Faced with a four-day weekend, whats a foreigner to do in Middelburg? Drive to Germany of course!
I wish I could claim that it was my idea, but it wasnt. It was Kevin who persisted in going to Germany, and I'm glad he did.
We went to Cologne (or Koln) which turned out to be just three hours away from Middelburg. Its amazing how you can find yourself suddenly in another country in a matter of minutes. In our drive to Germany, we went from the Netherlands, to Belgium, back to Netherlands, back inside Belgium and then to Germany. If it werent for the different signs we saw along the way, we never would have known what country we were in!
Coming from a country filled with speed traps, Germany was surprising and shocking. Sure, I've heard of the autobahn where speedlimits are nonexistent, but crossing the border and then suddenly noting the noticeable fast speed that the other cars (including ours!) marked our welcome to Germany. I have to admit I was scared. I was braking half the time, fearing that we wouldnt stop in time to stop what I thought was an inevitable crash with the cars in front. But, nothing happened, we're back and we're safe (yay!).
Now I'm wishing for more long weekends. That way we can cross yet more borders!
1 comment:
Socs! Cool, so totoo nga yung anong tawag dun autobann? yung highway na walang speedlimit! astig...if pictures could capture how fast cars are, hingi sana ako..
Aliw, una ko ata narinig yan nung HS or College...May deeper meaning daw kaya walang speedlimit, but i forgot..i think its about responsibility or something like that =)
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