snot zombie
We had planned the first week of January back in December. Stay in France till Wednesday the 7th, drive home to Rotterdam and go to the office. That was until it all fell down. First there was this thing called the weather. The winter had finally arrived for the first time in 5 years and it made traveling home on Wednesday at least ‘adventurous’. We did not take the gamble and drove home one day early, Tuesday night. That proved a wise decision, we had some hinder from mist and floating snow (really it didn’t fall down), but as soon as we hit the tarmac of the highway everything was almost normal. Only the absence of say 50% of the usual traffic. After a 3 and a half hour drive we were home, only 10 minutes slower than usual. Not bad for a winters night. That of course would not have been possible were it not for the gritters and people manning those machines to keep the roads usable. They did a splendid job from France through Belgium and The Netherlands. ...