BMW Motorrad Days
Since England crashed out of the World Cup, I have to admit that I wasn’t looking forward to my trip to Germany last weekend. But as it turned out, watching the World Cup quarter-final match against Argentina was a lot less painful than watching our spoilt millionaires underperform so spectacularly in South Africa.
As I have a German mother and family spread all over Deutschland, I have to confess that I got completely caught up in the fantastic atmosphere that 35,000 patriotic football fans, a picturesque Alpine setting, temperatures in the mid-30s and thousands of litres of strong Bavarian beer helped to create last weekend in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. By the time the fourth goal went in against the Argies, there was so much back slapping, clinking of litre ‘steins’ of Weissbier and general football chat that I almost forgot that I still had plenty of work to do…
It was my seventh time visiting BMW Motorrad Days – the annual BMW festival in southern Germany. People flock to the picturesque mountain setting from all over the world and as this was the tenth anniversary of the event itself – and the 30th anniversary of the iconic GS brand – there were plenty of opportunities to interview interesting riders about their motorcycles, their trips and the BMW lifestyle. From former GP stars to world championship stunt riders to world record ski-jumpers to Playboy Bunnies, no one escaped my attention, apart from the head of Motorsport, who I’d planned to interview but he had to leave just before I arrived.
Back home in Lincolnshire now and all the hard work starts this week in transcribing several hours of interviews, sourcing pictures and then writing the stories. It’ll take a good degree of discipline and focus, which is hard at the moment because my mind keeps wandering to a certain football game this evening, where my adopted team (Holland) take on Uruguay. My wife’s Dutch flag is proudly flapping around outside the house and my dream would be a Holland vs Germany final. Bring it on!
Posted by Andy Public Relations on 06 Jul 2010 at 14:13
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