Vegetarisch?

"Frisches Rahmkohlrabigemüse mit gebackenen Champignons dazu Salzkartofelln"
Well that's just a fancy German name for fries and steamed, salty potatoes with fried mushrooms. And it's readily available in the famous Hofbräuhaus beer hall in München to wash it down with a litre (and no less) of its original brew. And mind you, the potatoes are not that salty. You gotta put some more salt on top, especially if you are Indian. But what do I know about Deutsch food or for that matter European food! They also eat a lot of bread. And of course every bakery features tons of different kinds of breads. And then there are pretzels! But I've to admit that breads and beers complement each other well.

Talking about tastes, I got a taste of how it is to be driving on the 'Autobahn'. Fast, of course! But why does no speed limit on road makes sense is evident by their way of driving.
The idea is very simple. The drivers anticipate other drivers' next move rather than putting that responsibility on them. They take it upon the themselves to estimate that the car in front of them is going to change lanes because they have nowhere else to go and they are probably not going to slow down. That, infact is the norm. So you give way to the fast ones. And if the right most lane is empty you move your car there. Period. That's another rule. So I guess that sort of discipline helps to keep it safer with no speed limits.

With me reaching speeds of 180-190 kmph (but at these speeds you can see your fuel gauge going down in real time) in a lousy car like Fiat Punto, it is only imaginable what could be achieved when you are driving a German engineered motor vehicle. No wonder they make good cars. They probably had the Autobahn before they had world-class automobiles. So it was only natural that they come up with cars to kiss those roads.

However, one thing that is hard to get used to is the traffic signals, which, unlike US, are only at your side of the road and not across the cross roads. So you have to make sure that you're not too far ahead when you stop because if you are, you won't know when the red turns green until someone honks from the back of the queue. And it's even worse if there's no one to honk and tell you that it's green.