Vorsicht Landmine!

I guess Venezuelan traffic can be scary. German traffic too, but in a completely different way. German traffic is fast, silent and organized. Which can be really intimidating. I remember, when I made my German license I was terrified of the famous Autobahn.To me it seemed like a giant, well oiled, silent machine where every small mistake would have disastrous consequences. And of course my biggest worry was, to be the one making that mistake. Which luckily never happened. And even now that I am used to it, I must admit, that a road, where on one side you have senior citizens driving at about 80 km/h and on the other some stressed manager in his Porsche flying by at 210 km/h, inspires some kind of cautious awe. I never got an Venezuelan license. Which is indeed very common amongst Venezuelans. And, yes, by this I include people who drive every day. And this is the scary thing about Venezuelan traffic. Venezuelan traffic is everything German traffic is not. It is slow, loud and chaoti...

First of all, apologies to all non-english speaking readers (or english-reading reader for that matter). This is the first woe of being a NiNi, chosing a language for a blog post can be quite difficult. "A NiNi?" - You ask. Yes, a NiNi. NiNi stand short for "Ni esto, ni lo otro", spanisch for "Neither this nor that" and is a term used for things and people who are exactly this. For example people like me, neither Venezuelan nor German and also both at the same time.