Take a late afternoon boat from Dover, 1hr later you are in Brugge. Hotels or B&b's aren't cheap nor expensive but in Brugge they don't like cars, so parking can either be difficult or restricted to parking in their underground carparks which are cheap but not best located.Â
Car stuff has been covered, although run out of fuel on the motorway in Germany and they slap the book in your face and give you a heavy fine.Â
Watch out for crossroads this can be confusing, I made the mistake of naturally filtering to the left and ended up going down the wrong side of the road, only to be confronted by a mahoosive 18 wheeler! I said to my mate "that truck is on the wrong side of the road" which I then suddenly realised it was me in the wrong and quickly slung the car into the correct lane. I was only 18 at the time.
You will notice motorway driving is a bliss in Germany, the majority strictly follow the retire to nearside lane without fail and move over from the outside lane once they've undertaken their manoeuvre. Oh if you float in the outside lane accidentally and you see a Beemer baiting down at 130+ it's advisable to move over as they don't like using their brakes. Â Watch out for the French they flash you whilst in the outside lane yet you have 20 cars in front of you or are stationary in roadworks. I think they just love to flash people.
Try to avoid filling up in isolated villages or motorways they can be expensive.Â
Oh if any men in those hi-vis jackets wave at you whilst going through customs, just floor it. They'll be asking all sorts of questions about where you've been, what you ate last night and so on. If you do get stopped make sure you have nothing illegal on you. I've never been stopped but you never know! Like I say floor it through customs otherwise you'll be late to your destination.
(you can ignore the last one if you want
Most of all enjoy the Autobhan!!!!!!!!!!