230 kms an hour on the Autobahn and the holiday house.

WOW, what a beautiful day! Clear blue skies, little cloud, sun shining, perfect road trip weather! It was decided last night that Chris would stay another day in Trier and travel up with our friend Max tomorrow, leaving Luke and I to travel up with Inga today. It was odd in a way, after 5 months Chris and I are finally having a day apart, you can’t help but think “something’s missing” but at the same time breathing a little, it’s an odd feeling.

We hit the road bright and early, having to say goodbye to Anya once more and this time, for the final time on this trip. Anya has been fantastic to us through out this trip and we can’t thank her enough for her help and friendship. So, off we set, nibbles and drinks within easy reach, IPods at the ready and chatter and stories filling the little car.

There is a small stretch of autobahn highway between Trier and the boarder of Luxembourg which Inga was excited to drive along, it meant that we had no speed limit and could make up some good time for the start of the trip... and good time we did make, at 230 kms an hour. I don't know about you but I have never been in a car that travels at the speed of light, so while it was kind of exciting, it was also terrifying, and when I turned to smile at Luke he raised his eyebrows at me which let me know he was in the same boat as me... still, it only lasted a few minutes and we slowed down to a more reasonable 110km... Inga sure knows how to put peddle to the metal and make good time!

It was a lovely trip, we made only a few stops on our way down and didn’t get lost once (it does help that Inga has been there a million times before!) It took 8 hours which seemed to pass very quickly and we were then standing in front of a lovely little holiday home in Grust, France.

We settled ourselves in and had a small rest before making our way to a little sea side town where we had dinner and watched the sun set over the beach, it was a lovely way to finish off a long day!

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Chris and Emily on August 23, 2009 from Grues, France

from the travel blog: Europe 2009

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