Daumen raus - and from Eastern Europe.

They go to the borders of Europe, even to their own. 16 Leipziger student travel hitchhike across the Far East. On blogs ONLINE report tramp Exchange, giving in the new EU states widerfährt - under difficult conditions.

 

For the students clear rules: train and bus are prohibited only hitchhiking is allowed. Hotels and hostels are also taboo, the Leipzig need every day anew in a place the residents are looking for. The 16 reporters of mephisto 97.6, the local radio station of the University of Leipzig, in two teams on the road. They travel to the Baltic states, Poland and the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Slovenia.

With the tramp trip they make to a project from the year 2004. At that time, shortly after the EU's eastward expansion was already Leipzig radio reporter in the
new member countries getrampt. In their reports, they wanted to the fears and prejudices against the ten new EU member states meet.

Meanwhile, much has changed: In Slovenia and Slovakia, for example, you pay with the euro, Bulgaria and Romania to the EU are newly added. For Leipzig, it is time to take stock: How has the EU's membership to the countries expected? How has it the life of the people changed?

Located in the election campaign for the European Parliament, the Leipzig students hitchhike up to Eastern Europe. Because of the special conditions of their journey they come into close contact with people in their countries and meet people, do not normally reported in the media would. Their stories they want to tell in the coming week also blogs ONLINE.

And these are the eight two-person team ...