In the summer of '98 I went on a little road trip in my original e9. I left College Station, Texas and made my way up to State College, Pennsylvania. I zig-zagged my way there making several stops on the way to visit friends and see the sites. My plan had been to turn around at State College and head back to Texas. While there I met up with an old roommate who was also doing a bit of traveling. His next stop was Brooklyn where he was to stay with an old classmate of ours. That sounded like a good idea to me so I gave him a ride. I parked the car in Park Slope and enjoyed the city for a few days. Oh yeah, I also got a parking ticket. Who can figure out what those alternate side of the street parking signs really mean? Apparently not a hayseed from Texas...
As it happened there was a fabulous and ground breaking exhibit at the Guggenheim:
The Art of the Motorcycle. I didn't know about the exhibit previously and it was just total dumb luck that I was there at the same time. I'm still really happy that the stars aligned that way.
We are heading to Spain soon, and Bilbao is to be one of our stops. Visiting Bilbao was chosen without concern for what's at the Guggenheim, and once again there just happens to be an exhibition devoted to stunning vehicles. Kismet continues! I expect I will take a bit longer to go through this exhibit than will my wife and daughter. Thankfully there are other nice exhibits on current display there as well.
Makes me wonder if I might find myself in Abu Dhabi 20 years from now and stumble upon an exhibit of wooden cigarette boats! Man, I'd be old if that were the case.