Euro Driving!

That's right. We got ourselves a car. In true European fashion we got ourselves a piece of German engineering. No not a BMW or an Audi ... but a VW Polo. We have actually had it for over a week now but unfortunately have had limited chance to get to work and actually post about it.


It drives really well even if Emma and I don't! It is left hand drive and has both the winter tyres with metal spikes for driving in the snow and ice as well as the summer tyres.



However, the road rules over here are crazy. Obviously the driving on the wrong side of the car and the wrong side of the road is bizarre enough, but the road rules are also a spin out. Essentially if someone pulls out from a side street you have to give way to them, unless you are on a priority road which is crazy hard to identify. So you can be cruising along at 60, and someone pulls out and you have to stop for them or risk a $1000 fine! Also there are absolutely billions, if not hundreds of zebra crossings all over the place where people are calmly walking along the side of the road and suddenly they decide to cross and you have to slam on your brakes to avoid them or similarly risk a $1000 fine. Luck we have ABS brakes, but it is actually quite fun to do this as a pedestrian and watch everyone slam on their brakes! A fun game to play!



Anyway, if we don't manage to kill ourselves or pedestrians we plan to do a bit of weekend driving and explore the wider world of fjords, valleys, mountains, ski fields, ferry crossings, islands, etc etc that will have us plenty busy on the weekends.



Here is a pic of the happy family in front of their car - also in front of our house (or out the back actually) where we park our car.



Till next time, Med venlig hilsen (best regards).



Jeg har det flott (Life is great).