It was bucketing down rain all the way to Ulm. I knew it was going to be a two-hour and 40-minute drive, but I hadn’t accounted for the roadworks and accidents, which pushed our arrival time to just over three hours and 15 minutes. Even when sitting on 135 km/h, vehicles still passed me like I was standing still! I love these highways; I just wish it hadn’t been raining so I could have opened up the Volkswagen a little bit more.