On Tuesday, June 22 and, again, on Friday, June 25, Carol and I went to the BMW factory and museum in Munich. The first visit was to the factory where we took the tour in German, as the English tours were filled. We watched 3 Series being made. The tour guide was very good and gave her spiel in German and then a summary to four of us who speak only English. Even in German, the tour was amazing. No pictures were allowed.
On the 25th, we went to the museum which is next to the factory. Photos were allowed. The first thing one sees in entering the museum is four (I think it is four) cars each representing a year Germany won the World Cup. I wonder if they will need to add another car this year?
One of the amazing things at the museum is a moving art piece that forms various shapes. It is now featured in a BMW television commercial. I should have taken a long movie of it, but here it is at the bottom of the page. I added the music thinking, at the time, such music was appropriate. Maybe it is not.
BMW has been in business for a long time, including building aircraft engines during WW II, using some slave labor, a fact they freely admit. They built motorcycles, then small cars and now some of the finest cars out there. The museum probably had one of everything, too many to include here.
Top photo is me next to a very valuable 507, then Carol next to a car older than either of us. Next is a photo of an homage to the original M1, then the original M1. Finally, the seal of Bavaria (a state within Germany) from which the blue and white BMW logo comes.
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