Blogs from Hassloch, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe

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Europe » Germany » Rhineland-Palatinate » Hassloch August 25th 2011

We have had a few days to settle in with Karin in Hassloch. The weather has been warm to hot...apparently we brought it with us, as the week before our arrival, it was cool with temps around 19c. Phil has had his first drive of Karin's new Peugot, on the wrong side of the road with me as the extra eyes......which translates to LOOK OUT!!!!! , Go, no I meant STOP, or Get out of the gutter or watch out for the other cars side mirrors! Sitting where I would normally be the driver on Aussie roads, having no control of how close we are to other cars is weird. With Hector the Cat's road safety message of "Look to left, look to the right, look to the left again, if the road ahead is clear ... read more

Europe » Germany » Rhineland-Palatinate » Hassloch August 22nd 2011

well after a long flight from melb to Frankfurt via Hong Kong, we stepped out from Customs att around 6am to a smiling niece and her finacee. Hugs and kisse all round , then in search of the car. Unlike Melbourne airport, the arrivals lounge has you walking directly into the carpark, and only when exiting the park station did we get our first glimpse of daylight in Germany. Good thing we had a driver.....we would have no idead where to go, what lane, in what direction. It is quite confusing. Eventually Clauds got the Merc up to over 200kph (when allowed) and trust me, you would not know unless you looked at the speedo. We arrived in Hassloch around 7.00am, to find the house locked up and no-one home! karin had gone out to get ... read more




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