FAQ about hitch-hiking in Austria

Written by Bernd Wechner (b.wechner(a)aitec.edu.au)

Well, I've not hitched Austria much. Had course to cross teh Alps a few times and had no real trouble there. But my worst experience ever was in fact trying to escape Innsbruck in the direction of Bregenz, the Easter before last. It took me about five hours to escape the general area, a lot of asking, a lot of walking and a lot of waiting. The Tyrolians aren't especially fond of hitchers (I of Tyrolian origin by the way :-) but a steady stream of foreign traffic makes it generally fuine to get around. The problem with escaping Innsbruck in the westerly direction is that tehre's no good place around Innsbruck to take off from. Heading to Mucnich or Italy is Easy, but Bregenz is tricky, and on top of that I had a bad day.
The full story is in my book "Memories of a Hitch-Hitchhiker", Chapter 2, I think something about Easter in Europe. I'd have to check though, I'm not sure what's in there, I don't read my own book every night before tucking into bed after all. You'll find a link to the book in the list of links at Suite 101 where the columns sits, and links to a lot of other stories and things as well.