Europe 2019: Porsche Museum

Europe 2019

Porsche Museum

Stuttgart, Germany

We got up in the morning and headed just down the street from our hotel to the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart. The Porsche Museum was fantastic! The building and layout was cool, the parking was easy and free, the displays were amazing, and most importantly, they were really nice and easy going about everything.

Now, I have to confess that we are Porsche owners. My first car was a Porsche. Nana used to have a Porsche. We might be a little biased. That said, I promise I would tell you if the place was lame. It's not. It was just the right size and had enough interactive things to keep you interested, a great gift shop, and a great place to eat. 

This is Porsche #1 - the first real Porsche created by Ferry Porsche in 1948!

Samantha's favorite car was The Pink Pig. This was a 1971 917 set up for Le Mans with a widened body. When it showed up in France people said it looked like a pig. German's don't often show a sense of humor, but when they do it just makes it that much funnier. The team racing the car painted it pink and put all of the butchers cut lines on it. It was the fastest car in practice but didn't finish the race. 

Speaking of Sammy Cat, they have a Sally Carrera car from the movie "Cars". We were like "Samantha, look, it's Sally Carrera!! Get in there for a picture!" She smiled and did what we asked, and then we realized...she's never seen "Cars" and had no idea what we were on about. Oh well, I appreciate her feigned enthusiasm.

Here are a few more pics from a very cool place.

The most recent Porsche to win at Le Mans.

The 917 is the greatest racing car ever in my opinion.

I'm so proud!

It occurred to me that I can buy Samantha any car I want (when it's time)...as long as it's pink. That opens up some interesting options for daddy.

If you are interested in cars at all, even a little bit, don't miss this place if you're in Stuttgart. It's very well done and relaxing and won't disappoint. 

This picture will be greeting you if you stay in the guest room of FOB Albatross in the future.