Trip to Ulm

Tom and I love roadtrips, so when we received a call from Chris and Laura asking us to rescue them from the city of Ulm, Germany, we were ready to go. Oh - why did they need rescuing? They had driven with the kids to Legoland in Germany, and their car gave up the ghost right at the front gates of the theme park. So they made the best of the situation by enjoying their stay, and they asked us to drive down to get them on Saturday in Chris' partner's van.

It was a wonderfully scenic drive through countryside that reminded us so much of NY and PA., except that there were castles and fortresses on the tops of many of the hills we passed.

Crossing borders now is very uneventful, just like going from one state in the US to another. The border control checkpoints and buildings are still standing, and it is rather eerie to see them empty and unused. Sorry that we didn't think to take a photo.

After crossing into Germany, I noticed an exit for what I took to be a rather large city, but I couldn't spot it on my map. At the next exit, the same sign was there, and about 3 exits later I noticed that you could still get off the highway and go to Ausfahrt. I said to Tom, "How big is that city anway - there are so many exits for it!"

Eventually it dawned on us that Ausfahrt is German for exit. We had a good laugh over that. It is amazing what amuses you as you get older. :-)


Another sign that had us completely baffled was the orange "thing" below. Is it an arrow? A rocket? We never did figure that one out.

We arrived in Ulm in time for lunch, and we did a little sightseeing. The church there is the tallest church in Europe. The main spire is so tall that Tom couldn't photograph it. Click here to see the entire structure.

There were many beautiful , old buildings and interesting architecture. Definitely a place I would visit again.