A TripAdvisor™ TripWow video of a travel blog to Lake Titisee, Germany by TravelPod blogger Brianc. See this TripWow and more at tripwow.tripadvisor.com Cuckoo clock land "FRIDAY, 22nd September Perfect blues skies as we drove out of Strasbourg but then the fog came down and we saw little of the drive south to Colmar along a very busy highway dotted with the headlights of the oncoming traffic. [I have always been of the opinion that if you cannot see a car approaching in broad daylight without it having its headlights on then you should not be driving a car. On principle I, therefore, rarely put my headlights on during the day. Following a vehicle with the rear red lights on can create confusion if and when that vehicle brakes. On the continent for reasons that elude me 80% of the motorists have their lights on at all times. There are rules in Italy where it is compulsory to have them on when on an autostrade. It is also necessary in the many tunnels in the mountainous areas of southern Europe...although those tunnels are often well lit. In fog it would make more sense to have sidelights on but not around here...full headlights were ablaze. If headlights have to be on then the Americans have the best system. Their new cars are fitted with headlights that automatically switch on at all times but keep the rear lights switched off.] We took the road off to Haut Koenigsbourg with the intention of finding the castle of the same name. The road, which until now had been level ...
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