My sister has awesome skills. Some she learned before the military, some from the military. I would follow my sister through the woods and over the mountains anywhere.
But, when it comes to driving, it is a different story. She owns a Navigon ("Navi") that she follows rather blindly all through Europe. The Navi led us erringly to and through Prague last time I visited. The Navi led us to Fussen and Salzburg on this trip. The Navi is great. The operator, not always so great. And in this case, the operator was me.
On day 3 in Germany, Rachel decided to take me to Regensburg on the Danube. And yes, the u is that important. Very important. Rachel handed the Navi to me and told me to just enter in the town name and it would take us to the town center. I started typing in r-e-g and the Navi autofilled with "Regensberg" and I, unwitting tourist, thought that must be it. So we spent the next hour and a half driving through scenic back roads of Bavaria with a confused sister who wasn't quite sure why we weren't driving on the autobahn. But, since the Navi is always right, we kept driving. And driving. And driving. To the lovely, tiny town of Regensberg.
No Danube River.
No cathedral.
No outdoor cafes.
No lovely old town and town square.
At this point, we learned an important lesson in German spelling and that Irene should not be allowed to operate the Navigon. Rachel was pretty tired of driving, so we went back to her house and caught the train to Regensburg.
It was worth the train ride (and drive!) to finally make it to Regensburg. Here are Rachel and I after a morning of travelling.
We hung out a bit by this guy...
...and his friends on this lovely cathedral.
Then we meandered over to the Danube.
After all this, we dined with this view in front of us:
Does it get any better than this?
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