We continued hitchhiking but after some time decided to move. That's when we got a ride from a Bulgarian who didn't know what he was doing (since we had '5 KM' written on a paper). We asked for Niš or Belgrade and he said he'd take us a bit. Then in the car we talked (he spoke English well) and we found out that he's going to Belgium. We stopped the conversation after mentioning that our destination was Slovakia and waited patiently till Belgrade to find out how far is he eager to take us. There he offered a ride to Budapest. Since it was much more than we expected and very very kind, we accepted.
26.9. We stopped on highway around Budapest yesterday evening. It was dark, cold and rainy. Our driver left us near a hotel he liked. It was supposed to be cheap but not for us. We found out that the very cheapest room was 46eur and the receptionist was very unpleasant. Anyway, we took the room although she didn't want to sell single room for two people. At least she didn't argue. And it was good to finally take a hot shower.
Room itself was small, with one cupboard, a bed, a chair and TV. Not much for such price..
In the morning we packed our stuff and tried hitchhiking in the rain. We had a good spot and first car we stopped took us to Mosonmagyarvar. There we walked on wet grass and my shoes were soaked. Our spirits rose when we saw Slovak cars going our way. But what we stopped was not a Slovak car. It was a Polish truck. We saw it on a crossroads. It had red light so i ran towards the driver and asked if he's going to Bratislava. He agreed to take us and we went with him to the border, then got out to try another car while he was buying a vignete and got in again because noone would take us.
In Bratislava i bought my favourite roasted chestnuts and we had halusky and kofola for lunch. Then we went to Poprad by train. I got the last ride with 50% discount (my Slovak ISIC expires in a few days).
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