Less than a 1/2 Liter would have done it!
So, I am in Munich now, I thought I´d just let you all know that. I toured BMW today and it is a rather impressive operation they`ve got going on here. I can tell you that if I had the money and needed an expensive car, I would get a BMW. They even gave us lunch before the tour.
I am actually sitting at this internet cafe hungry, waiting for some friends so I can we can get dinner... But, my trip home from Paris... So, I was sitting shot gun and Christian and I were talking about random things the whole way through France. Mami and Jenny were kinda sleeping or talking in the back. At one point, Christian and I took a look at how much gasoline was left...and we were getting kind of low, but still enough gas to get to Luxembourg. The reason we wanted to get to Luxembourg was because it is so much cheaper to fill up there than it is in France or Germany...plus, it was on the way home. So, we get stuck in traffic for something like 20km and finally get through it all just as we reach Luxembourg. So, we get of the highway and start searching for a gas station. Just as we are heading up the off ramp...the car runs out of gas. Not kidding. So, mami and jenny think christian is just messing with them...but, no. I knew he was serious because we had just talked about it. So, christian pulls over and he hops out of the car hoping someone would be nice enough to stop and help us. So, Mami hops out too and tries to wave at some cars. Well, Mami waves down this car...and this is where everyone realizes that Mami speaks Japanese and english...the woman driving the car speaks French and a dialect spoken in Luxembourg and some english. So, Christian runs over and starts speaking German. Well, Mami comes back and gets in to the car with me and jenny and this nice lady gives Christian a ride to the next gas station. Well, the three of us are sitting there and realize that at least in Germany, when a car is pulled over on the side of the road, one puts on the emergency lights...and puts up little reflective triangles behind the car. Its just what they do here. So, we decided to try and find these triangles. Well, they´re not in the glove box or underneath the seats so the must be in the trunk, right? So, Mami sits in the drivers seat and cant find the button to pop the trunk...she´s from Japan and they drive on the other side of the road anyway. So, I get in the drivers seat because I also drive a VW...but, not a manual Golf model...and I can´t find it either...So, jenny jumps in the drivers seat because she`s german and can drive a manual but it doesnt matter because she cant find the button either. So, we pull out the manual and find out you need a key. Ha. Well, Christian gets back with a liter or so of gas and tells us that the lady who helped him had to speak english because that was the only common language between them. So, the end.
Tuesday, January 11, 2005
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