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Reach the [[Ruse-Giurgiu border crossing]] by foot or via a local bus and get a car at least over the bridge.
''August 2016'' - Several city buses run from the centre (near bus/train station) along Tutrakan road to the Bulgarian end of the bridge. I successfully crossed the bridge by foot: approx 30 minute walk. Border guards recommended that you notify the border police before walking. There is a footpath on both sides of the bridge, but in some places this is blocked with construction materials, so you must walk on the road. Be careful and I would advise against doing this at night.
I successfully hitched a ride on the Romanian side of the border, immediately after passport control, as many cars are stopped here.
=== South towards [[Veliko Tarnovo]] ===
The best spot to stop cars heading south seems to be just before the entrance to the large 'Shell' garage on Route 5. It's an 8-10 minute walk south-west from the major spaghetti junction, on the outskirts of the city. Visible, easy to pull in to and plenty of passing traffic.
If you are hitchhiking with a sign, write "В. Търново", as that is what the Bulgarians and their road signs shorten the name of Veliko Tarnovo to.