The trip to date

Highlights of the tour to date:

• Berlin. Didn’t step foot in a single museum but saw a lot, experienced a lot. Great fun being with Mary Jo and experiencing a double rainbow as we had cocktails at the Van Gogh piano bar on Schiffbauerdamm. Especially enjoyed the time in the grittier areas of the former East Berlin and unexpectedly coming up on the Brandenberg Gate the first night we were there. Biking around the city and in Potsdam. The Keen shoe guys.
• Art cars at the BMW museum and the BMW factory tour.
• Running into Mike, the service writer at Delta Audi, while visiting the Audi Forum in Ingolstadt.
• The food -- spargel (asparagus) season in full force, and delicious dining just about everywhere, including exceptional food at the auto museums. 
• Driving on the Autobahn, even though it resulted in blowing out the cooling system on the  VW Polo, our first rental.
• The kindness of strangers, including the man who led us to the car rental place in Ingolstadt so we could exchange the ailing VW Polo for the only car they claimed was available, a Dacia.
• Good beer.
• The Ford Focus Eurocar assigned to us that was surprisingly solid and fun to drive.
• The lodging at the Schloß-Hotel Petry in Treis-Karden, on the banks of the Moselle river.
• Great weather, great company!