Kimie and I went to Portugal this summer - by car! That's 3000 km (roughly 1870 miles for the metrically impaired) - one way!!

We thought it'd be a nice trip, and air line tickets had skyrocketed, so propably cheaper too (always book your tickets 6 months in advance!)

We set out on Saturday, July 15th at 0.30 (yes, in the AM) with only 5 litres of gas in the tank (fuel was supposed to be less expensive in Germany) and headed for the border.

Little did we know, that there were no gas stations along the freeway - for quite a while. Eventually the fuel gauge wouldn't go any further into the red, and we decided to get off the freeway and look for the nearest town (Schleswig) in which we found the golden clam logo of a gas station and managed to tank 49 litres of gas (I thought there was only room for 40!!)

Lesson learned.. when fuel is less than 5 litres, find a gas station - you never know!