This electronic boards on the highway in Germany gives the time it normally takes to reach the mentioned point plus the added minutes due to rush hour, traffic jams, or – dread to think – an accident. It looks like we got home in time without delay on this day.
FOWC with Fandango: Electronic
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The German autobahn is notorious for having no speed restriction (which is not quite true, many parts of the autobahn are restricted but there are indeed stretches where no speed limit is supplied). It has been said that our “free riding for free citizens” (I … Continue reading Fahrn fahrn fahrn auf der Autobahn
The various autobahn tracks around major cities are usually crowded and speed limits are applied, sometimes rigidly and sometimes flexible according to traffic flow. Directional signs are blue and white. Much nicer to look for the brown and white signs that tell travellers about points … Continue reading German Autobahn
I was travelling a bit this week and I visited a few toilets / restrooms / WCs along the German autobahn. I usually don’t carry my camera to these places but I had my smartphone handy* and I just had to catch those birds. * … Continue reading Toilet Art
The German highways, the “Autobahnen”, are famous for their stretches with no speed limit. Which is a bit of a myth because even though there are no set limits the rule is always to drive weather and traffic appropriate. And even the limitless stretches are … Continue reading Wir fahrn fahrn fahrn auf der Autobahn
These were taken during a hailstorm in March this year.
Some weather might drive you to drink but not everybody is so blatant about it.
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Weather
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On our drive back from the Czech Republic we had a mixture of rain and clouds and then when we were back in Baden-Württemberg it all of a sudden started to rain so hard that we had to stop on the side of the road because it was too dangerous to go on driving. It only lasted about five minutes and after another couple of minutes the sun came out. The roads were still wet but we kept going because by that time we were hungry.
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