As mentioned before, I decided in Marseille to participate in the
Funny Village Race #2 : Le concours d'autostop d'Evian, a hitchhiking race, more than 600 km across the alps, passing by wonderfully named villages.

About 30 people (15 teams) took part in this crazy but fun adventure. I hitched with Marie, a french girl living in Montpellier. And what else could I say than: We were awesome! First mistaking some directions, as we were basically hitching without a map, and being doubled by some of our most serious competitors, we eventually arrived in Lyon not as the first team, but the one who passed the most, and the most far away villages. As the only team, we reached as far as Puteville and Susville, even finding Montcul. But see yourself:



Unfortunately, we missed out Chatte (Pussy). Going to catch up with this on Wednesday :)

A while has passed since my last post. A lot happened since then. More places, more people, more adventures. Here a short summary of all that...

- One week in Marseille, first summer days, hanging out in T-shirts, learning how to juggle and do it on the streets, earning awesome € 3,22 doing so. Hanging out and doing nothing except listening to minimal piano music with first host Dionysis. Getting drunk and talk about life with his flatmate Antione. Few awesome dinners with second hosts Guillaume and Malina. Decided to participate in a hitchhiking race across the alps together.

- 4 wonderful days with Sylvain and his 6 flatmates, living in a big house with garden in the city of Grenoble. They are kind of a circus. More juggling lessons. More awesome food. Finding 25kg of organic buckwheat in a dumpster and a garbage bag full of fresh bread in front of a boulangerie.

- First indications of exhaustion while spending two days in Annecy. Not doing much there. Improving of glanage skills at the local market. First time saying no to wine & beer.

- Farther up north to Evian, where the funny/crazy hitchhiking race is about to start. Still tired, but not much to do anyway except for looking for a place to buy breakfast at 12:00.

- Added a box for interesting stuff/websites/links/information and whatsoever at the right side. Things I encounter during my trip.

- Arrived in Lyon. Here I am now.