Blogs from Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Europe - page 3

Weekends are meant for rest and relaxation in order to recuperate from a busy week and "recharge" for the week that is to come, right? Such is not the case on this trip! We met at the school at 9am and departed for Stuttgart on a top end charter bus. These folks do know how to travel. It was quiet at first while the students and teachers worked hard to summon the energy to interact. As we drew nearer to our destination though, the energy started to increase along with the volume of chatter and laughter on the bus. Our first stop was a guided stadium tour of the Mercedes Benz Arena, home of Bundesliga One side vfb Stuttgart. It's a well designed and unique 60,000 seat facility that has hosted many international and even World ... read more

Drew and I woke up to the ringing of the cathedral bells. What an awesome alarm clock Drew says. Yea, Yea, I take my shower first and I’m out the door. I'll see you down stairs. Drew arrives and we discussed our route to Stuttgart. Drew ask how do the flights look, I logon and say you know they look pretty good surprising. We might not get upfront but we’ll get on. We settle our bill say our good byes, as were walking to the car Drew ask why did everyone come to see us off. They kept talking about a skiing game; I don’t think EA has a skiing game. Beats me, Drew looks at me asks are you not telling me something. What me! Up the road we stop at Aldorf, this is where ... read more

Our last day on this trip started off with a late breakfast just off the Schlossplatz. We knew that eventually we wanted to try to find the apartment that my parents used to live in when they lived here in Stuttgart. However, we weren't quite sure of what else to do. We noticed that just off the Schlossplatz, there was one of those Hop on Hop off tour buses that would take us around the city. Not sure of what sights there was to see in the city, we chose to sightsee aboard one of these. We rode around the city stopping at various points of interest but it didn't really seem like any of us were interested in getting off. Apparently 2 weeks of travelling had taken it's toll on all of us. Everyone just ... read more

Before visiting Stuttgart I literally knew nothing about the place. 3 days later I know it is centre of Mercedes Benz and Porsche production, it has San Francesco style hills that snap the calf muscles and it is the centre of the wasp universe. Honestly, I have never seen so many wasps in my life, along with flies, spiders and other insect life…not something you find the tourist brochures boast about. My hotel was 15 minutes by S-bahn out of the city centre, in the middle of an industrial park, which as I arrived on a Sunday was closed and silent. The train was right outside the hotel though so it was a very useful place to stay. Stuttgart itself really doesn’t have a tremendous amount to offer someone who isn’t working here as it lost ... read more

Arrived in Frankfurt early, at about ´5.00 am after a long fight on a very cramped A380 (bit of a disapointment). Chris's organisational skill shone as we walked onto the platform for Stuttgard as the train arrived. One and a half hours later we were in Stuttgart and decided to walk to the hotel. Bloody long way and we discovered later that it was a five minute tram ride. Greeted in reception by a very friendly guy who seemed inquisitive about us only having one room!. We stressed that it had single beds but he still seemed slightly amused. LIttle did we know! There are two single beds but the room is very small! we pushed them apart and managed to create about two inches of separation and now we've put all the spare pillows down ... read more