Never done more than eight hours, really? Road trips must be an American thing. What is your native country? I actually really don't mind long drives if I have plenty of time to break it up. Drive a few hours; stop, see something new. There is just so much diversity in the US, culturally and geographically. We did a 24+ hour drive from Florida to New Mexico last fall, but we stopped many nights in new places along the way, so the drive was part of the adventure.
Ha, actually that cartoon sums up the ticket experience for the Metro very well. It must be the same in all cities. I can't imagine being an old person and trying to navigate purchasing a ticket. Paying to park your vehicle is the same in the garage - you've got to jump through a bunch of electronic hoops with a smart phone...and if you can't, well, I guess you and your vehicle are trapped behind the automated metal arm until someone comes to your rescue.
So many people tell me Adelaide is like a country town
Yep, same - I grew up in a "city" that wasn't really a city...and that's enough for me.
I think the road trip concept is an American thing. That said most Australians seem to think it perfectly normal to travel 6 hours just to go to a favourite bakery. South Australians are laughed at when they don't want to travel more than an hour or two to do that, yet even they will travel 3 hours each way for a day trip. Meanwhile, us Brits think that after travelling for over an hour it's best to make the most of the journey and stopover at least one night at the destination. I'm not quite that extreme any more, maybe 2 hours for the stopover requirement now. 😆
Usually when Australians do a driving tour around Australia they take 6 months to a year out. Of course Britain isn't big enough to have a lot of geographic variation, but it's got this funny quirk where you only need to go a few towns over to hear different accents, dialects and even culture.
I would quickly be trapped and in need of rescue in a car park like that. I may have no choice in having a smart phone, but I have no data, so I can't use it for paying. I think I annoy a lot of assistants by making them actually do what they are hired for and take the alternative route for those of us who aren't linked into the matrix yet. There are plenty of us like that here, though.
Fair enough - there will be no stiff butt muscles or whiny children after that little bit :)
Britain sounds like a fantastic place for those very short-leg road trips. I've always wanted to check it out. It is on the list of places I should make it over to.
I have a fully equipped smart phone...but I could easily end up trapped too. Ha. Some of us are just not born technology people. Yay for being old at heart. I find the benefits outweigh the occasional time you find yourself unable to escape a parking garage.