Finally, my time comes to leave Munich and I get a car to the airport where I collect my rental…

Meet Clio – my companion for the next few days…

Dear Clio did her best, but anything over 150 she felt decidedly unstable…  I did however manage to get to 185 for a brief moment…  Hey, it’s the Autobahn!  One needs to do these things!

Our first stop was an abbey that supposedly has an incredibly library, however it was closed…

Not to worry – it was fun wandering through the grounds…

In case you haven’t guessed by now, I didn’t exactly take the straightest route from Munich to Cherbourg, but rather meandered through the French countryside…

Time to stop for the night and I found a delightful hotel where from my window I could hear birds happily twittering away…

…and off again in the morning…

~ Bella