88. Cite de l'Automobile. Mulhouse, France Part 2

Inside the museum things are organised in three sections.  

Cite de l'Automobile

In the first section (below), some of the less expensive Bugattis are quite close to you for a really good look.  I think they drive these ones and use them for special occasions.

The second section is all black and mirrors and special lighting.  These cars are worth millions of dollars each. And there are hundreds of them!

This is the star of the collection - the Bugatti Royale-Coupe Napoleon.

The third section of the museum is under normal lighting and consists of hundreds of fascinating things ...

... like this Harley Davidson and sidecar

.... and this Citroen something or other - so many Citroens!

I loved this display.  The Citroen 2CV on the left and 4CV on the right.  My little blue Citroen Pluriel at home is called "Muriel".  These are her great aunties.

I can't remember what this is but I can tell you who had one - Brigitte Bardot,  Marilyn Monroe,  Dirk Bogarde and Zsa Zsa Gabor.  I wouldn't mind one, but where would I put Jack and Henry?

These are rally cars.  They raced each other.  I watched them on the movie screen at the rear of the display - thrilling, exciting and oh, so scarry!

And this is the Bugatti Veyron.  It is handmade and goes quite quickly - 431 kph.

This was the display of racing cars - there were hundreds.  These nice blue ones are all Bugattis.

Then there are these red ones with a back horse on the badge.

And this one had the name Schumaker on it.

At this point, Paul was almost in tears.  He was on his knees saying "Not more! Please ....I can't take it all in."

But there was more ...  But finally it came to an end and we had to find the exit, the toilet and the cafeteria.

On the way out we saw the Bugattis that won the Italian Grand Prix in 1921.

And one of Mr Schlumpf's favourite run arounds ....

And finally, a beer and a glass of wine and a jug of iced water and a nice sit down on the deck overlooking the track where the morning's parade took place.

What a day! 

So after all this we got in the car to puddle off to Burgundy - about 150km.  And on the road we ran into the cold front that had come across from Scotland and chased all of the warm air out of France.  A scary storm which lasted about 40 km at 110 kph.  We finally found our little house in Beaune, Burgundy at about 7pm and heaved a big sigh ... and a big grin, too.  WiFi.  

For our entire Month by the Lake we had had to brave life and limb (and technology) walking on the road from our building to the local cafe to get internet access.