Driving in Germany -- Are We There Yet?

Thinking about driving in Germany this summer? Don't know how many miles or kilometers might pass under the tires between your planned stops? You might want to have a look at our Germany Driving Distances Calculator to see if you've planned more driving than you'd like to do.

And speaking of driving, Sunday's San Marino Grand Prix featured the big red machine of Michael Schumacher out in front pretty much the whole race at Imola, the Ferrari home field, so to speak. The next race is May 7 at Nurburgring, Germany's legendary race track and toll road. Yes, toll road; you can run laps on it if you pay up. Not on the 7th of May, but later maybe. Find out all about Driving Germany's Nurburgring Race Track on your Vacation.

And this just in: A 53-year-old German woman was caught driving her dead mother across the country "to save on mortuary transportation costs," according to All Headline News. Her crime? Disturbing a dead person's peace. She musta been driving really crazy.

^{Picture of a classic Alfa Romeo resting from a road rally in Italy ©2006 by James Martin, licensed to About.}