http://utrecht-europa-en.trekhaakgezocht.nl trekhaak gezocht Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:10:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://utrecht-europa-en.trekhaakgezocht.nl/2010/07/23/new-theatre-show-tow-bar-needed/ This Saturday, the 10th of July, Tjerk Ridder and Peter Bijl will return to Utrecht. At. 14.00 hrs the mayor of the city of Utrecht, Mr. Wolfsen, will welcome the party on Domplein. We would hereby like to invite you to come and celebrate the great success of the hitchhiking journey ... http://utrecht-europa-en.trekhaakgezocht.nl/2010/07/06/towbar-needed-back-in-utrecht/ Dear friends and followers It is a great pleasure to write you this message from out of one of the most fascinating cities of Europe: Istanbul! After a long, intense and inspiring trip, The Caravan Hitchhiking Project reached its final destination of 2010: Istanbul, European Capital of Culture 2010- and inspiring crossing ... http://utrecht-europa-en.trekhaakgezocht.nl/2010/07/02/final-destination-istanbul/ Can we borrow your tow bar? [caption id="attachment_787" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Dachs in Istanbul"][/caption] On Tuesday the 29th of June at 18.00 we reached the Sultanahmed square in Istanbul with our caravan. On the left the blue mosque, and on the right the famous Aya Sofia. Surrounding us: a crowd of people, amongst ... http://utrecht-europa-en.trekhaakgezocht.nl/2010/06/30/istanbul/ Yesterday evening Tjerk and Peter arrived in Stara Zagora, in central Bulgaria. We are now looking for a ride to Edirne for tomorrow (Monday 28/6). Please contact us at +359-89 69 13 798 in case you can help us getting there. http://utrecht-europa-en.trekhaakgezocht.nl/2010/06/26/stara-zagora-bulgaria/ Two days ago Tjerk and Peter arrived in Sofia, Bulgaria. Their stories will soon appear here. http://utrecht-europa-en.trekhaakgezocht.nl/2010/06/26/sofia/ Duran Duran, Billy Ocean, Feargal Sharkey, Salt’n’ Pepa, Kajagoogoo, Cyndi Lauper, Rick Astley: we have been in Serbia for over a week and what strikes us, apart from the meat consumption, is the music. Everywhere we go, we hear hits from the eighties, as is the case – or should ... http://utrecht-europa-en.trekhaakgezocht.nl/2010/06/20/back-to-the-eighties/ We have arrived in the Serbian capital. Everything here is bigger, faster and more dynamic than in the rest of the country, as is the case with most capital cities. At every new location we go through the same repetition, so nothing different in Belgrade. It is great to be ... http://utrecht-europa-en.trekhaakgezocht.nl/2010/06/19/belgrade/ The songtitle of the project. Written in February, inspired by the first stage of the Caravan Hitchhiking journey. Unterwegs (link to the song) Unterwegs kann zu Hause sein Unterwegs, es gibt keine Pause nein Unterwegs in das Leben herein. Ich verließ meine Heimat An diesen kalten Morgen Ich wusste nicht wohin das macht mir aber keine Sorgen Ich spüre ... http://utrecht-europa-en.trekhaakgezocht.nl/2010/06/16/unterwegs/ Tuesday morning, 7.30. Despite the short night I wake up early. It is warm, whichs encourages me to get off the caravanbed. I immediately take a quick shower at the city beach, before Cordula and Jens arrive with their cameras. Then I prepare a strong cup of coffee on the ... http://utrecht-europa-en.trekhaakgezocht.nl/2010/06/15/753/ Since yesterday the self-adjusted song "Feliz Novi Sad" is stuck in my head. The contrast between a Spanish Christmas and the Serbian summer could not be bigger though. We have arrived at a fantastic location, at a beach on the Danube. Despite the high temperatures the water level is dangerously ... http://utrecht-europa-en.trekhaakgezocht.nl/2010/06/14/feliz-novi-sad/ Today at 4pm the world cup soccer match between Serbia and Ghana was on. We thought it would be wise to try to arrive in Novi Sad before that hour, anticipating a traffic dip. So we put ourselves at the side of the road with a cardboard sign saying "Auto-Kuka-Ilok". ... http://utrecht-europa-en.trekhaakgezocht.nl/2010/06/13/from-croatia-to-serbia/ This morning we got up early, had breakfast in the sun and started to push! Fifty meters to the border. I expected a lot of hassle, but the Hungarian customs officers only came out to take pictures and look at the strange scene unfolding. After I did a spontaneous concert ... http://utrecht-europa-en.trekhaakgezocht.nl/2010/06/12/vukovar-the-shot-city/ While Peter and I were pushing the caravan the last meters towards the Croatian border last Friday, the owner of the very last bar before the border in Hungary came out, asking where we were going. Despite his bad German, it quickly became clear that he expected a friend to ... http://utrecht-europa-en.trekhaakgezocht.nl/2010/06/11/cara-fan/ In the shade of a few large lime trees a blue-green Dutch caravan, without a car, is parked at a simple parking lot. There is a playground with sturdy wooden climbing frames, swings and slides. The place is surrounded with walled houses, behind which there are fields filled with summery ... http://utrecht-europa-en.trekhaakgezocht.nl/2010/06/11/start-of-stage-2-from-pecs-to-udvar/ “SZia Pecs, Európa Kulturális Fövárosa!” The caravan, Dachs and I have returned to Pécs for the start of stage II of The Caravan Hitchhiking Project, after a three-months intermission. And this time I am able to properly pronounce my Hungarian introduction sentence. After my first press conference in Hungary a ... http://utrecht-europa-en.trekhaakgezocht.nl/2010/06/09/back-in-pecs/ In the last week of May I had a fantastic week in Shanghai. I was there to perform at the Dutch Culture Center at the World Expo. I used the weeks preceeding the performance to bring together my experiences of 'Stage 1' into a theatrical report of my journey. This ... http://utrecht-europa-en.trekhaakgezocht.nl/2010/06/08/moving-shanghai/ This winter, Utrecht musician Tjerk Ridder traveled through Europe, hitchhiking with a caravan, but without a car. Destinations: The European Capitals of Culture 2010: Essen/Ruhr (Germany) and Pécs (Hungary). But the actual project goal was the journey itself. And this journey was - to put it mildly - overwhelming. And ... http://utrecht-europa-en.trekhaakgezocht.nl/2010/03/06/first-stage-of-tow-bar-needed-a-great-success/ On the way home, while miles are passing by between Prague and Utrecht, I have a lot of time to contemplate on all experiences and encounters of part I of the project. Starting with the departure from Utrecht Dom Square in Mayor Wolfsen's car. My first wintery week in The ... http://utrecht-europa-en.trekhaakgezocht.nl/2010/02/22/en-route-contemplations/ The caravan leaves European Capital of Culture Pécs at 3pm on Saturday afternoon. It sits behind the car of Remco Timmermans, who offered his third lift during my journey here. The trip from Pécs to Utrecht starts with a trip to Lake Balaton, which now looks more like an ice ... http://utrecht-europa-en.trekhaakgezocht.nl/2010/02/22/back-to-utrecht-via-prague/