Busking with Kate down in the Carmargue once ( south of France) , after a longish arduous trip working our way down through France) and it was very very hot with a nasty dusty wind. We'd headed south because it seemed a good idea to find good weather. Anyway, that day in Les Saintes Maries de la Mer , surrounded by the cowboy=booted gypsies etc,we looked at each other and said "This is shit, isnt it". And we jumped in the car and drovw non-stop to the Hague, sat outside a cafe and had a nice cup of tea and enjoyed some cool weather. (That may notbe a long drive in American "On the Road" terms, but in Euroland it's a long way to go fora cup of tea!
We had headed for France originally on a one way ticket, and arrived in the Hague with nothing (as is the way on busking odysseys), so we ended up stuck in Amsterdam for awhile, we'd get the fare to England together in small change by hard work, and then we'd go out for a night on the town before departure, and wake up with just that little bit less than the fare. And so that went on day after day, but that was another set of stories.