My Car is Here!

My car finally arrived last week. Just in time. Shawn has still been riding the motorcycle to work so I can drive his car. He’s been riding in the rain and cold. He says that rain doesn’t bother him, it’s the ice that he won’t ride in (wonder why). Well the very next morning after my car arrived there was ice on the roads. That was a blessing to have two cars. I start work at 9am and he starts work at 7am, but we both get off at 4pm. So we’re not totally able to carpool together yet. Maybe if my hours change later on we’ll be able to carpool. I didn’t realize how much I missed my Subie until she arrived. The fastest I’ve gotten her up to so far on the Autobahn is 110 mph. I don’t even what to know what Shawn’s gotten her up to. Driving over here is not as scary as I thought it was going to be. The most difficult part is how narrow the roads are. It gets a little crazy! When I back out of my driveway if I’m not careful I’ll back right into my neighbor’s house. Shawn and I went downtown about a week ago and were driving around for quite some time trying to find a parking spot that we could actually get in to without doing what Sinbad does on “House Guest.” But the Germans make it look so easy squeezing in and out of these tight spaces.

We also went out to eat off base at McDonalds and Pizza Hut this week. The pizza wasn't to bad. The picture above is the menu outside the door. Any restraunt you go to here they have the menu posted outside so you can look what is on the menu before you go in to eat. At McDonalds The Quarter Pounder with cheese is called the Royal Burger with cheese. There menu was limited, but it's pretty much all the same anyway. I found it interesting that McDonalds only accepted euro. No debit or credit cards. Also, if you go to a Burger King or McDonalds off base that doesn't have a drive thru, they serve beer and wine if you choose to have it with your meal.
The legal drinking age for Germans is 16 years old and the legal driving age is 18 years old. Not sure how many of the 16 year olds here actually consume alcohol.