Negative+Experience

My travel group and I had just gotten back from quite a long day trip and were all happy to catch a couple of hours sleep before the night adventures started. So, we all split up into our rooms and tried our best to sleep. The excitement inside of me was overwhelming and I felt like I was wasting my time sleeping when I could be out exploring this foreign country, so off I went for a walk around where our hotel was located. With plenty of time up my sleeve I decided that I would try something different, hitchhiking. So I began walking, keeping in mind that someone had told me it was illegal to hitchhike on minor roads. After an hour of walking, I finally reached a multi-lane freeway and began my adventure. Ten minutes passed by before someone stopped to greet me. My heart was racing at a very fast pace and the words that I would be saying were running over and over in my head. I turned to meet this person when to my surprise I realised it was a police officer. He explained to me that hitchhiking on a multi-lane freeway is illegal. I explained to him that I knew otherwise but he said that he would have to take me down to the station for questioning. I couldn't believe what was happening as I hopped into the Police car and was taken to the station. It turned out that my friend had told me the opposite of the truth, but luckily due to the fact that I was a tourist the police let me off. That was the worst experience I encountered in my time in Spain.