Reactions to driving back here in the States after getting back from Germany.

[randomness]

I drive faster now that I've been driving in a place where 85 mph or so is about normal for the middle lane. This will last until I get my first speeding ticket here, I think. :)

Wow, I can fill the tank for less than $25! It was costing about €50 (about $60) to fill the same sized tank in Germany. It got to the point that when I drove through Luxembourg, which has the lowest fuel taxes of any of the countries in the neighborhood, €1.09 a liter felt cheap.

Lanes sure are wide in the States. Even in Boston, the lanes are pretty wide for Europe. Of course, in Europe, they tend to be a bit more consistent than in Boston, where they vary a lot, when they're painted on the roads at all. In Germany, they are very consistent, but narrower, and nearly always well-marked.

Someone needs to fix the street surfaces around here. I've been told that road repair crews in Germany have competitions to see who can build the smoothest surface. They do a great job of fixing potholes; the holes don't last long--the repairs do. At 200 km/h, you feel every ripple in the asphalt.

Comments

[jtdiii.livejournal.com]

Seeing as I generally travelled in the left lane even in Germany, I had a very hard time slowing down upon return to the states. I managed it without a ticket, but I got close a couple of times.

Good luck.

[oneagain.livejournal.com]

Welcome back:)

[lillibet.livejournal.com]

Welcome home! We should get together and catch up.

[agrimony.livejournal.com]

Yay! You're back! You should visit me! :)

[ketzl.livejournal.com]

Yay you're back! You should visit me too :)

Y'know, if states in the US would charge as much gas tax as Europe and most of the rest of the world does, I'll bet we could have smooth road surfaces and lots of signs too... and maybe even afford some public transportation? Nah, couldn't possibly work.

[dianec42.livejournal.com]

Wow, it just cost me almost $40 to fill up my car! Sigh. And it's still nowhere as bad as 90p a litre in Dundee the last I checked...

[sea-bound.livejournal.com]

Welcome back to the States and its potholes. Unfortunately I probably won't see you until June--I'll be on a boat for weeks with no contact with the outside world (yay). You should send me your snail mail address so I can send you postcards from port stops.

[earthling177.livejournal.com]

Welcome back and you should visit -- any Thursday dinner time is great... ;-) (To be honest, other times might be great too, let us know.)

[dr-memory.livejournal.com]

Hey Leon. Drop me a line when you get a moment? I have a question I'd like to ask you offline...