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Welcome to Mittenwald!

Many thanks to mk3 estate man Glynn Dawson selling me a accelerator pump membrane for a pint! Top man!🍻👍🙏

Time for some updates. Left Cologne after Ford visit for Speyer. Took a detour to Boppard to have a look at "the bendiest bend" a place where river Rhein does its sharpest turn. Went up in a lift (funicular) sitting on a rotten piece of wood to reach the viewpoint, I hated it, but preferred to stand out going down so I didnt have to walk. Rest and repair day in Speyer yesterday. Went to Speyer technik museum, alot to see, and even more if you are a space geek like me, alot about the US space program. Today we headed south east to Mittenwald and got there to take part in the parking war. VID_20220906_160427.mp4

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Estate clocked up 2000 km from trip started just before arriving to todays stop for the night in Speyer in south of Germany.

Yes we have a nice time! Had a look at the Ford vintage car collection and a tour round the factory. They build only the Fiesta there today, about 600 of them every day.

Everybody at Ford in Cologne

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Found a Cortina in the museum as well...

Very much nice to see in the museum. They had a short exhibition of Formula 1 cars winning at Zandvoort, happy to see brittish cars there. And that Swedish driver Joakim Bonnier was one of the champs!

Most of us have arrived at first stop at Louwman museum.

Arrived at Nordwijk. That a Cortina estate is a spacious car is a fact, no problem to bring the luggage and even if I am a big bloke I sit comfortable and can stretch my legs. And still the car is small enough to find a parkinglot. Just one space left at the hotel, and a Volvo XC90 in front of us, he stuggled for a while to get the car into the lot, but gave up and left it for us. Parking lot in the pic is not the one mentioned above. Nice seafront hotel and sea view from our room = Maria very happy.