Stuttgart Germany

Thursday, May 3rd - we arrived in Stuttgart today after a stop over in Amsterdam - I am sure everyone who is reading this blog knows how hard it is to sleep and get normal on the first day but we made the effort.

We spent three hours at the Mercedes Benz museum but we could have spent three more - just much too tired.  Went back the room took a 4 hour nap and now we are ready to party!!!

While we were napping we got a call from European Delivery program from the United Sates - they called to tell us that Bruce's car has technical difficulties and they could not deliver it to us!  But, they are going to give us a band new car in the same class to take on our trip and deliver it back to Munich as planned - so the good news is Bruce will not have to worry about valet parking (and anyone that really knows Bruce will understand that !!!) So, his car will be shipped directly from Stuttgart home without any extra miles or wear an tear and he will get it home in his nice sparkly clean garage sooner than expected which means Marilyn's car will be outside again when she visits!!!

Off for a drink

Tomorrow morning we will be heading toward the Black Forest and starting our adventure.

Marilyn and Buce

Legend and Collection

The exhibition at the Mercedes-Benz Museum is divided into Legend rooms and Collection rooms. The Legend rooms narrate the history of the Mercedes- Benz brand, dividing it into themes and epochs. The rooms are ordered chronologically and the exhibition is fully through-designed. The Collection rooms are arranged thematically and document the breadth and diversity of the brand’s vehicles. The Fascination of Technology on Level 0 offers a glimpse into present-day Research & Development at Mercedes-Benz.

The seven Legend rooms, which take visitors on a chronological journey through the history of the automobile to the present day, are each linked by 80-metre ramps. With the exception of the first and last rooms, the Legend tour is designed in line with a consistent principle: along the outside of a curved, clover-leaf wall, a ramp sweeps down to the vehicles, which form the focal point of each display. While visitors can look down at the exhibits to the right-hand side, a chronological display on their left illustrates key events in corporate history as seen against their specific historical backdrop. This gallery offers a striking illustration of the context in which epoch-making innovations in automotive engineering were made.

Each Legend room illustrates a particular era by developing a central theme. These include the invention of the independent, petrol-driven road vehicle, the origin of the Mercedes brand, the development of the supercharger and diesel engine, the Gullwing and semi-forward control trucks of the 1950s, the increasing importance of safety and environmental protection, the drive technologies of the present and future, and in the final Legend room the complete history of racing and record- breaking cars.