misteralz
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May 20, 2021 11:21:21 GMT
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The Russian space shuttle! Yeah, you can get in it. Yeah, of course I did. That's the Shah of Iran's Merc sitting underneath it, by the way. The rest of the site probably has a reasoning behind its layout, but I'm buggered if I understand it. Doesn't matter, really. 747 in a takeoff position that you can climb up into, and slide back down? Yeah, cool. U-boats, SAR boats, random turbines, car engined motorbikes, mad trucks, star engines, Antonovs and MIGs? Fab. WW2 stuff, bits of the Berlin Wall, loads of toys? Yeah, all that. We stay a few hours, enjoy a currywurst and Mezzo Mix and head north again.
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misteralz
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May 20, 2021 11:25:30 GMT
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misteralz
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May 20, 2021 12:39:32 GMT
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Sunday morning dawns and life in Germany Germanies away quite the thing. It's time to head to Bad Camberg. And already we're kinda nervous. This is, without a shadow of a doubt, the biggest and most prestigious vintage Volkswagen event in the world. It only happens every four years. And we're turning up in a sodding mid-noughties Boxster. And it's not just that, because it's early Sunday morning and we've just seen three Hebmüllers head south on the opposite side of the A3 to us. We take the exit for Bad Camberg and heading down the hill into the town we're greeted by the sight of a convoy of barndoor busses heading towards us. Shıt. We've messed up. We've missed it. Everyone is heading home. Then a patinated airport barndoor on Aachen plates crosses the T junction we're waiting at, in the direction we think we should be going in. Parking up and a Dutch Porsche 550 pulls in. Maybe it's gonna be fine.
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misteralz
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May 20, 2021 12:47:24 GMT
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misteralz
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May 20, 2021 12:56:17 GMT
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misteralz
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May 20, 2021 12:59:31 GMT
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Eventually we've seen everything and the show field is starting to empty. It's four and a half hours home and I can't be arsed. If we head back now, that's the holiday over for me. I try to appeal to Peter's better nature, find a campsite close by, then tomorrow we can drop in to Motorworld Köln, Classic Remise Düsseldorf, and an Edeka to do a final stock up on beers, Mezzo Mix, big cuts of pork, and Haribo berries. He's not having it. Damn. I buy a poster and we wander back to the car, papping a few stragglers on the way. The journey home is uneventful, with the exception of spotting trailer park supervisor Jim Lahey on the A1 by Baarn.
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misteralz
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May 20, 2021 13:03:20 GMT
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May 20, 2021 15:57:44 GMT
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That was all sorts of awesome! Thanks for the write up. P.
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May 20, 2021 16:49:01 GMT
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Another brilliant write-up! Thank you
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misteralz
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May 20, 2021 17:00:18 GMT
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Awww, thanks! Was worried nobody was enjoying it as there were no responses, but soldiered on anyway! 😆
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May 20, 2021 17:36:37 GMT
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Awww, thanks! Was worried nobody was enjoying it as there were no responses, but soldiered on anyway! 😆 I read all the way through page 1 yesterday, but I didn't want to interrupt. Finished page 2 just now. Excellent stuff. As a long time, since I was about 5, air-cooled fan I've always wanted to go to bad camberg. Probably never gonna happen now. So thanks for the pics. 😁
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May 20, 2021 18:12:59 GMT
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/\ whs! Kept checking back in for a update, kept liking the posts (which also helped me as I could see where I was up to ) but didn’t want to break the thread with a comment until the end And now I really want to have a grand tour to Germany
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