Luckily it only came to material damages on the cars. The driver behind me decided NOT to brake when I had to brake because of the car in front of me did, and we all ended up crashing. My craziest “listening to a warning” moment was when I on a busy late Friday afternoon was myself part of an accident. I don’t think I would ever have gotten to know the lovely music of Herbert Grönemeyer or Xavier Naidoo, if it wasn’t for my time in Germany.Īnother advantage of listening to the radio while on the road, is the warnings about road accidents and the following queues. And that counts for everything you listen to – not only the radio news, but also the music. Apart form practicing your language listening skills, you also get to know the culture of the country. Another great thing to do, is tuning in on the local radio station. If you are lucky, the landscape around you is worth taking a closer look at instead of at the speed of 130 km/h plus. I admit it, driving on the German Autobahns can sometimes be a bit boring, especially if you land in one of the numerous queues on a Friday afternoon or during the holiday season, but thats where you have to be inventive.
Listening to the radio while road tripping For those who have only been in the big cities or driven on the Autobahns (motorways) in Germany, they will be amased how much lovely countryside there actually is in this country. Germany is a very big country (at least seen from an European perspective) and has so many diversities to offer from the flat North to the Alps in the South, from the densely populated industrial cities in the West to the former DDR in the East, and from the big multicultural Berlin to small countryside towns. Throughout the years there, I drove some hundred thousands of kilometers which meant that I just from behind my wheel saw a great part of Germany’s landscape and architecture. Well, every trip from point A to B is what you make out of it, and driving around Germany as a part of my work was an opportunity to see and experience another country. Some might say: “How can that be a road trip? – that’s work! And sometimes you did sleep in your own bed during those 4 1/2 years, didn’t you?”. But the longest road trip must be when I was driving around Germany as a sales representative from 2002 to 2006. Both the short day trip ones and others lasting several weeks. I have been on many great road trips until now. December 2012: For updates on this post please visit:
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