Friday 12th October 2018 
Today we hired a car and it was to be my first solo drive in Europe (with Mum in the co pilot’s seat). I have driven a couple of short distances with David but not very much at all and I was average to say the least so I was a little nervous. After driving Benny to work to get a feel for the car, then a little melt down before we took off and a reassuring phone call with DB, Mum and I headed off on the 130km drive to Bastei Bridge. I managed OK considering and was feeling a lot more comfortable by the time we got to our destination. A couple of hiccups along the way, but all in all, quite good.

After parking we caught a horse and cart to the Bastei Bridge entrance. Only a 10 minute walk but we decided to save Mum’s legs for the stairs she was going to have to climb. The views and the bridge were magnificent. A slight hiccup on the way down, I realised I only had 20% battery left on my phone and had forgotten the cable, power bank and Mum’s phone as a backup. Time to stress, how was I going to find my way home when the battery ran out. After a quick call to DB I turned off my phone, which was a shame, we missed out on quite a few beautiful photo opportunities. But it was more important to be able to find our way home. This put a bit of a dampener on the outing. Oh well.

On our return to the car I managed to get the GPS in the car to work, albeit in German but at least we could read the pictures if not understand the language. Once on  the autobahn we could then follow the signs to Chemnitz and then I used my phone for the last 10 minutes. We arrived home with 1% battery life and luckily for me that was enough.

We then had a short rest before heading to Benny’s Premiere of North Lights. This was amazing, energetic and a great night. We then attended his function. Loved it.