Hitchhiker

Good spot, lots of traffic and time for them to think and space to stop

Very good spot, lots of transit.

I spent the night there in a tent, near the bathrooms of the resting area it was chill and great. I wanted to take a car that crossed Toulouse to continue my trip towards Spain so I didnt take 2 rides. A few were kind and offered, but all were just going to Toulouse. Also to get to talk with more drivers I would first show the Toulouse sign and then ask them if they cross at least to the next great spot the peace at towards Narbonne.

I thought maybe I was not going to make it, because the reviewed seemed to me that it was going to be faster. Maybe not towards Toulouse. 2 people stopped and offered but they were not going in that direction nor any useful (to a restin area or similar in the highway). One of the drivers gave me 20€ and a Sprite. That was nice 😅.

People seemed quite friendly, they laughed with me and my funny smile. 1 stopped before, but was going to Bordeaux later, so I didn't take it. I think that the spot where I was it was quite good because I had in front of me the people going out of the petrol. So they could see me like eye-to-eye contact. And then also the trucks and the other people that didn't go through the petrol were going through my other side. So I could hitchhike with all of them and also have very good nice contact like eye-to-eye contact. And also they had a place to stop nicely. So it was a great spot I think.

I waited in the park in there and several cars stopped. Others mentioned they were just going nearby but in the end they finally got one guy that went straight towards my direction, towards my final destination and in the end he decided to bring me even to the place where I was sleeping.

Initially, I started waiting near the petrol station, but many cars and trucks were passing through me because they passed through the left or through the right. Then I decided to move to the converging road where they just go to the highway. I had a sign and I was waiting there for maybe around 40 minutes, 45 minutes. Then I thought that maybe they were not stopping because they already had some velocity. Some of the drivers told me that they were going to another direction because they could see my signs (France & Jonquera). So then I decided to go again to the petrol area. I started asking people around both while fueling the cars and also in the resting area. Lady from a track offered me to bring me to a nearby point, but I rejected and then just afterwards a French car offered me a trip to France so I joined. It turned out that they were going to one of the nearest villages to my destination so I was amazingly fortunate.