Category: transport
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Mercedes-Benz Museum, Stuttgart – Part 2
The Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart chronicles the automobile’s development, from its 1886 invention to future technologies. 160 vehicles and more than 1,500 exhibits can be seen on nine exhibition levels, showcasing the motor vehicle’s impact on society and innovation. We shared photos of the various levels of the museum in Part 1. In this second…
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Mercedes-Benz Museum, Stuttgart – Part 1
The Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, Germany is one of the most popular museums in the world. It presents the history of the automobile from its invention in 1886 and shows the future of its technology. 160 vehicles and a total of more than 1,500 exhibits can be seen on nine exhibition levels. Have Valentina Lisitsa…
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National Automobile Museum (MAUTO), Turin
Italy’s National Automobile Museum (MAUTO) is situated a few blocks from the historic FIAT car factory in Turin (Torino), see our previous post. To be near to this museum, we moved from our original hotel in Centro to the NH Collection Lingotto Congress which is housed within a converted section of the old FIAT car…
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Swanage Heritage Railway
After a fish’n’chips lunch by the Swanage waterfront (see earlier post), we and V stumbled into this train station while strolling in town. There was a train on the platform for Corfe Castle. We bought tickets hurriedly as the train was very much ready to depart (judging by the puffs of steam pouring out of the locomotive).…
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Wiener Riesenrad at Prater, Vienna
Wiener Riesenrad – “Viennese giant wheel” is a very popular tourist attraction in Vienna. This piece of working antique is located in Prater, an amusement park just across the river from the old city. It is one of the oldest Ferris wheel in existence – the wheel was built in 1897 and survived World War…
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From Munich to Vienna by Railjet
After we attended the Champions League final football game, we left Munich the next day for Vienna – the beginning of a week’s vacation. Our train was RJ65 departing at 11:27 from Munich to Budapest on platform 11. Our train is run by the Austrian Federal Railway (Österreichische Bundesbahnen or ÖBB) and the service is…