We left Rothenburg after breakfast in warm, dry weather and proceeded, after one or two hiccoughs, to the autobahn. It’s very disconcerting to be overtaken when you are travelling at 90 mph by a Mercedes doing 150. We arrived at Speyer at 11:15 and booked ourselves into a hotel next to the “Technik Museum”, a place devoted to transport. We spent at least 3 hours in the indoor and outdoor museum (see the pictures) and is well worth visiting.
After a shower we walked into the city centre to look around. Speyer cathedral is a world heritage site, the oldest Romanesque Dom, dating from 1035. Speyer itself is very pleasant – clean and tidy, lovely parks, helpful locals but it feels a little soulless. We had a tapas at Maximillian’s cafe, ok but nothing special.
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| Capt Sullenburger achieves another remarkable landing. |
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| Ingenious German engineers do away with pneumatic tyres. |
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| Messerschmitt 109 - G4 |
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| New 6 cylinder engine for Land Rover. |
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| Full scale Mamod steam engine. |
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| 1930's Junkers airliner |
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| Herr Barnaby tries driving on dodgems. |
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| Das Boat |
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| Munch monstrosity for contortionists only. |
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| Half bike, half scooter MV Agusta |
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| 1950's 500cc Motoguzzi. |
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| Retired today! |
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