Cars in Germany

This is a place where Smart cars really are smart! Gas runs about $10 a gallon, and parking spaces are hard to come by. Too bad a fam. of 5 can't quite squeeze in. (We'll be walking, biking, or riding public transportation).

We thought it was pretty funny to see this bumper sticker.

The streets are so narrow, that it isn't uncommon for people to park like this, half-way on the curb.

On the right is a car elevator. Yeah, like the kind on those old Fisher Price Little People car garages. They enable 2 cars to park in the same place, one above the other. Since we're not so accustomed to this, they gave us the "lady's spot" on the left.