As time flies by we finally made it back to germany. We are preparing for the delivery of Engelkahle Kid No.3. After a nice birthdayparty at some friends place in Baillargues we hit the road with our Jumpy and drove to germany. We had a very good trip. We were tired but happy when we arrived at 5:30am on sunday. The kids had a good sleep in the car so they were playing/reading in their room. Dagmar and I slept a few hours in our warmed up waterbed.
I unpacked the car and hit the road again to drive to a Cougar Meeting here in Stuttgart. We met at the new PORSCHE Museum. Wonderful to see the nice cars. Unknown Prototypes, new Porsches, old ones.. interesting. As a group of 12 persons (in 8 Cougars) we enjoyed the Museum. Only the smell of gasoline and the loud sound of the engines was missing. There were some soundexamples, but hearing the sound from a speaker is not like standing next to a Porsche and feeling and hearing the engine.
The ugliest Porsche was a prototype for China, called C88. Luckily it never made it, even though the design looked somehow familiar. Maybe the chines copied the design a bit after they saw it. Anyway.
After the Museum we drove to a Restaurant call Cafe del Sol. We had to go through some very heavy rain, thunder, hail. The hail was just peasize, not bigger. Bit we could only go 40-60km/h sometimes. The opposite direction was blocked. It was amazing how much rain could fall in a few minutes.
At the Restaurant I also picked up Dagmar and we had a very good Dinner with our friends from EURO-NECO Cougar team.
Enjoy the pictures: http://fotoalbum.web.de/gast/bigmek/EURO_NECO_Stuttgart_2009
Now I am back to normal, working from home while perparing somehow for the birth. Kids are on the road with Grandparents. Grandpa Dieter built a nice shed in the garden. Small but perfect for lawn mower and other stuff.
More to come… A bientot
The 4 7/8 Engelkahles
bad ith only 26HP. We drove to the Black Forrest and many times we could only use 1st or 2nd gear because uphill it was pretty tough for the Trabant. Downhill it was tough for me, because I had to hit the brakes hard and there are no powerbrakes. In the afternoon we also had rain. My first ride in the rain.
driver not being able to park the car correct. It looks more like rubber from the bumper, but it is a mark. Oh I hate that. The ride itself was ok, a little trafficjam due to a big acident was all. After a littel more than 1 1/2 hours I arrived at the apartment.
flights. So we landed at 7:20am in Paris instead of 6:20am. Even with tailwinds of up to 100MPH we had no chance. So we saw that the flight was gone and we went to the connection counter and got new tickets for the 11:25 flight to Monpellier. At the Bordercontroll in Paris we waited. We waited pretty long, because nobody was checked. They were NOT on strike. Officially they said, two pieces of luggage were found to be dangerous and they need to take care. We had to wait 45 minutes. Nobody did anything. No Message, no information. We just waited in line and the policemen were smiling and doing nothing. I saw many things at the airports but nothing like that.
here in Paris. Since we had now more than 2 1/2 hours time it was more relaxing that having just a few minutes between the flights.We went to the one restaurant/bar in 2D and had a coffee and some Pain au Chocolat.
were stopping over in Atlanta with a 6 hour layover. So I picked them up at the Atlanta Hartsfield Airport. After they finished the time consuming part at the airport (immigration, Baggage …) they finally came out of the welcome area and we went out in the heat.
Picture from tuesday
luck, because the days before we had rain, rain, rain, rain. But on thursday the weather was just great. Clouds ok, but warm and dry. So it was the perfect Open Air weather. Together with Christian and Daniel, Dagmar and I went to the concert. We had a babysitter for the kids. Our friends Holger&Ute took care. It was a nice concert…and it was FREE
through Paris Charles de Gaulle. One of the 5 worst Airports in the world. Just selected earlier this year from a US Magazine. Only Badgad and some Airports from Africa and Russia were worse. At least this time it was not too busy and I spent not much time in waiting lines. So from Terminal D to Terminal E was not a big deal this time. I waited for my AF388 flight. Airbus A340-300, 272 seats. One seat for me. Not at a emergency exit seat. No chance. Was already given to someone else. I tried it as usual. No luck for me.
asked why. Well I told him, that I am 6feet5 (1.96m) and I have NO legroom available when he has the seat in the back position. The passengers around me saw my painful situation and told him that I have my knees almost inside his seat.