Auto Technica Essen 2015
Discussion
Had the means, motive and opportunity to nip over for this last week.
It's...er....vast.
Enjoy
https://plus.google.com/photos/1123538276960849320...
It's...er....vast.
Enjoy
https://plus.google.com/photos/1123538276960849320...
Some random and disjointed comments
Thanks for liking the photos. I used a combination of Nikon D5300 with 18-200 lens or the iphone6 and I presume it’s the data from those that sorts the display order of the album and I can’t be bothered to sort them manually.
The rather random pics of the Rheinturm were during my initial wander round Dusseldorf where I had a cheap Best Western by thered light district train station. The trip from there to the exhibition centre was 45-60 min depending on connections. The cost was E4 if you selected your online ticket to include local transport or E18 if you didn’t.
Dusseldorf has a couple of nice corners but it’s not, let’s be kind, it’s not a holiday destination.
On the first day of the show (admission from 1pm, ticket E40) I got to Essen to have a wander round and wished I’d stayed in Dusseldorf.
Anyway, the show. It really is massive. Each end of the exhibition centre has it’s own tube station. All the gaps between the halls are turned into car parks, the German version of a food concession at a trade show is unlike that which we suffer and I was spoilt for choice of good reasonably priced nosh. That said the ubiquitous currywurst is available everywhere. Sadly.
Crimes against food aside the place could not feel more safe for the lone traveller - Germany as a whole, not just the show. In fact the only crime you see, and boy do you see a lot of it, is the scrawl left behind by the graffifisti. Whilst I’m happy to concede that some of the ‘art’ really does qualify as Art with a capital A, being both thought provoking and beautifully drawn, it’s 99.9% crap. There isn’t a flat surface between Dusseldorf and Essen that isn’t covered in paint.
Thanks for liking the photos. I used a combination of Nikon D5300 with 18-200 lens or the iphone6 and I presume it’s the data from those that sorts the display order of the album and I can’t be bothered to sort them manually.
The rather random pics of the Rheinturm were during my initial wander round Dusseldorf where I had a cheap Best Western by the
Dusseldorf has a couple of nice corners but it’s not, let’s be kind, it’s not a holiday destination.
On the first day of the show (admission from 1pm, ticket E40) I got to Essen to have a wander round and wished I’d stayed in Dusseldorf.
Anyway, the show. It really is massive. Each end of the exhibition centre has it’s own tube station. All the gaps between the halls are turned into car parks, the German version of a food concession at a trade show is unlike that which we suffer and I was spoilt for choice of good reasonably priced nosh. That said the ubiquitous currywurst is available everywhere. Sadly.
Crimes against food aside the place could not feel more safe for the lone traveller - Germany as a whole, not just the show. In fact the only crime you see, and boy do you see a lot of it, is the scrawl left behind by the graffifisti. Whilst I’m happy to concede that some of the ‘art’ really does qualify as Art with a capital A, being both thought provoking and beautifully drawn, it’s 99.9% crap. There isn’t a flat surface between Dusseldorf and Essen that isn’t covered in paint.
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