Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Driving in Europe


My first trip to Europe was eye-opening.  First, the autobahn had no speed limit.  That was great for making good time, but dangerous for us newbies who didn’t know how to function.  The Porsche’s and BMW’s were in the left lane doing 200 kph and the trucks were in the right lane doing 40 kph.  we had to watch out and be alert.  Then in Hungary, when you wanted to pass, you turned on your left signal and just pulled out.  Drivers on both sides of the two-lane road eased over toward the shoulder and made three lanes out of two.  It got a little hairy when an oncoming car was passing as well.  We never saw a fender-bender, but we often saw tragically totaled cars.  It seemed that life was so cheap.  Drivers would literally risk their lives just to get one car-length ahead.  “…For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.” James 4:14  “So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.” Psalm 90:12

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