Sunday, March 29, 2020

Driving Through Austria

Truck at Rasthof - Austria 2019

Mugs for Sale -  Austria  2019

The drive from Lake Bohinj to Vienna was fairly uneventful. ("Fairly," because there were numerous rain showers along the way. What was interesting was that the rental Mercedes' windshield wiper control was on the left side of the steering wheel, with the gear shift control on the right. On my Toyota the wiper control is on the right side. So there were quite a few instances of me wanting to turn the wipers on but hitting the wrong control - the gear shift lever - and putting the car into neutral while driving on the freeway. Interesting!)

We soon learned to look for the rasthofs - rest stops. For our lunch: fried food! Chicken and french fries!


Fried Food - Austria  2019

2 comments:

Curtis Faville said...

When we lived in Japan, I had a recurring issue meeting cars on rural roads.

My tendency was to pull to the right when meeting another car head-on.

Obviously that didn't work. But one's rote reaction was hard to overcome in sudden situations.

Mike Mundy said...

Right. That's why I've never even contemplated driving in Japan.