Speyer Technik Museum

A Lufthansa 747 with a long tube slide below

Often when leaving or arriving in Heidelberg we pass the Speyer Technik Museum--several large buildings with airplanes looming above--and think that we should make time for this place.  So today we did.  We rode most of the morning and reached Speyer about 1.  The town itself, which we had seen several years ago, is filled with medieval buildings, a park along the Rhine, and a splendid cathedral.

After lunch in the museum cafe we set forth among the numerous airplanes, cars, motorcycles, and other vehicles in the first of two exhibition halls.  We took a break to view a film which documented the difficult transport of four planes to the museum via water and road.  Back to hall #1, then another break to see automated musical instruments, and finally hall #2 which is filled with space age vehicles and technology.  And more motorcycles.

1961 VW T1 bus, nicknamed "Bulli"

 

The heat made the day somewhat uncomfortable but the displays were not to be missed. We left at five and endured 45 minutes of traffic to our "home" in Heidelberg.  We're packing up for our Icelandair flight tomorrow.  We'll spend the weekend in Arlington, then 10 days of travel in Maine and NH on our Bergman, and finally 10 days in Minneapolis before returning to LA in mid-August