The Labraventures of Carbón, Spanish (ex-) foster dog extraordinaire

Emily_Babbelhund

Mama Red HOT Pepper
By the way, putting in my 2 cents on the Autobahn: many sections have speed limits (variable by road conditions) and even the sections with no limit are rarely ‘as fast as your car will go’ because of heavy traffic and incessant roadworks.

Where it is ‘anything goes’ @M.F. you are right - you need a car that is fit enough to be in the fast lane. The TARDIS is NOT 😆 so I am perpetually behind big rigs (lorries, trucks) whose max speed is 80-100.

So on the plus side, I get great fuel economy. But it’s not exactly the experience most non-Germans think of when they hear ‘Autobahn’. 😁
 
you need a car that is fit enough to be in the fast lane. The TARDIS is NOT 😆 so I am perpetually behind big rigs (lorries, trucks) whose max speed is 80-100.
I’ve just returned from a road trip with my mom and sister. (Note for next time: Do NOT invite this sister on a road trip again. But that’s another story.) We took my mom’s car, which is a brand new sporty model. I did most of the driving. My mom did say “slow down!” a few times, and I responded “this car speeds up by itself!” It was amazing to drive such a zippy powerful car (BMW). But for the most, I am the slowest driver on the highway, also perpetually behind the trucks. Very cautious! Driving through a toll tunnel was white knuckle stuff. My eyes are terrible at night (it was dark in there!) and all I could see were halos of headlights of the massive trucks barrelling down towards me at 80km/h in this narrow tunnel. I was terrified I’d clip them on the side. I had a queue of cars behind me as I tried to keep at a decent speed to get out of there asap, but also really just wanting to crawl safely through.
 

Emily_Babbelhund

Mama Red HOT Pepper
I’ve just returned from a road trip with my mom and sister. (Note for next time: Do NOT invite this sister on a road trip again. But that’s another story.) We took my mom’s car, which is a brand new sporty model. I did most of the driving. My mom did say “slow down!” a few times, and I responded “this car speeds up by itself!” It was amazing to drive such a zippy powerful car (BMW). But for the most, I am the slowest driver on the highway, also perpetually behind the trucks. Very cautious! Driving through a toll tunnel was white knuckle stuff. My eyes are terrible at night (it was dark in there!) and all I could see were halos of headlights of the massive trucks barrelling down towards me at 80km/h in this narrow tunnel. I was terrified I’d clip them on the side. I had a queue of cars behind me as I tried to keep at a decent speed to get out of there asap, but also really just wanting to crawl safely through.
The whole thing - sister PLUS tunnel driving - sounds pretty stressful! Good for you to take it on and tell the tale afterwards.

I’m a strictly solo long-haul road-tripper. I just can’t relax or concentrate as well with someone else in the car. Maybe if I had more practice driving with another human in the car, or would learn to just be quiet (I talk WAY too much), but until then, Carbón is my best co-pilot. 😁
 

Emily_Babbelhund

Mama Red HOT Pepper
Hola amigos! I have now been safely landed for a week in California, the home of sunshine, Cookie Man, and second breakfasts and third dinners!

As I am getting to be more of a distinguished silver fox Spanish gentleman (think George Clooney with a better accent), I must say that jet lag has kicked me in my adorable furry backside this time around and I am still feeling quite sleepy and in need of a siesta in the afternoons.

ML also insists on taking me to meet with amigos and then watch them talk for hours which is soooooo aburrido, BORING! However we have had a couple good hunts for Halloween cheer and one visit to the Egyptian gardens for a photo shoot. Ojalá that we have a few more leeeetle adventures coming up that I can share with you!

Posing like a pro at the Egyptian gardens. ML would like me to point out that she took more photos but I had my eyes closed in most of them. Pfft! Is it my fault she changed time zones on me?
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My beloved California duck helps with napping.
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And now for some loco Halloween decor!
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Hola amigos! I have now been safely landed for a week in California, the home of sunshine, Cookie Man, and second breakfasts and third dinners!

As I am getting to be more of a distinguished silver fox Spanish gentleman (think George Clooney with a better accent), I must say that jet lag has kicked me in my adorable furry backside this time around and I am still feeling quite sleepy and in need of a siesta in the afternoons.

ML also insists on taking me to meet with amigos and then watch them talk for hours which is soooooo aburrido, BORING! However we have had a couple good hunts for Halloween cheer and one visit to the Egyptian gardens for a photo shoot. Ojalá that we have a few more leeeetle adventures coming up that I can share with you!

Posing like a pro at the Egyptian gardens. ML would like me to point out that she took more photos but I had my eyes closed in most of them. Pfft! Is it my fault she changed time zones on me?
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My beloved California duck helps with napping.
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And now for some loco Halloween decor!
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The kids LOVED your photos!!

We had lots of fund trick or treating tonight. Here are the boys...
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And one house even had a bag of doggy treats for Ella too 😁
 

Emily_Babbelhund

Mama Red HOT Pepper
Handsome Carbon, but those Halloween things are very scary!
Oh no, I will tell you a leeeetle secret: during the day the scary things cannot move, so they cannot eat me. The first year we saw them, I was very scared, que horror!, but then I learned that is why we only go to visit in the daytime, because in the dark, they WILL eat you!

The kids LOVED your photos!!
Que bien! That makes my leeetle Labrador heart very happy!
 
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