TRAFFIC & WEATHER:
this is a photo i took today as we drove on the famous Autobahn (the freeway system that has no speed limit). as you can see it has been raining all day today (which actually it is the first day weve had rain on the trip).
i learned that there is no speed limit on the Autobahn, but you are not allowed to drive slower than 100 km/hr and if you get in an accident and it was found that you had been traveling over 130 km/hr you could be fined for reckless driving. but technically it is allowed that you can actually travel as fast as your car can go.
in the photo you can see a lot of breaklights...this is because it was raining and there was a lot of traffic on the roads and so at this moment the cars were going slower and breaking.
it has been a bit cooler here in Germany than what we experienced in France. and today it was a typical autumn day of cloudy, rainy, windy weather. the trees here are changing colors and it is so beautiful. i really enjoyed this as it reminded me of my time in Seattle or Glasgow.
we drove along the Rhine River today to visit a military fort built in the 1800s that sits up on a hill along the Rhine. on our way we passed several (and i mean several) castles. castles here in Germany seem to be as prevelant as they are in Ireland...but they look much different. these castles seem to look more like the "fantasy" castles of fairy tales and Disney stories.
hey there my praying friends...i could use your prayers this week...i am struggling with a cold (it started with a sore throat the first day in Germany and today it progressed to a chest thing with a cough). i think it has been the change in climates and the change in lifestyle and foods that has left me a bit vulnerable as we travel. before we left the States i made my parents promise me that they wouldnt get sick on this trip (cuz the last trip to Europe that we made together they got sick about 1/2 way into the month long trip and then i got sick too and it was miserable the whole time we were in Ireland)...and this time im the one who got sick first. i really dont want them to get sick too...nor do i want my cold to linger too long. so please pray, thanks.
