A Start with Difficulties

We were supposed to be in Gemünden at the retreat Friday afternoon but Mario was so kind to pick us (Fran and me) up in Wiesbaden. He had told us before it could be late like 8 p.m. and that was fine for us.

At 9 p.m. Mario sent me a text message that he was caught up in a traffic jam and still 55 miles (90 km) away. To make a long story short: he arrived 11 p.m. and after a cup of coffee and a sandwich we went to the car. While we were packing the car we heard a loud crash on the road pretty near! We walked over to check - it was a serious accident and we called the police and ambulance immediately. In the meantime it was 11.45 p.m. and I was really surprised about how many gawkers came along all of a sudden... and even if I really dislike any kind of craving for sensation I took a picture with my cellphone-camera, because it was such an unusual situation. The quality of the pictures are not the best but they leave a mark anyway. Believe me: this is not an upside-down picture - the truck was like spinning and then toppled over after it was hit by the other car.
I am still surprised about how the occupants could get out there and walk around...
We left the scene pretty soon for not to disturb the police - they tried to find some accident witnesses - and headed off to get to Gemünden.
We wanted to save time and took the Autobahn for the first part but this route wasn't familiar and so we missed the right exit and lost our way in the woods of Usingen, Königstein and Gemünden.

A route that usually means 1 hour car driving took us 2 hours...
We arrived at 2 a.m.

What a "time saving"!