Our first touristy stop on our trip was in Heidelberg. Its claim to fame is its old castle on a hill above the old part of town. It was on our itinerary as it was on our way to Stuttgart. The castle grounds were pretty interesting and the boys were amazed the age of the structure. The train (funicular) you take up the steep hill was also entertaining. I was glad that I wasn't relying on my old paper maps as the roads are not in a grid pattern and the German street names are hard to remember.
We trusted the directions provided by our Garmin unit to get us out of Frankfurt and to our destinations. Our upgraded rental car ended up with built navigation but I had pre programed our destinations before we left on this trip. The device also had warnings of known speed camera locations which is super helpful as they have them all over Germany. Even though the Autobahn is without speed limits their are sections where there are limits and often a camera at the slower sections. I might have buzzed by at least one of the cameras before I noticed the warnings from the Garmin later on the trip.
It was pretty easy to drive at 150-160km/hr which is about 90-100mph. That's about the speed of most cars. You do pass trucks pretty quickly but you still need to keep your eye on the Porsches and Mercedes which will blow by pretty fast on your left.
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