Day 15: Fun, Fun, Fun on the Autobahn

The last time we were in Munich, we were hurrying from one gate to another so that we could catch our plane from Kraków to Dresden. Matt had done a little bit of research into the Audi factory tour. As it turns out, they only do one English-speaking tour per day. We estimated that it would take about 3.5 hours to travel from Chemnitz to the Audi plant which is located 1 hour north of Munich. Since the tour was scheduled for 11:30am, we planned to leave at 8:00am to ensure that we would arrive before the tour started. Yes, you guessed it. We didn't arrive at Audi until 12:30pm and missed the tour.

Although we travelled along several Autobahn, the traffic slowdowns on the Bundesstraße (they were mostly single lane roads) cost us a lot of valuable time. Our GPS also took us unexpectedly into the Czech Republic! Luckily we were able to drive across the Germany/Czech border freely and without stopping. So now I can say that I have been to the Czech Republic. For about 20 minutes. =) We also managed to pass a transport truck that was emblazoned with the Yamaha Tech 3 team logo on it.

When we arrived at Audi, we were resigned to the fact that we would probably have to return the next day to attend the English-speaking tour. As it turns out, our race to Audi would have been in vain: today's tour had been completely booked full. In fact, they would not have room for us until Wednesday. After a quick consultation with our calendar, we signed up for the Wednesday tour. We would delay our travel to Füssen. Since we were already at Audi, we opted to tour the Audi Museum so that we would be able to continue our travel to Füssen right after the plant tour finished up on Wednesday.

We finished strolling around the 3 levels of the museum and had a very late lunch at the Audi complex. Then we headed back to the rental car and continued on to Munich. We had one more stop planned for today: Munich's Dainese D-Store. Dainese Heaven. We did a little bit of shopping. Good thing there are still a few more days before we head home. We will have to do a bit of rearranging of luggage to make sure everything will fit inside. =)

1938 Audi Wanderer:

Audi motorcycle, Isle of Man TT winner:

Comments

[Pa]

It's like a scene out of Stripes!

[Cess]

I had to follow your link to figure out what you were referring to. At least for us, there was no passport control or tolls at the actual border ;)