9 Aug 2014On leaving Saigon one of the last persons I met was the person at the baggage check-in at Saigon Airport. The lady in front of me stared at the her screen for a while then looked at me and smiled. Congratulations Mr Wolters, I have just upgraded you to Business class for your flight to Frankfurt. I thanked her and asked why I had been given that privilege . She just looked up and smiled again and said with a soft voice.:I can see you have been to Vietna...

Day 102 31 July 2013 Munich-(Munchen) I someone from Hamburger is a Hamburger and someone from Frankfurt a Frankfurter what is a person from Munchen other than a beer drinker. I thought I had seen enough buildings by now but just had to stop this morning to take a picture of a city triumphal arch which looked very much like the Brandenburger Gate in Berlin. The statues on the top were different but the rest looked very similar. The Deutches museum is someth...

Day 101 30 July 2013 "In The Lion's Den" could have been the heading ... In Germany, BMW has two major locations were its products are made. Motorcycles are made in Berlin and cars are produced here in Munich. I went to visit the BMW museum and BMW Welt (BMW World)today If you like BMW’s you are indeed in the Lion’s Den. The museum and BMW Welt are right next to the BMW factory. The circular museum is redesigned every 10 years; I had visited th...