So I picked up my rental car today… and for everyone who ever laughed at me for only driving standards, well, that’s all they drive here – so HA!  I have a 6 speed diesel, thank God with GPS.  The GPS is spot on and everything was fine finding the office I’ll be working in next week.  The highway was decent enough and I was just trucking along about 150kmh and then I hit the ciry limits, and it was a screeching halt.

If you think driving in NYC is bad, you have no idea what bad is.  It took me almost an hour just to get to the hotel, where the parking garage was blocked by Christmas markets.  I had to park down the street in a public garage… which actually works out better.  Parking at the hotel is 27€, but parking in the public garage was only 14€ – so I think it was in my favor.

I tried looking for a different hotel, but I couldn’t find one that was in the suburb, even though I drove around a while… It may be best if I stay here and just commute, but we’ll see how that commute goes tomorrow.

I’m taking to ains on the computer right now, and she’s getting SO big.  She’s counting down the days till I go visit her, and waiting for her European surprises

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