Claus' Germany 2

We left our country pub at Neckarvischofsheim and drove for 10 minutes to Sinsheim where there was a technical museum.

The museum collects cars, areoplanes and all things

mechanical; the sort of things that Jenni really enjoys

One of my very favourite cars, a 1958 Cadillac Convertible

This 55 Thunderbird uses 26 litres/100 km.

There was quite a range of 1950's American Cars

One of the early Paris-Peking racers. It had gears on

the outside and the steering wheel properly located on the right.

A Russian 42 cylinder radial deisel engine. Each row has three cylinders.

It was used to power naval ships.

The soviet version of the Concorde, the Tupolev TU-144

The Concorde supersonic passenger jet. You get into

the aircraft by climbing the spiral staircase

A 1938 Cord - a classic motor car

What I would own if they didn't cost hundreds of thousands:

a Manx Norton of the type that dominated the Isle of Mann TT in the fifties

The classic, and very expensive, gull-wing Mercedes 230

One of Hitler's 1938 state cars. It was heavily reinforced

 underneath against mines, had triple reinforced

 glass and steel-lined doors 

This is Grandma Duck's car from 1902

There was quite a display of Formula 1 cars

We drove to another classic village called Dinkelsbühl, 1½ hrs drive to the east.

The temperature here was a hot 35 ° as the heat wave continued

We cool off with an ice cream. Other customers who came in after

we did were told that the restaurant had run

out of food and were turned away.

Claus had a Schnapps with his ice cream to make it taste better

Dinkelsbühl caters for Japanese tourists and many of

the stores had dual German/Japanese signs in their windows

Claus giving Jenni some German lessons

The half-timbered buildings and the flower boxes are very attractive