French National Automobile Museum
400 car collection.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
3 June 2008 French Railroad Museum, Mulhouse
I was a busy bunny today, visiting 2 museums & a walking tour of Bern, Switzerland. My first stop was the French National Railroad Museum in Mulhouse
Monday, June 2, 2008
***Colmar***
I was going to leave early, 9am. Left at 10:00am. I decided to drive the scenic back roads & arrive in Colmar by 12pm. Arrived in Colmar after 3pm. So much for keeping to a schedule. Hey, I’m on a vacation. It’s OK. Excuses: I had to empty my luggage & go through everything to find my cell Phone (does not work in Europe). It’s the last thing I found in the suit case. I was making good time on the rural French highway until I got stuck behind a bunch of Frenchmen towing house trailers with their little French cars. My Volvo, with turbo power, is great for passing cars, but I just was out numbered. Well, I arrived in Colmar with plenty of time to go see the sites & they were within walking distance from my hotel. The old part of this town has a fantastic collection of well preserved medieval buildings & it’s Better than the ones at Disneyland. Colmar is one of the few cities in Europe that was spared from the bombing during WW2.
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Sunday, June 1, 2008
1 June 2008
We woke up early for the short trip to the Paris, Charles de Gaulle airport. Of course we got lost on the way to the airport. Dennis boarded an SAS flight to Copenhagen, where he will connect to an SAS flight to Seattle. From there it’s a hop to San Francisco & home to Tracy, Ca. I waited in the airport until 11:35 when the flight board read “Take off” for Dennis flight home. I went to the parking lot to begin my 4 week “solo” drive through Europe. Of course, I got lost leaving the airport!!!
June 1, 2008: Driving solo.
I Drove from the airport to Dijon, driving on mostly 2 lane country roads. It was a beautiful drive, winding through the Champagne / Burgundy rural French landscape. About every 6 miles the road would lead through a small village. I’ve discovered I can place the note book computer on the passenger side floor so that I get a good view of the screen as I drive. As long as I keep the red GPS cursor on the prescribed green route, I think I can navigate these country roads OK. It’s the city streets that can be a challenge.
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