Monday 5th December 2022
Today we will head as far as possible to Benny. The weather is forecast for some rain, some snow and possible icy roads. David has done all the research possible to ensure a safe trip. We have 3 different ways we can go, each with a different level of snow so we will be watching the radar carefully to ensure we head in the right direction. We have 1097km and almost 12 hours to reach Benny, so we will see how we go. One thought is to drive all day until we get there but that means night driving and DB isn’t too keen on that one if icy roads are a possibility. The weather for tomorrow is a lot colder and more snow so it is a catch 22. What will prevail.

We headed off just after 9am and David forgot he had No Tolls on the GPS last night so for the first hour we travelled a lot slower but after leaving the town there was a lot less traffic, until he realised what he had done. He knew when he turned toll roads off last nights so we didn’t have to pay a toll to get dinner that he would forget to turn them back on. Oh well! It was a quite pleasant drive anyway and we probably saved 20 euro.

The drive today was through beautiful green countryside. The weather was annoying with light rain for a couple of hours which had DB driving a little slower than yesterday. It then stopped and the roads dried up and was safe to drive at the speed limit of 120kmh. David was happy to drive as he knew I wasn’t keen on icy, wet roads. We had a 70s and 80s music revival today.  It was fun to listen and sing to all the old songs.  Wow my memory is very good for old stuff although it is a shame I forgot what we did yesterday.   We crossed the border from France to Germany at Saarbrucken at about 2pm and 46.20 euro in tolls. I think we saved some money by going the wrong way earlier. Yeehah! We were going along very nicely to start with in Germany, the roads were dry and the traffic moving along at 130kmh or more as the speed was unlimited in this section of the freeway. Although this makes it quite intense as the cars fly passed doing over 160kmh or even more. We thought about continuing to Benny’s but 10 mins later it was raining again and we booked an apartment just north of Frankfurt. We will make a decision in the morning which way we go even if it means going back through Frankfurt as there are icy road warnings until at least 10am here.

David drove 725km today in 7.5 hours so a very big day. We have only 376km and 4.5hrs to go to get to Benny tomorrow.