{"id":84,"date":"2019-05-19T00:54:13","date_gmt":"2019-05-18T21:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fred-hart.gr\/greece2019\/?p=84"},"modified":"2019-05-19T01:11:34","modified_gmt":"2019-05-18T22:11:34","slug":"fast-through-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fred-hart.gr\/greece2019\/fast-through-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"Fast Through Germany :: \u0393\u03c1\u03ae\u03b3\u03bf\u03c1\u03b1 \u03bc\u03ad\u03c3\u03c9 \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u0393\u03b5\u03c1\u03bc\u03b1\u03bd\u03af\u03b1\u03c2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Looking from Schloss Drachenburg towards Bonn and Cologne<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After I left the hotel this morning I got straight on the road and pointed the car towards Germany for another 300 mile journey.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My first stop for sight-seeing was K\u00f6nigswinter, not far from Bonn. It took around 2hrs 30 to get there – the only delay caused me taking an earlier exit off the Autobahn to go in towards the centre of Bonn, rather than towards K\u00f6nigswinter, but I soon corrected myself!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

K\u00f6nigswinter is next to the Rhine river I went in order to see the nearby Schloss Drachenburg<\/a> which I got to by taking the Drachenfelsbahn (Drachenfels Railway). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Schloss Drachenburg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Drachenburg Railway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I had a late lunch in K\u00f6nigswinter (Schnitzel… What else when in Germany!?) before setting off on another 3 hour drive, to Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber in Bavaria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve had a clear run most of the way so far – Some slow bits going through all the roadworks (there are lots of those on the Autobahn), but otherwise I’ve reached Bavaria and have not been stuck in a traffic jam since the M25 last night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The journey in to Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber was a particularly good one – Once I got past Frankfurt it was as though everyone left the Autobahn and left it all to me. I had the best part of 50km (30 miles) on an almost empty, completely unlimited A7 Autobahn. 165km\/h (102mph) in lane 1 with Bavarian radio playing Born to be Wild<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At one point my speedometer was reading slightly over 110mph – The published top speed of my car is 114mph. Normally, traffic flow doesn’t allow such speeds for a prolonged period of time but today, there was no traffic and so I could just… go fast. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I got in to Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber just before 8, checked in to my room and went in to town to have a walk about, and to get a light dinner (I just got a sandwich from the supermarket – having eaten a full meal in K\u00f6nigswinter).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most British stereotypes of Germany are actually Bavarian; Rothenburg is a distinctly Bavarian town. When I arrived at my hotel I was greeted by staff wearing the traditional Bavarian dress. It feels so different here compared to K\u00f6nigswinter!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There are many City Gates in Rothenburg – to the point I started singing ‘Underneath the Arches’ to myself each time I walked through them.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Marktplatz, Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

An easier day of driving tomorrow – I should be able to reach Sindelsdorf from here in under 3 hours. It’s Sunday tomorrow, usually a good day for Autobahn driving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s getting late so I’m going to bed now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gute Nacht.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today’s Mileage: 366.3
Accumulative Mileage: 683.8<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Journey Map<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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