Where's Bertie? He's still at the Stellplatz in Ingolstadt.
Weather: Overcast with only the occasional snippet of blue sky, but dry.
This twelve space Stellplatz housed 23 motorhomes last night, with a few more in the adjacent car park. It was only when I nipped out for a short walk just before dark that I discovered the reason people were squeezing their vans into every plausible spot around the Stellplatz: because the car park was heaving. It was tempting to nip into town to see what everyone was up to (it had been so quiet there during the afternoon), but even more tempting was to achieve a few more rows of the sleeve I'm currently knitting and not risk getting a drenching from the next shower.
How to fit 23 vans into a Wohnmobile Stellplatz designed for 12.
The forecast for today gave a 50/50 chance (give or take 10% here and there) of rain or thundery showers all day through. We thus set off for a run this morning with the expectation (thankfully not fulfilled) of getting wet at some point. I'm a big fan of running alongside German rivers, and today I'd chosen to head west along the north bank of the Danube, as the map suggested that would be the most interesting option. Mick stayed with me for the first 2.5 miles, then I was on my lonesome, although with a good smattering of other people out and about, as I made my way 6 miles upstream before turning and heading back again.
Typical riverside path - it was grit all the way today.
Another lake-like section of river. I crossed over the barrage on the return leg, for a bit of variety on the other side of the river.
After a thoroughly enjoyable couple of hours (always good when mind, body and lungs are all compliant!), swiftly followed by breakfast and elevenses, I didn't feel like a 2-mile (each way) walk to the Audi museum was what I fancied.
That changed after a substantial lunch and thus this afternoon we strode off across town to the Audi Forum.
It's a huge site. Had we been there during the week we could have arranged for a factory tour. Had we been there half an hour earlier we could have taken a museum tour in English.
Online reviews of the museum had told me that information for all exhibits was provided in English (always a bonus), but that there wasn't much there and that seeing everything would only fill half an hour. We should have known better. We almost always spend way longer than the average person on a museum visit, and as soon as we entered the top floor of the circular museum building it became apparent that we had underestimated the entertainment value here.
Knowing that we could easily spend longer than the opening time remaining, we did a good job of rushing around. Mick mainly concentrated on looking at and reading about the cars on display, whereas I mainly read about the history of the company - so between us we came away having done a comprehensive tour.
The earliest Horch car on display. August Horch set up his first car company in 1899. In 1909, after his departure following disagreements with the board, he set up a new car company. The original company had protected the name 'Horch', so Herr Horch translated his name (Hark!) into Latin and the Audi company was born - although it went through a number of mergers and other names before it finally returned to being 'Audi' again.
For those who want an armchair in the back of their car and a flip-up sink on the running board. (This model was designed as a hunting vehicle for the Swedish royal family.)
The €2 entrance fee was a bargain.
Arriving back at Bertie late in the afternoon it was to find him as one of only 4 vehicles left here. A couple more have since arrived, but it bears out the comments I made yesterday about Saturdays always being by far the busiest day of the week.
Weather: Overcast with only the occasional snippet of blue sky, but dry.
This twelve space Stellplatz housed 23 motorhomes last night, with a few more in the adjacent car park. It was only when I nipped out for a short walk just before dark that I discovered the reason people were squeezing their vans into every plausible spot around the Stellplatz: because the car park was heaving. It was tempting to nip into town to see what everyone was up to (it had been so quiet there during the afternoon), but even more tempting was to achieve a few more rows of the sleeve I'm currently knitting and not risk getting a drenching from the next shower.
The forecast for today gave a 50/50 chance (give or take 10% here and there) of rain or thundery showers all day through. We thus set off for a run this morning with the expectation (thankfully not fulfilled) of getting wet at some point. I'm a big fan of running alongside German rivers, and today I'd chosen to head west along the north bank of the Danube, as the map suggested that would be the most interesting option. Mick stayed with me for the first 2.5 miles, then I was on my lonesome, although with a good smattering of other people out and about, as I made my way 6 miles upstream before turning and heading back again.
After a thoroughly enjoyable couple of hours (always good when mind, body and lungs are all compliant!), swiftly followed by breakfast and elevenses, I didn't feel like a 2-mile (each way) walk to the Audi museum was what I fancied.
That changed after a substantial lunch and thus this afternoon we strode off across town to the Audi Forum.
Online reviews of the museum had told me that information for all exhibits was provided in English (always a bonus), but that there wasn't much there and that seeing everything would only fill half an hour. We should have known better. We almost always spend way longer than the average person on a museum visit, and as soon as we entered the top floor of the circular museum building it became apparent that we had underestimated the entertainment value here.
Knowing that we could easily spend longer than the opening time remaining, we did a good job of rushing around. Mick mainly concentrated on looking at and reading about the cars on display, whereas I mainly read about the history of the company - so between us we came away having done a comprehensive tour.
The earliest Horch car on display. August Horch set up his first car company in 1899. In 1909, after his departure following disagreements with the board, he set up a new car company. The original company had protected the name 'Horch', so Herr Horch translated his name (Hark!) into Latin and the Audi company was born - although it went through a number of mergers and other names before it finally returned to being 'Audi' again.
The €2 entrance fee was a bargain.
Arriving back at Bertie late in the afternoon it was to find him as one of only 4 vehicles left here. A couple more have since arrived, but it bears out the comments I made yesterday about Saturdays always being by far the busiest day of the week.
That last one is too cute!
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