Pelting along the Autobahn and the meeting of Max

We left Munich bright and early today and quickly found ourselves on the German Autobahn, which I have to say, I was expecting more from. I thought that it would be 4 lanes of cars that would just FLY past you, and yet, while you did have your fast cars and a certain amount of speed being tested by drivers, I didn’t ever have a moment of going “oh gosh, what was that?” as a car whizzed by. The autobahn was having quite a lot of work done to it, so sadly there were many speed limits needing to be obeyed, but, as we got further out of the city this construction work began to peter out and the speed limit opened up and you could really put your vehicle to the test. At one stage we were travelling at 160km an hour and I have to say I really enjoyed this rush. I love being in fast cars and the freedom of driving so I quite enjoyed the autobahn once the speed limits were free. Chris appeared to greatly enjoy this part of our travels also, and I know that he wished he could be driving something like an Aston Martin along these lanes.

It didn’t take too long to make it to Trier thanks to the autobahn; we were back within 4.5 hours. Kora dropped us off at her lovely little apartment, showed us where everything was, how it worked and then disappeared to work for a meeting, stating that her friend Max would come by after work and ‘look after us’

We then had time to relax, lie about and watch a DVD; it was really nice to finally be at our destination!

At seven o’clock Max turned up. Max is LOVELY. So happy and sweet all the time, we both liked him instantly. He brought a huge bag of groceries in with him and beer stating “you might be hungry? Thirsty?” We nibbled on a few things before deciding that going out for dinner was by far the better option tonight, so off we went to a nice bar/restaurant that Max knew in the city centre. Here we enjoyed a lovely night of quiet drinks and a nice simple meal each, we had a great time just chatting and getting to know Max and finding out about the Trier city. Kora eventually finished work at midnight and came and joined us for a drink or two before we head back to her house for a decent nights sleep!!

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Chris and Emily on July 8, 2009 from Trier, Germany

from the travel blog: Europe 2009

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