Whatever you do, don´t try to use a French map to traverse Germany. I suppose that goes without saying. We left Strasbourg yesterday morning and stopped for lunch in Freiburg. Lovely town, although their sandwiches left a bit to be desired. Drove east from there through the Black Forest, thinking that we could cut across more or less directly to Munich. No chance. Great views, but it was very slow going, and near Lindau the road came to a complete halt. We spotted a sort of German Best Buy/Home Depot thing and stopped for a new iPod FM transmitter and a beer. I took a photo of fish in the pseudo-upscale “La Scala” Italian restaurant built into the big box, next to the entrance to the electronics store. Very strange. We got back on the Autobahn at about 7pm and after a few more detours finally made it to Munich about 10pm.

Today we burn the French map and replace it with a better one. Loren wants to stop at some monastery for beer and pork shoulder. I want to go to Linz to see the Museum of the Future. Good news: it turns out the Peugeot rental thing _does_ allow us to go to Odessa! At least, I think that´s good news.