Good evening all.
I’m just back from a splendid weekend in Tryol ( southern Austria )
When I was working on my new book ( Rommel’s Afrika Korps in Colour ) I was contacted by a lovely Austrian gentleman called Peter Reisch.
Peter told me that his dad Max Reisch was a mechanic in the Afrika Korp from 1941 to 1943 and during his time in Africa, he took a few color slides. Peter let me use some of his fathers pictures in my new book.
But Peter told me, he did not want 1 euro ! but when the book was finished, I must deliver him a copy in his hand.
So on Friday after work, I packed my stuff and drove the 3 hours down from Munich to Solden in Austria.. about 10km away from the Italian border.
There I spent almost 5 hours talking to Peter and about his father in Afrika. Peter loved the book and brought me into the famous Cross Point Motorbike Museum where there is a permanent exhibition of the world travel bikes and cars from this fathers world travels, the famous Austrian explorer Max Reisch.
I was even allowed to sit in and on some of the famous cars that Max himself had designed and built before and after the second world war.
What an absolute honor and dream come true, to meet such people thanks to my crazy hobby…
All charged up with new amazing history and am reading one of Maxes famous books. “Out of the Rat Trap” escaping Africa in 1943…. woww.
Anyway, because its history and connected with my colour slides, I thought I would share my experiences with you all.
God Bless.
Ian
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