signs

It shows rather well the lack of queueing skills of the Italian car driver.

Sign for popular food in these parts. Coca-Cola has become popular in Europe after the Second World War. This pass is quite impressive: 2504 meter at his highest point and about 40 turns; about 12 kilometers climbing at 12% and then about 12 kilometers of descent at the same percentage. I climbed it in second gear and I could really feel the heat coming from the engine and gear box. Engine temperature wasn't raised during the climb, low outside temperature and high circulation and cooling from the high revs kept it down. The Großglockner people seem to think this pass is ideal for oldtimers . They speak of "gentle gradients". I wonder if they are talking about the same pass. You have to pay toll for using this road: € 26 for a car.

Squatters occupy a large building on the Hooglandsekerkgracht in Leiden. They organise some activities in that building, including since recently a bar. The squatters want to expand their activities by making a terrace, but that is a bridge too far for the neighbours. This is a protest sign hung on the window of one of the neighbours, with the squatters's building visible in the reflection. See also: www.sleutelstad.nl/cgi-bin/news/gen1.pl?action=artikel&am... (in Dutch).

"Bismarck tower of Aachen will be one hundred years old on June 22, 2007. A centenary which knows no celebration!"

"Call me for the whole story." Sign seen hanging in a parked car

Text in Dutch: "Hulde aan de nagedachtenis van Justus Dirks Hoofdingenieur 1e Klasse van de Waterstaat Eerstaanwezend Ingeneur bij de Amsterdamsche Kanaal Maatschappij ---- Aan zijne technische leiding is het Noordzeekanaal voor een groot deel te danken. Bij tal van andere belangrijke werken in ons land en daarbuiten heeft hij eveneens den naam van den Nederlandschen ingenieur hoog gehouden. ----- 1825-1886 -----" English translation: "Honour to the remembrance of Justus Dirks, Chief Engineer 1st Class of the Public Works. First Engineer of the Amsterdam Canal Company. It is mainly thanks to his technical direction that the North-Sea Canal was completed. And at numbers of other important works in our land and abroad he had kept the name of the Dutch engineer high. 1825-1886"

The idea is that you park your car far away from the beach and that a free bus service takes you to the beach on a special designated lane on the road to the beach. On this first day of summer, the bus didn't go.

SAE 30 for below 10 degrees Celsius and SAE 40 for above 10 degrees Celsius.