has already taken him to bluish Germany, to a mini student municipality adjacent Lübeck, pinch Denmark now successful sight. Along nan way, he has met group from different nationalities and collected immoderate singular experiences, specified arsenic driving a Romanian traveller’s car from France to Germany aliases sleeping successful a hammock by nan stream successful Frankfurt, not without a fewer worries astir safety. “One night, 2 strangers stared astatine maine for a while, truthful I stayed alert, but thing happened,” he recalls.

Hitchhiking done Europe

Technology has proved to beryllium an basal recreation companion. “Without Google Maps it would person been almost impossible,” he admits. With portable star panels and powerfulness banks, he keeps his telephone charged to navigate and enactment successful touch pinch family and friends, while besides sharing his travel connected societal media. Even so, he admits that interest from his loved ones is ever present. “My family are overmuch calmer because I speak to them much often truthful they don’t worry. They’re already waiting for maine backmost location pinch a cake.”

The escapade has not been without difficulties. The German chill caught him disconnected guard, arsenic he only packed summertime clothes. Luckily, a family welcomed him and talented him a sweatshirt and overgarment truthful he could proceed connected his way. “People are very kind,” he says gratefully. For Yuri, these gestures corroborate that nan travel is astir overmuch much than covering miles: it is astir meeting, sharing and allowing himself to beryllium amazed on nan way.

Once backmost successful Denia, Yuri is eager to publication done nan notebook successful which each nan drivers who picked him up person near messages. “I’m besides really looking guardant to seeing my family again, sharing each item pinch my friends, and of course, already reasoning astir nan adjacent trip,” he reflects.