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January / February 2017
Rothenburg de ober Tauber
After two lovely days in Rothenburg, we departed for Sindle ngen where we would turn in the Porsche for shipment back to the states. The drop-off location had been preprogrammed into the TomTom’s “Home” setting. We followed Tom’s directions and turned down that “alley” to nd a small parking lot jammed with BMWs, Mercedes, Audis and a few Porsches. Cars were everywhere. Drop a handful of straight pretzels on the oor and that will give you an idea of what it looked like. I asked, “Do you speak English?” “A little” was the reply. I asked if this was the place to drop off the car. They nodded yes, and I asked where to park. “Anywhere” was the reply. It was quite a shock from the Porsche Factory with all the cars neatly spaced and aligned.
A young man appeared from the of ce, asked if we needed a taxi, and instructed us to unpack the car. We went into the of ce, handed him the shipping voucher, and completed the necessary paperwork. The entire process took about 30 minutes. I kept the rear license plate as a souvenir, took a few pictures, and left the 911 in the midst of auto chaos. We had about a 25 minute ride to our hotel by the train station in Stuttgart. The driver took our taxi voucher; we dropped our bags at the hotel Steigenberger Graf Zeppelin and walked about for a few hours until we could check-in. We found yet another bakery where we had a pastry and decompressed before walking over to the train station to check-in with Lufthansa for our ICE train to the Frankfurt Airport. We were also able to print our boarding passes for the ight home. Great room in