Laura Mallonee
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Stini Rohrs - Autobahn

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    A female trucker celebrates her birthday with her family in a kiddie pool she set up beside her semi at a trucking festival in Bautzen off the A4.
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    A janitor mops the floor at a motel in Pfungsstadt, off the A67.
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    This maultasche—a traditional Swabian German treat that's essentially meat- or vegetable-stuffed pasta—was purchased at a travel stop off the A8 near Ulm.
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    The daughter of a trucker plays with her doll at a trucking festival in Bautzen.
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    A wrecked car sits on a service truck during a traffic jam on the A9 near Schleiz.
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    A woman sells sausages through a fence at a rest stop in Rodaborn.
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    A couple poses beside their van, decked out with an American flag, at a trucker meetup in Bautzen.
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    A Mercedes-Benz logo looms above an auto shop at a travel plaza off the A3 in Geiselwind.
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    A rainbow appears in the sky behind a woman outside a church off the A9 in Himmelkron.
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    The Austrian artist Herbert Maierhofer designed this arty rest stop in Illertal-Ost, Germany.
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