I go about 450 miles cross country to visit some friends

We decide to go to Ulm and to visit the tallest church in the world. It is the 530 ft high Ulm Minster, constructed between 1377 and 1890. An extraordinary building - almost as tall as the Washington Monument (550 ft) but much much older.

On can see it from far away

It does not fit the picture

Inside. Tall and bright

You can climb the spire but it takes some steps

The room for the church bells

Monika and Andreas on their way up

This is the stair case for the second half of the way

View from half way up

View down from the stair case

View down to the market place

Max on the top outlook platform

View from above

There is a marriage going on

The mighty building

Monika and Max watching the scene

Afterwards we went to the Blautopf which is a spring of a river called Blau which goes into the River Danube (second longest river in Europe which goes into the Black Sea)

The Blautopf is a deep cave and it is quite dangerous (and prohibited) to dive there. There is a nearby abbey.

The Blautopf

An old hammermill feed by the water

In the evening we had a nice dinner outside and some extra fun for Max.

We went to Ludwigsburg Palace the next day and visited the phantastic baroque garden including the so called fairy tale garden

Monika and Max

Some interestingly cut plants

A fairy tale castle

View from above to the palace

Golden crown and coat of arms

I go about 250 miles cross country to the Nürburgring

Find here a report and some pictures of the training

I go about 315 miles cross country to the Black Forest in order to meet Paul and Trond from i-bmw.

We have a nice 210 miles loop into the black forrest and do some sightseeing along the way.

In the evening Trond tried to catch some flies

And we had to have some German beer.

Trond is from Norway so we had to make our way North. The weather was not cooperating. We had a lot of rain over the day but during our visit in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen there was even some sun.

While I was getting home, Trond stranded in Goslar with a failed final drive. With the help of BMW Mobility Service he made it to the ferry.