After a good nights rest in quarters at Spangdahlem, (I got up at midnight, played on the computer for a couple of hours), had a cup of coffee, and went back to bed.
A taxi picked us up at 10:00am and took us to Bitburg to pick up our rental car at Avis. The car was not there. It was in Trier, but someone else had it leased and had not turned it back in. Mark, the Avis representative, found us another car in Prum, DE.
Mark then drove us there on the autobahn. Life is a series of experiences. I have never had an experience like this one. I know you have all heard about the German drivers on the autobahn. I did not take any pictures, because I was holding on with both hands. Ever how fast the VW would go, we went. Over 220 km's ph. Exciting, terrifying. I did not even turn around to look at Linda. We made a 30 minute trip in about 12 minutes. Harry would have loved it. Later, after we picked up our car and headed for Bavaria, I was on the autobahn, doing pretty well I thought...that is until I was passed by a Mini Cooper. He passed us like we were sitting still.
We had a nice drive to Karlsruhe, Germany. We skirted the French
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| Fine dining in Germany |
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| view from our hotel room |
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| street scene |
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| great Italian pizza |
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| Our room |
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| Our hotel. Our room is top floor center, with lights on. |
border, along the Alsace Mountains, and the Rhine River. Harry and Amanda would also be interested in knowing that we discovered the German Wine Trail.
Tonight we are staying in a neat hotel, the Hotel Alfa, in olde town Karlsruhe. We parked the car, toured the city, and called it a day. Tomorrow we will continue the trip to Salzburg, Austria, where on Friday we will take a "Sound of Music" tour.
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