Today, which is the seventeenth of April, I was walking through the city that is closest to me and I found it to be a beautiful day and lots of people were outside. I took my motorcycle from my hometown into the major city and I found a free place to park my motorcycle and walked past a a large building which is an internal mall. It's kind of unique in its own way, but I went up to the American fast food company called KFC, which most most most most most most most most most most most people in the USA and maybe even internationally know. Kentucky Fried Chicken. This particular batch wasn't too bad. It was a little dry, but it was still tasty. Afterwards I went over to the company here in Germany known as ADAC. I m r renewed my contract because my motorcycle, even though it's in good working condition and just passed inspection for the next two years, still it's old. And I want to be sure that if something does happen I have help when needed. For those of you who don't know what ADAC is, I did make another article about it, but I'll explain it in this one, and it's quite simple. In the United States there's a company called Triple A. And this Triple A is an automotive company that helps out motorists for whatever reason they have an emergency, stranded, dead car engine, whatever the problem is, they send a towing agency to pick them up and take them to the closest shop or whatever repair shop is best for the customer depending on the level of service that they paid for. So ADAC is the same thing. 

Here in Germany you have three different levels. The standard basic level is I think fifty or sixty Euros. The m the plus version, which covers all of Europe, is now just about ninety something Euros. And then you have the international version which which is outside of Europe, when that goes for damn near 140, maybe even 150 Euros per year. And keep in mind this is a critical component here regarding ADAC. Once you join, it is an automatic renewal. Now, unlike in the States where if you don't pay the bill, the account just gets shut down. Well, in Germany, that is not the case. It does not get shut down. It turns over and over again. So if you wind up going two or three years without paying your bill, you will get a visit from a collection agency. And in Germany, those guys are vicious. And the funny thing about them is not only they vicious, they're legal, and your bill that, let's say you choose to pay ninety euros per year for the service, let's say you go for three years without paying, that's I believe would be 270 Euros. Then what'll happen is the cost of the fees for the collection agency and the lawyer and the court fees will all come into play. So what was now 270 over three years will clearly stretch out to be in the thousands instantaneously. So if you're in Germany and you want to cancel this service contract, please make sure you cancel it before the three-month renewal / cancellation date. Otherwise, you have no choice but to renew, because they are federally protected. They're a good service company, so don't get me wrong, but they are federally protected with their payment systems. So don't make a mistake. 

So now to continue on with the rest of my story. When I arrived and passed the mall, I went down to the to the train line which happens to run through this gigantic circular area which is the kind of the shopping area that everybody goes to. Not the only one, but it's a main street for it. there were benches around, there were a little there was this big baseball type setup in the middle just cl close to the tracks, by the way, it's all paved and it's huge cement area. It's kinda like a actually there's nothing I can compare it to, to be honest with you. You'd have to see it to understand it. But anyways, a whole bunch of little entertainment things set up with different private companies, and then the train that goes back and forth th through it, and it's quite busy. There's a trains there constantly. And then the street goes down into both directions and there are shops every single five feet. It's just full of retail stores of books, stuffed jewelry, food, you name it, they sell it except the only one thing I had never seen it before is car shop, people place where you buy cars. There are car dealerships nearby, but it that's to you have to take a train for damn near five, ten minutes to find those type of things. But everything else you could want if you bring a 30 or 40 liter backpack with you, that should basically suffice you for what you need to buy, and then you can head back to the parking space, or you can get on the train and head back home. But while I was walking along there, it was an incredible place. The sun was shining, the nice a few clouds in the sky, very warm. People were dressed up like it was a late spring, early summer day, sunglasses on purses on ladies besides sides, men walking around with light jackets, sitting outside of cop coffee shops enjoying their special brew of coffee of their favorite c flavor and just enjoying the day, enjoying the moment. There was no signs of any political issues going on. It was just a nice day and they were spending a little bit of money, which was something that has been needed for quite some time. This winter past winter has been pretty bad. With the cost of the electrical f and for the gas heating, people have been very, very upset for the past few months due to the cost of fuel going s way, way way way way way way way way way way way up and absolutely no reason for it. Yes, there's a war going on, but we don't get our fuel from the war areas. They're just spiking the prices because of the word war, which is sadly very, very manipulative. And the government is not interceding to help stop that. And that's typical for many countries. So the day on the whole was very, very nice, and people were receiving a break from the bad news because they were able to get outside. And I was very happy to be able to be a part of that and just walk around being a one of the many thousands amongst the others out there enjoying the day. So I figured I'd share a nice little story with you folks out there today in in this little blog that I have. Thanks for reading.