Stuttgart, Germany Travel Blogs

Australia - last 16 of the world
Jun 22, 2006 (29 photos)

... Australiana like "land down under" and "TNT", we were swept out onto the massive street party that had engulfed Stuttgart, seemingly involving every Australian in the entire world. Huge. Fucking enormous. Before the game, we envisaged riots in the ...

THE IDEA
Dec 14, 2005 (1 photos)

... spending time on our blog. Please post comments and write something in our guestbook :-) The Idea travel from Stuttgart (Germany) to Tbilisi (Republic of Georgia) by train the team Baidi and Basty the motivation spend time together, ...

floating among dream-woven clouds
Jan 21, 2006

... images" border="0" height="22" width="185"></a> ----------------------------------------------------- Soon I arrive in Stuttgart. Everything's the same here. Everything's cold and grey. People don't mind each other. I take the ...

Leaving Stuttgart
Dec 17, 2005 (20 photos)

In Germany the city of Stuttgart is well-known for HipHop music and cars. The country's most famous HipHop group "Die Fantastischen Vier" formed here. Prestigious companies such as Porsche, DaimlerChrysler and Bosch established their Headquarters in the ...

Waiting for Gufman
May 26, 2007 (1 photos)

(S) My first trip to Germany!!! After my grandfather leaving this country 80 years ago, I'm finally here. We find a hotel with limited difficulty. It would seem Chad expects my German to be perfect - even though I took it for one year when I was 16. Let's ...

preface to traveling
Dec 15, 2005 (2 photos)

... QUALITY PHOTOS? ----------------------------------------------------- I thought I would go to Georgia on a train. I thought I would go from Stuttgart to Gera, then continue to Prague, Budapest, Sofia, Istanbul, Tbilisi. I gave myself four or ...

Plans go astray
Jun 25, 2006

... was close to 40oC and the 5 km walk zapped all my remaining energy and I collapsed on the lounge for the rest of the evening. England won the world cup game but a severe hail storm prevented them from ransacking Stuttgart as they had the night before.

Chapter 55: Stuttgart and Schwarzwald
Sep 26, 2004

... photo books home along with some money that I owed mom. Then I bought a phone card, called the tiny Museumstube hotel in Stuttgart, and booked a single room for Saturday night - 100% auf Deutsch. For some reason this made me very proud. Next I played ...

Australia vs Croatia - Crunch Time
Jun 22, 2006 (10 photos)

... find a stash of 20 flares down your pants. Believe me when I say the security padding-down at Stuttgart was the most thorough I experienced in Germany. The other surprising discovery was that all the Croatian songs were totally lame. And when I say "all", ...

What day is it today??
Jun 24, 2006

We bade farewell to Ruth and rode to Stuttgart which was only 2 hours away. We had made arrangements with another family from Hospitality Club and were made very welcome by Breda and her twins, Fiona and Jacqueline. The girls took the BOSS to meet some ...

Beer Virgins
Sep 27, 2008 (57 photos)

... into a few different tents, and they were all empty. The bands were playing but nobody was home. I ordered a stein of Stuttgart's Hofbrau, I took a sip and realised two things. One it was colder than Munich's, and two, it was disgusting. I struggled ...

Germany, Roman style
Oct 16, 1998

... . Does the whole of Europe revolve around Germany !!!!! Will this question ever be answered ????? Only time could tell. We headed back to Stuttgart, but this time to the north of the town. We decided we would go to the Porsche factory on the off chance of ...

I WANT A MERCEDES NOW
Sep 10, 1998

We had missed out Stuttgart, two years previously, but as we were in the Chookster, we were going there. The speciality of Stuttgart though is Porsche and Mercedes. We emailed them both for a factory tour, but Porsche were full, and Mercedes told us to ...

5P's - Spell 'em out
Feb 19, 2006

... . Usually they are mostly empty being winter, but this time I ran into a little bit of trouble. I got off in the Stuttgart main train station and I tried looking for the information office. I must have walked by it about three times before I actually ...

Star studded Stuttgart
Jun 23, 2006 (8 photos)

... Australia advanced to the next round in the world cup and I experienced my most luxurious CouchSurfing experience to date. I arrived in Stuttgart with my accommodation already sorted, except I didn't know where I was staying. I called Ken, my host, to ...

Lug und Trug bei Air Berlin 3. Teil
Oct 8, 2005

... ) Nachdem die Presse bereits informiert wurde forderten wir ein ICE-Ticket das uns mit der halb neun Verbindung nach Stuttgart bringen sollte. Um 8 Uhr waren wir dann bei den Schaltern von Air Berlin wo wir einen Redakteur des Koelner Express ...

Our first entry
Apr 10, 2007 (24 photos)

... we run out of time or our itinerary doesn't pass your home. Speaking of which, we should make an itinerary soon.   Stuttgart, in Germany, is Babel fish for motor vehicle. The Porsche and Mercedes museums are here if you want something more exhilarating - ...

First full day in Stuttgart
Mar 17, 2008 (6 photos)

I woke up this morning to find out that the hotel had free complimentary breakfasts. So, I saved some money there. I took some pictures of the hotel so you may see how it looks. After I got ready to go to Neues Schloss (New Castle). I went to the ...

Heidelberg Visit
Jun 18, 2009 (8 photos)

... ; Beitigheim at 4:30. Then to host homes for a quick meal and back for the evening concert. The students have been superb! They are following directions and doing what we ask with no problems at all. Tomorrow Stuttgart by bus for tours and shopping.

Spininnig the Wheel of Destiny
Jul 21, 2007

Give your heart and soul to what you do. Dont look back, but dont look too far ahead. Have faith that all answers shall be given in their time due.                   & ...

Walking around Stuttgart
Nov 25, 2006 (23 photos)

... the whole time as in Berlin. I think people here enjoy a comfortable way of living. There are some 600000 inhabitants in Stuttgart and almost 3 million in the greater area of the city. The city is not too small, yet doesn't have the atmosphere of a ...

Museum!
Mar 21, 2008 (3 photos)

... that this museum was a museum of a "Prehistoric collection with oldest sculptured works of art known to man."(http://www.stuttgart-tourist.de/ENG/leisure/landesmuseum.htm) Some of the sculptured there were unbelievable. You never would have thought that it ...

Cross-border croissant smuggling
Dec 22, 2004 (2 photos)

... were talking about. In the afternoon, Chris and I and one of his sisters went exploring in the public woods right within Stuttgart. Horseback riding must be popular in the area because by the side of the road we saw a horse-level zebra-crossing ( ...

Getting ready
Feb 22, 2009

I think I might try and update this regularly, but we will see. So many unknowns right now- how many internet cafes? how much interest I will actually have to update? among others The excitement is rising, but as always, the actual arrival in Salvador ...

All I can Say is "Time" by Pink Floyd
May 3, 2006 (1 photos)

I had all intentions of posting the rest of my trip across Eastern and Southern Europe, but to be honest it would be a slap together job that wouldn't be worth your time to read. Instead I am going to post a video that Phillip and I made from the trip, ...

Wuerttemberg State Theater
Mar 20, 2008 (3 photos)

I found out about this place from an advertisement I seen just the other day so I decided to check it out. Turns out that there was a ballet going on later so I went. It was a ballet of Romeo and Juliet. Juliet was played by Tentschikowa and Romeo was ...

Autobahn
Jul 24, 2009

Today we had breakfast with Carlotta, which consisted of pretzels, bread, copious amounts of nutella, and various other spreads along with tea. I never really drink tea, but this was actually good-it may have begun a habit. She couldn’t meet up with ...

To Paris
Jul 26, 2009

... to see the Tour de France. However, reservations were required and the train was fully booked so we got up and drove to Stuttgart for nothing. We went back to Carlotta's and ate breakfast and then fulfilled Cody's dream of seeing her lab. Then we walked ...

School's out for winter
Dec 22, 2006

Well, well, well, at the moment I'm sitting in a more than boring university lecture about costumer relationship managament. My fellow students are yawning. It's hard to keep my eyes open. Only four more hours and I will be out of here. My visa for ...

"Wo wars denn nun am schönsten?"
Aug 28, 2008 (1 photos)

Meine lieben geistigen Reisebegleiter, seit 2 Wochen bin ich nun wieder in Stuttgart und habe immernoch an einem ordentlichen Deutschland-Kulturschock zu knabbern. (Wieso grüßt mich hier keiner? Wie unfassbar sauber hier alles ist! Warum tragen alle ...