We'll hitchhike our way...
Sign of the times: a group of hitch-hikers, planning a mass hitch this summer, need to agree on a European destination that will give them the least possible amount of hassle with visas and the like. Their choice: Ukraine. Yes, 500 people will be thumbing their way to Odessa because Shengen bureaucracy is so visitor-unfriendly.
This nugget from the Berlin Beach Camp, an annual get-together of couchsurfers at a lake near the city.