We're still heading north and the progress ahead seems very slow. According to Alice a distance that should take 9 hours have taken us 3 days? I mean not that we were in a hurry but it was getting way too hot for both of us so we want to go north to cooler temperatures. The weather channel warned of temperatures up to 40C (104F) and we're not having it.

I don't think Alice knows about traffic and delays because getting around Munich was a nightmare. It was raining and lane closures and miles and miles of trucks in the left lane. Mom manages to clip a rearview mirror on a truck but there was nowhere to stop so she kept going, and a few miles down the road a police car was waiting and flashed "Folgen sie mir bitte" The truck driver had called them saying she was running away from an accident, but the police understood she had nowhere to turn off.

When Mom got out of Lucy the driver came after her screaming so she quickly jumped back inside Lucy and locked the door, letting the police deal with him. The police said that "It is a German thing" and this is so minor not to worry.

It's a German thing to scream at the woman?

Small men are like chihuahuas 

  It put a damper on the evening so Mom just looked for a place to park and sleep, which we did, still awfully hot

The following morning Mom tried to forget the previous crappy day and we drove along the river Saale which runs into Elbe. Many small villages are on the way and sometimes Mom thinks Alice must have shown the wrong way, because are we really supposed to be driving here? People have to watch for cars when they step out of their front door.

Some corners have mirrors put up so you can see if anyone is coming in the other direction

we were looking for a camp right on the river and Alice was showing the way. She did not say anything about a ferry until we got to it

This was the smallest ferry we have ever seen and it took about 2 min. and cost 5 Euro

The camp was wonderful with lots of flowers and a big dam with trout that you could order and cook fresh.

On this campsite, they had so many different animals, goats sheep, lots of rabbits and many birds in cages.

Swallows had a nest on the fixture to the entrance, so there was poop everywhere.

As a matter of fact, Mom thinks the reason we have to deal with so many flies is because of the animal poop 

We were comfortable here and Mom kept thinking we should stay another night but changed her mind before noon and off we went.

Alice told us to drive North on this side of the river and we did and came to an even smaller ferry

Mom started to think about a scene in the movie Deliverance, not a Soul in sight, and we wondered if this ferry is for real? Mom looked at a timetable and realized this ferry isn't going to move in another two and a half hours, so we turned around.
A lot of time was lost and again we encountered road closures. The funny thing in Germany is they close the roads by putting a big red cross over the name of the town, but no detour signs on which way to take instead. They take it for granted everybody has a phone with updates and directions. We also have to get the phone out because Alice isn't updated on the latest. closures.

We are now in a small town called Stendal and walking through town we could really tell that it was a while since this towns heydays

After walking through the town we sat down for a dessert. On the menu was a picture of fruit with ice cream. Mom thought the emphasis was on the fruit and order it. 

While it looked pretty it was mostly ice cream and cream very little fruit to Mom's disappointment.

Tomorrow we may be in a different country Mom said, ok I know she has a way of changing her mind often so we'll see

We're going to bed now and who knows what tomorrow brings.

Good Night all 

kisses Henry

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