Blogs from Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Europe - page 7

After a Coca Light and my usual postcards, I was off to see the brand new Porsche Museum. The only thing I knew about it was that it was all the way on the other side of town. It was getting later in the day, and if I would be able to accomplish my goal of seeing both car museums, I realized I needed to get a move on now. Well, I got back to the bahnhof and found the next train easy enough. The train station in Stuttgart is probably 4 or 5 levels. It is just a much bigger place on the inside than it would appear as you look at it. I guess that is the case with the Mercedes Benz museum as well. So, I caught the S6 train and within about ... read more

The life on the road was really tireing this day. It was heavy rain the whole day. Lots of water on a really worn surface.Traffic was busy as usual with caravans of trucks that you have to overtake and at the same time watch out in the mirror for the high speed travellers this roads are full of. Rain or not. I was knackered after four days behind the wheel in mostly rain. And the early mornings... You know, you have to get up so you can get breakfast before 10 a clock. When do I get to sleep? We shortened this day trip, and asked our GPS about some gasthauses and hotels in the neigbourhood. We searched among a lot of gasthaus in the countryside, most of them closed. When it got dark we finally ... read more

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The main purpose of our trip to Germany was to visit Sylvia's good friend Janka. She and Sylvia were the only two Slovaks at the University of Nebraska Kearney, which is where I met both of them. They have known each other for 12 years and went to high school together in Kosice. Janka is recently married to Fred, and they live in Ludwigsburg which is very near Stuttgart. The one idea I had about this region of Germany was expensive cars, and it became clear quickly that it is very true. Germans in this region take their cars seriously. Stuttgart is of course, the home of Porshe, Mercedes, Daimler, and Maybach. They call this region the 'cradle of the automobile,' since this is where the car (and the motorcycle) was invented. Fred and Janka were ... read more

Vom 10. - 13.7. stand ein langes Wochenende in Stuttgart vor der Tür. Nachdem wir uns von unseren Freunden in Bern mit einem Fest verabschiedet haben, wollten wir natürlich auch von allen Freunden im Schwabenländle Abschied nehmen für das nächste Jahr. Damit die Zeit auch reicht, habe ich mir den Freitag noch frei genommen. Mit dem Zug fuhr ich so am Donnerstagabend nach Benz-Town. Meine Mutter und Manuel holten mich am Bahnhof ab und es gab bei warmem Wetter noch ein leckeres Spaghetti-Essen auf der Terrasse. Am Samstag dreht ich noch eine lange Jogging-Runde durch den Degerlocher Wald auf altvertrauten Pfaden, bevor über die Mittagszeit ein heftiges Gewitter den sommerlichen Temperaturen ein Ende setzte. Nachmittags bummelte ich mit dem Mütterchen durch die Stadt und wir gönnten uns ein überdimensionales Stück feinsten Apfelkuchen im Café und führten ... read more