[Fugly M3]

So, I'm going to do a review of the entire trip. Day 1 was departure from LAX to MUC en route to FRA. Flight to Munich was a little late but got there on time. Thank god for United MileagePlus award tickets. Although Lufthansa's J Cabin isn't great, it beats United economy.



Sunset somewhere over Montana/Canada was amazing.





Picking up the car in Frankfurt was effortless...and I splurged and upgraded to the new Alfa Stelvio for 80 EUR. Picture of that to come later. However, I can say that the navigation in the Stelvio is far from stellar. I had to whip out my TomTom for a faster route. Another thing to note for anyone headed toward the Ring this year. The roads are under construction. They were under construction last year and still are this year. This means lots of detours and getting somewhat lost. As the detour signs aren't the big orange dazzlers we have in the states. Some shots:







Finally, after about 19 hours of travel from door to door, I got to the Pistenklause restaurant only 15 minutes or so into the scheduled dinner. Just in time to sit down for a steak on a stein!!!



At about 9 pm, 21 hours in, I made it to the Lindner Congress and Motorsport hotel. So far very nice. Room is very nice. Parking garage a little tight and they charge 15 EUR a day for parking...this only seems absurd because of where we are. In central Frankfurt that's a steal, but out here something like parking should be included.





Today (if I can get myself back to sleep for a couple hours) is a walking tour of the ring and just getting bearings. Tomorrow (Tuesday), the fun begins. Updates to follow!!