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The Truth about Germany: The Autobahn
"Michael Wigge continues his search for the truth about Germany. Today he heads for the Autobahn, Germany's famous network of highways where you can sometimes drive as fast as you like."
The Autobahnen are the nationally coordinated motorway system in Germany. They are officially called Bundesautobahn (pl. Bundesautobahnen), which translates as ( Read more... ) -
Word Of The Day ~ der Wagen
WORT DES TAGES
der Wagen (pl. die Wagen/die Wägen [= South German/Austrian]) - car, auto, wagon, vehicle; cart; coach, carriage, car (train); trolley, waggonRudi hat sich gerade einen neuen Wagen gekauft - einen blauen Audi. - Rudi just bought (himself) a new car - a blue Audi ( Read more... ) -
Pictures: Wild mix of ... everything, while travelling.
On the road, a wild collection of everything and nothing, seen while travelling, mainly on highways. (Just let me know if you find posts like this too random, I personally am always interested in little details from foreign countries like the way supermarkets look, what street signs they have, such small things that make other countries different ( Read more... ) -
Pictures: Cars
Last post for today, I don't want to spam your friends list ;) A wild collection of cars, pictures taken in different cities, just to give you an impression what's on our streets.
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3 Mercedes Benz Commercials
Visit their website - includes human models and car models ;)
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one of the oldest vw beetle ads in existence!
My cousin sent me this video. He is a crazy huge fan of VWs :)
Anyway he says this commercial is probably from the early 50's, not the late 50's like the person that posted the video says cause the dashboard isn't from the late 50's. Like I said, big VW fan, hehe
Anyway, outside of it being pretty cute, can anyone help me with what they are saying? ( Read more... ) -
The Trabant in the New York Times
An article about the Trabi that appeared in the Times yesterday:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/automobiles/collectibles/30TRABANT.html?_r=1&ei=5070&emc=eta1 -
In The News: "Germany Gets First Ever Autobahn Speed Limit (Bremen)"
Article adapted from~ DEUTSCHE WELLE WORLD
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3255827,00.html
Germany Gets First Ever Speed Limit In City/State Of Bremen
For the first time in the country's highway history, a German state has set an overall speed limit on its part of the Autobahn, rekindling an ongoing debate on curbing speed to boost road ( Read more... )
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