Our first full day in Munich started with an enormous traffic jam. The MIRM colleagues that were on the trip finally arrived at the insurance company they were visiting some 1 hour late as we had been crawling for hours on the ring road.
The cars in Munich are noticeable - they are almost all fabulous - Porsche, Mercedes, and VWs and all seem to be in great condition. This didn't make the traffic any better though - although maybe if you were in the cars rather than looking at them out of the bus window it wouldn't have seemed so arduous.
Our location for the day was the Audi plant - and its the most incredible place. Spotlessly clean, with a fully automated production line that can make a 3 door car, followed by a 5 door car - all with robots. Really incredible.
All of the places that we have visited for a full day trip offer us lunch too - and free food is always an important thing for students - and food generally is important for Italians. Not only do Audi win the award for the best factory, they are also clear winners for the lunch - fantastic! I had Chinese food, with chopsticks, great stuff.
The Audi plant also has a classic car collection, with everything from sports cars to motorbikes, including some really rare cars worth a fortune on the open market.
Following Audi, we went for a walk in the city before going back to the hotel to watch the Milan Manchester Champions League Semi Final, with much cheering from the professor who was with us - and an enthusiastic - and very vocal - supporter of Milan. Milan were victorious and we will cheer them on again on the 23rd.
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