A Trip to the Museum

A week later it was raining so it was decided that a trip to the Museum of Technology was in order. The Museum was about an hour away to the East in the town of Speyer. We took the back roads so that the passengers could enjoy some of the small towns and see the city of Frankenstein in the daylight. The road meandered through the hills following a small river. Several castle ruins were on the hillsides and it seems that this would have been a difficult journey to the west if you were not on good terms with the castle owners.

Frankenstein Castle at night

We arrived at the museum and were blessed with periods of no rain so that we could also enjoy some of the outside exhibits. Among the interesting things to see was a 747 on a display stand that you could climb up into and walk out on a wing to view the museum grounds. It had a stainless steel slide from the top platform for a fun ride back to the bottom.

Inside displays included a Messerschmidt that was in pristine condition and another which was dug out of the ground..

I also enjoyed the Motorcycle with training wheels and the one with tank tracks. The Zepplin car was interesting and I really enjoyed putting a Euro (About $1.50) into the slot to make all of the music things play.

One would think that all of these beautiful and interesting pieces would satisfy the person viewing all of this. But, remember that we are with young people and it takes a little more to amuse them. The finale for the museum was a virtual 3-D roller coaster ride which was incredible.Thank you Tee, Brodie, and Smitty for suggesting the ride.

On the return trip, we stopped in Neustadt (literally New City) which had to be completely rebuilt after the devastation of WW2. We found a weird little restaurant tucked in an alley after being greeted by the chef in his white apron. The inside was cozy and filled with clocks. Although one could have told some wonderful scary stories to go along with the decor, we instead feasted on Reindeer steaks and traditional German sides.