Day 13 - Headed to Heilbronn Area

 Thursday we are shifting gears, we are moving into visiting mode. We have been touring Germany, but we will spend the next three days visiting with our friends and moving at a slower pace. 

Arrived at our hotel around 1PM and were able to check in early.  When we walked into the lobby of the hotel they had a motorcycle on display and everyone knows I have a weakness for two wheeled vehicles. It is a 1912 NSU. 

We were hungry, so we headed towards Neckarrsulm where the NSU museum happens to be located, NSU is short for Neckarsulm.

Our hotel is in the country and our room has a balcony with a nice view.

It was a short 20min drive to Neckarsulm and of course we found a brewery for lunch, Neckarsulmer Brauhaus.  I ordered a Tarte Flambee or Flammekueche. It is kind of like a pizza only it has a sour cream sauce, ham or bacon and onions. Of course I ordered mine without Zwiebeln, the waiter looked at me like I was nuts..  It was very good and June helped me eat it. 

After lunch we set out to find the NSU museum. To be honest I have never heard of NSU.  The short version of the Story is that they manufactured bikes, motorcycles and Autos since the late 1800s. They were acquired by VW in 1969, merged with Auto Union and eventually became part of Audi. 

We found the museum, it was 12 Euro for the both of us (Senior discount), and the lady was very excited that we came from the USA and stopped at her museum. She asked if she could take our picture. When I got back to the hotel, I looked on their FB page and there we were.. :-). 

They have a movie hall where they show a movie and you can sit on one of the antique bikes while you watch it...pretty cool. 

The museum is much larger than I thought it would be. They have 5 floors of bicycles, motorcycles, cars,  scooter etc.  They even have a few other brands sprinkled in like the Peter Fonda's Easy Rider (replica). 

They even mad tracked vehicles in WWII.

The name NSU no longer lives on but the Manufacturing of Audi vehicles still utilizes their factory space in Neckarsulm and after touring the museum we took a short walk to the Audi Forum where hard core Audi fans can see models from the past and future.  

You can even pickup your new Audi there. We browsed but did not buy.  June really like this one.  

We met Juergen, Sabine and a friend, Marlis at the hotel and drove about 5 mins to a local restaurant (Gasthaus Rößle-I think) for dinner.  Of course Juergen knew the owner. We had a very nice meal while we caught up on each other's lives.  

We will get together again in the morning for a bit of a stroll and then a tour of Heilbronn.