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Happy Thanksgiving from Germany

​It’s the day Beau has been waiting for… no turkey and football for us this year, but a visit to the Porsche Museum. 

We started early with a train ride to Motorworld where we walked through Porsche, Ferrari and Lamborghini dealerships before exploring Motorworld. It’s a 50,000 square meter space with a daily changing collection of hundreds of new and old cars and motorcycles - we got to see Kit from Knight Rider! Just seeing and being able to explore all of the dealerships and cars was really cool. 

Then we took the train to the Porsche Museum for a private tour. Beau was like a kid in a candy shop - wide eyed, huge smile… His highlights included seeing the 928 wagon and pretty much everything else. Because of the tour he was able to dig into details and ask questions he wouldn’t have been able to otherwise. Nate’s highlight was hearing the full history of Porsche and seeing the evolution of the cars. He also loved seeing the mechanic garage/workshop where they do all of the upkeep on the cars. My highlight was FaceTiming with Dad and Debbie on Thanksgiving while at the museum and being able to (kind of) show Dad around. 

They definitely want to go back - and take Pa with them. There’s a transaxle exhibit happening next year, so maybe then… we’ll see.  



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