Driving the Autobahn

We’ve spent the past several months commenting how much we enjoy driving in Germany. The concrete autobahn is smooth, with ample driving space, nice shoulders, and the drivers are some of the best we’ve encountered. They stay in the right lane unless they are going to pass, which they quickly do and then move back over to the right. It’s truly a pleasure.

Until.this.weekend!

Wow. The drive to Brussels was excruciating. Ok, that’s an exaggeration, given that I didn’t even drive! Honestly, the roadway was packed with drivers and so many semis that the efficient passing method didn’t work very well. It added an extra hour to our already long drive to Brussels.

The return trip on Sunday was, once again, a pleasure. We must have hit crazy Friday traffic. The kind of Friday traffic in Chicago that makes you rethink your whole vacation so you can either beat the traffic by leaving early or wait it out and leave late at night.

Up next...pictures from Brussels. Stay tuned.