But the brake on her side of the car still does not work. Imagine that… Having driven in four countries, we still find the Germans are the best drivers. We left Copenhagen promptly at 9am so we could make the 11am ferry from Gedser, Demark to Rostock, Germany. Missing the boat would leave us with a two-hour wait at the ferry terminal. We made it with plenty of time to spare and had a chance to walk around in the sun for a while. As we’ve come south, the sun is out more and the weather is warmer.

The ferry is fun; we played Farkle and had lunch. We dumped most of our remaining Danish krone paying for the fare (almost $200) and then dumped the rest of the folding money on candy in the ship’s store. We have enough gummy bears (the good ones) to last a while!

Once back in Germany we hit the Autobahn. After driving through the nannie-states (Sweden and Norway with their speed cameras) it was fun to see this sign again:

That means, the restrictions no longer apply. In other words, no speed limit! There are lots of stretches of the Autobahn that do have speed limits plus it does get congested. But every so often, you just get to let the car unwind and go. We did a few stretches over 200 km/h (about 125 mph) but mostly we hovered around 180. You sure get to your destination quickly. (In 2008 we did some stretches at 250 km/h, but that was a different car…)

We had a mellow evening; we nibbled a little in the executive lounge at the hotel, sat in Starbucks for a while and watched a movie (Green Zone) on the TV. Tomorrow we start the trip home…