Ancona

Determined to hitchhike a boat out of Venice, we were dissapointed to find that most of the boats that passed were taxis; and there was no way I'd go with the one that was offering us a free lift, kind and all as he was to offer to stay at his for as long as we wanted :(P In the end we went back to the more reliable road worthy vehicles; but if you choose a good spot I really do think it's possible to hitchhike a boat out of Venice; maybe next time! It was a tough day for hitchhiking all round, and we arrived in Ancona pretty late. Our final lift of the day was Marco who went well out of his way to get us where we were going; thanks Marco! Luckily our multilingual host Francesco knew all the best spots in the city; so in a short space of time we met the Pope, had a rest in a secret garden, saw the city and coastline from a height, discovered that you can have a real motorbike made of Lego, went to a live outdoor concert and realised that everyone that says that there's nothing to see in Ancona doesn't know the place at all. The next morning we went to see Porto Novo, the stretch of beach with cliffs at your back. We know the best secret pathway if anyone is ever visiting the area and wants to see something cool :)

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On a essayé le bateau stop pour partir de venise mais ça ne marche pas trop. Arrivé a ancona, on retrouve Francesco, il nous emmène manger dans un endroit super chouette et très bon marché. Après on se pose dans un petit endroit "secret" en forme d'amphithéâtre. Ensuite, il nous emmène dans les locaux de son assoc' un bâtiment incroyable en plein centre d'ancona. Plus tard on est allé a un concert en centre ville, ou on a rencontré une autre couchsurfeuse qui arrivait de honk kong. Le lendemain matin Francesco nous a emmené a porto novo, puis en haut d'une falaise d'où on a pu admirer la mer et les plages vu d'en haut, absolument magnifique !