98-507 locomotive Ingolstadt

Dear Friends
as bonus for the visit of Napoleon und Bayern http://www.ingolstadt-tourismus.de/tourist-information/einmalig-in-ingolstadt/landesausstellung-napoleon-und-bayern.html Ingolstad
 http://www2.ingolstadt.de/startseite.phtml  offered to Etienne and me, the superb vision of 98 507 the last steam locomotive of this type https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayerische_D_XI  in service up to the sixties and from 1968 monument in front of the Ingolstadt main station. What to say about ?
Interesting for all the technical details - see the images - that 98 507 allows to appreciate.
Salutations
Giancarlo
- Other M.Polo reports dealing with locomotives:
http://m-polo.blogspot.de/2013/06/ljubljana-events-7-railway-museum.html
http://m-polo.blogspot.de/2014/06/loko-ljubljana-munich.html
http://m-polo.blogspot.de/2014/06/loko-zillertal.html
http://m-polo.blogspot.de/2014/08/old-loco-in-munich.html
http://m-polo.blogspot.de/2014/12/art-in-technology.html
http://m-polo.blogspot.de/2015/04/italian-locomotive-p-vescovo-verona.html

- air compressor for the brake system

Bayern und Napoleon

Dear Friends
I adhered gladly to the desire of our Etienne to visit Napoleon und Bayern in Ingolstadt
http://www.landesausstellung-ingolstadt.de/landesausstellung-2015/informationen/ although, because of the sacrifices lavished in terms of seizures, secularizations, military efforts up to the catastrophe of Russia and because of the deep changes in the life of Bavaria due to Napoleon, it would be more appropriate to say Bavaria under Napoleon. In any case, have a look to the images and tell me your opinion.
Salutations
Giancarlo

 

 

S-cianko - S-cianco

Dear Friends
being in Verona the last weekend, the animation and the cries coming from the internal court of the Palazzo della Ragione https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palazzo_della_Ragione_(Verona)  announced me the Tournament 2015 of S-cianko, a popular game already attested from the fiftheen century https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwBiP9v2r48 organised by the AGA http://www.associazionegiochiantichi.it/Associazione.aspx . Me too in my youth, I played gladly S-cianko consisting in launching the biconical s-cianko as far as possible from the "mare" (mother stone) by means of the "manego" http://www.associazionegiochiantichi.it/s-cianco/il-gioco-dello-s-cianco.aspx for gaining points. Captured by the adversaries the s-cianko is launched towards the mare. Hitting the mare alternates the beater. Please enjoy the images and provide me your feedback.
Salutations
Giancarlo