Somehow we managed to sleep until 10am this morning, had a great sleep! I guess it’s because we had such a long day yesterday. We’ve just driven along to the next services to get some fuel and now on the road to Brussels, James is getting used to driving on the wrong side of the road.
Swapped drivers around Cologne so James could nap for a while, I spent quite a while following another team in a lada (with a V8 badge!) The Autobahns are pretty mad, you can be going along at 80 in the slow lane and have people flying past in both the other lanes – and Yes, Rudolph can go 80mph! I reckon the speedo got up to 90mph at one point, but it was down a long straight hill, and we were still in the slow lane!
For a while I thought something was wrong with the car, kept hearing strange noises that sounded like they were coming from the wheels or brakes, but then I realized it was just crickets! They’re everywhere!
A long stop-start traffic jam around Wuzburg made me tired of driving so we’ve just stopped to have a wander round Nuremburg (the one with the Rallies, not the racetrack).
The old part of the city is quite interesting, old city walls, an imperial palace, and some fancy looking churches, the railway station looked very grand too. Cities seem to be strangely proud of their railway stations.
James drove out of Nuremburg, I think I may have got the navigation a bit wrong, but we ended up on the right road in the end. Now stopped to camp in a lay-by off the autobahn, just had some dinner and ready for bed (11.45). Feels like I could use a shower soon!
Photos from the day.
Swapped drivers around Cologne so James could nap for a while, I spent quite a while following another team in a lada (with a V8 badge!) The Autobahns are pretty mad, you can be going along at 80 in the slow lane and have people flying past in both the other lanes – and Yes, Rudolph can go 80mph! I reckon the speedo got up to 90mph at one point, but it was down a long straight hill, and we were still in the slow lane!
For a while I thought something was wrong with the car, kept hearing strange noises that sounded like they were coming from the wheels or brakes, but then I realized it was just crickets! They’re everywhere!
A long stop-start traffic jam around Wuzburg made me tired of driving so we’ve just stopped to have a wander round Nuremburg (the one with the Rallies, not the racetrack).
The old part of the city is quite interesting, old city walls, an imperial palace, and some fancy looking churches, the railway station looked very grand too. Cities seem to be strangely proud of their railway stations.
James drove out of Nuremburg, I think I may have got the navigation a bit wrong, but we ended up on the right road in the end. Now stopped to camp in a lay-by off the autobahn, just had some dinner and ready for bed (11.45). Feels like I could use a shower soon!
Photos from the day.
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