Anyway...we're on the vaporetto heading to our parking garage. Arrivederci Venezia! It was great! I will truly miss the pigeons. Anne and I had soooo much fun feeding them. Bye bye beautiful Murano glass key chain, should've bought you.
On the road again, pulled over at an Esso On the Run and there were NO SNACKS or DRINKS!!! (Terry!) We're down to only a few Pringles now. This has been the trip of Pringles. They've been a great tasty snack while on the road. You can get them anywhere and everywhere!
Oh the grueling, never-ending road trip back to Germany! 9 hrs in the car. I drove all day! Everyone is sore and stiff. There was crazy traffic just before Innsbruck. Mom officially HATES Lily!!! I love her! Lily knows where she's going. In fact, she had us going on a shorter route from Innsbruck, but Mom was so paranoid about getting off the highway that said A12 Munchen/Salzburg that we went east from Innsbruck and ended up going an extra 40-ish kms. Oh well. Mom was happy. I did make up 24 minutes near the end when I was driving between 160 & 180 km/h for almost the entire last couple of hrs of our trip. I was on the Autobahn, what else could I do??!! Don't think I'll be doing that at home.
Finally arrived in Rothenburg at 1830. Mom was giving us directions around the old town. Lily got us to Rothenburg, but we didn't have the actual address on us so Mom was our guide. We went in the opposite direction first, then came out to the main street we were originally on. Had to go a few streets over because a bus was backing up. Found the town square and Anne & I knew where our hotel was from there. However, there was a "Pedestrian Only" street that lead to our hotel. Anne said, "Just go!" So I did! Mom said her famous line, "Cheaters never prosper." Dad was sinking as far down as he could in his seat, so embarrassed! As I went up the street, we came across people sitting outside having dinner. Their tables and chairs were fully out on the street and they had to pick up their chairs so I could get by ON THE SIDEWALK. But before I could go on the sidewalk, a group of at least 25 kids had to be scooted across the street by a few adults who were with them. At this point all I could do was laugh. I couldn't back up, could only go forward. I pressed on over the sidewalk (didn't feel so bad about the sidewalk thing because I was used to parking on it in Croatia). As I passed the kids and the people eating dinner (well, not really eating because they were holding their chairs) I just held up my hand and said "sorry...so sorry". Our license plates are from France anyway. Good thing they couldn't see the Canada sweatshirt I was wearing...at least I think the seatbelt covered most of the word. Oops! Je suis desole! It got us right to the front of our hotel.
PROSPERED!!!
PROSPERED!!!
...It's almost 2am. I really wanted to finish my blogs. We're leaving early in the morning for Frankfurt and then on our way back home. It's been an amazing vacation. We've done so much and really have had a great time together. Trip of a lifetime! Got to see where my dad was born and where he grew up for the first 11 years of his life. Very special. Thanks to Mom for doing so much planning/research/booking/confirming...etc. It was great! Sad to leave, but very happy to return home now.
Auf Wiedersehen~Dovidjenja~Arrivederci
Ciao!
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