After a while a woman approached me and said that it was easier to hitchhike in another place because this road was too busy... She told me to take the city train and get out at the station in front of the hotel "HAN CRAIOVITA". She even wrote the hotel name on the back of my notebook.

I took the city train with no ticket and asked some old women there to let me know when we were at the hotel station.

Next, I went out and started hitchhiking again. After half an hour a man stopped and told me he wasn't going to the place I wanted but he could drop me off at a place that was on the way...

I accepted.

A few moments later he gave a ride to 2 more Romanian guys and they were asking me questions about what I was doing there and so on. I explained about my situation that I was trying to get to Targu Jiu but I had no money and no phone battery and they started mocking me saying- "You are crazy, it's too dangerous to hitchhike at night in Romania".

Then the driver stopped the car to drop me off at the place that was on the way...

He was very worried about me because it was too cold outside and he said- "Please, if you can't get a ride, please try to find some place to spend the night, like a bus stop or something like that".

I looked around and there was nothing! Only open fields! Not a single house! Bus stop? Where???

But do you want to know the best one? Apart from being in the middle of nowhere, he left me at the entrance to a highway which was where I had to try to catch a ride... And as you can imagine, hitchhiking on the highway is very difficult... now imagine hitchhiking on the highway at night in winter time...

I said goodbye to him and I started hitchhiking again...

10 min and nobody stopped...

20 min and nobody stopped...

30 min and nobody stopped...

I got desperate to the point where I started running after the cars and trucks passing by to pressure them to stop... and nothing...

It was at that moment that I thought the worst could happen... spend a night outside in the cold (snow season), with no money and no one knowing about me in the middle of nowhere, in the middle of Romania...

Can you imagine?

That's when I said to myself- "Focus Kevin, you'll make it"

After half an hour, a car stopped... 2 Romanian guys inside the car. They told me that they weren't going to Targu Jiu but they were going to their village that is +- 20km away from there.

So I took the opportunity.

I still remember being at the back of the car listening to their conversation in Romanian (I didn't understand anything at all) and listening to what they call "Romanian Turbo Rap" which is the Romanian traditional music.

When we arrived the passenger guy told me: "Look, this road goes to Targu Jiu".

"Ok, just leave me here and I will try to take another ride"- I said.

"No no, wait a moment".

And they took me to a bus station and the same guy said: "This van is the last one going to Targu Jiu and we will pay your ticket".

What?! I instantly hugged the guy!- "Thank you so much bro!"

What a relief!

And yes, I arrived 1h before the party... It was a big surprise to her, I really noticed that in her tears.