Parking for paperwork

"AC/DC - the trucks head north"

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October 26th 2009
15th February '09: It is 86km to the next truckstop, or “autohof” as they say in Germany. Our maximum speed is a snail-like 84km/h, and we have less than an hour of driving time on the tachograph. 'We should make it,' says Namibian. He’ll probably poison my next flask of cappuccino now that I've reported that. Ooh, I assume everybody knows what a tachograph is? Very briefly, it is a syste ... read more

Europe » Norway

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Two centuries of Viking raids into Europe tapered off following the adoption of Christianity by King Olav TRYGGVASON in 994. Conversion of the Norwegian kingdom occurred over the next several decades. In 1397, Norway was absorbed into a union with De... ... read more