Snowed in
by Volker Weber
Photo: Paul Mooney
I made a bad choice this morning when I picked the car without snow tires. On the Autobahn this was not a problem. But on the country road that was going to the Entwicklercamp conference I was quickly snowed in. As soon as the car did a few skids I left it parked in a residential road. Luckily Rudi picked me up with his all-wheel-drive car and I am safe at the hotel now. I think I leave the car for the next two days and will not move it up here. The weather is not going to improve, but the roads might be in better condition when I leave.
Bill and Paul, take this as a warning. Insist on a rental with snow tires.
Update: Yes, the roads were clear two days later. Just had to remove ice from the windshield and I was ready to go.
Comments
You're definitely in the wrong corner of Germany right now. On my way back from Munich today I found myself playing with the thought of pulling the tarp from the bike and giving it its first ride of the year tomorrow.
Kassel is not near Allgäu. Volker, change the direction to the north on the A7.
http://www.hotel-tannenhof.com/
Danke, Joachim. Der Link stimmt jetzt. Wenn Du bis sieben hier bist, dann kriegst Du bestimmt noch ein Bier.
Ah...,
that was you; Rudi mentioned that he had to pick up somebody who's car got stuck in the snow.
So it seems that, except for this "half-DSL" Internet connection shared by more than 100 persons, we are nearly truncated from civilization :D
... and it still continues snowing!
zu spät für ein bier. und um die uhrzeit noch hintern Berg nach elmshagen fahren ist mir zu gefährlich.
seit wann gibt es in elmshagen DSL? ich dachte man bräuchte dort noch einen stateliten, um ins internet zu kommen? naja, jetzt gibt es dort fließend wasser, strom und internet! fehlt was?
viel spaß
