Dorint Mercure Fontana Stuttgart

Nun sind es also knapp zwei Monate her, als ich das letzte Mal an einer Schule die Geschichte
von Selma und mir erzählte. Einen Abend zuvor telefonierte ich mit meinem Bruder und so ganz nebenbei scherzte er, dass ich aus der Übung sein müsste, da ich schon mehr als 8 Wochen keine Schule mehr betreten und Mainecoon gepielt habe. Ach, von wegen aus der Übung. Bücher zu präsentieren ist wie Auto fahren. So etwas verlernt man nicht, und ...

... it was delicious. I must say there were more kids at this Oktoberfest then at the one in Munich and trhere were many 15 year olds drinking up a storm! They can all drink better then me Im sure...but we did see one of them yarp his brains out! Awesome!

Without much else to do in Stuttgart we decided to head back to Nuremburg and catch a hockey game before our departure to Vienna.

... through an aviary that exited through an underground cave.

We did find the entrance to the schloss later on, around the side of the garden. Didn't get that from the lady, will have to learn directional words next. We'll have to go back for the castle tour, in English, another time. Though, the gardens are definitely a repeater. We're slowly learning to suspend our expectations. It's all new, all interesting, and we've got time.

... fault because I'd ask for one and hold up my index finger. Inevitably, we'd get two. But the later is, he held on to one phrase in particular from the head start class, "ich aus," me too - cheater!

We wanted to get a view of the city and had heard of the state tomb up on a hill. The helpful guide listed the train and bus routes to take, but not the stop. To make a long story short, we're on this bus ride through the countryside ...

We attended a big birthday party this weekend in Stuttgart. It was my boyfriend's grandfather's (Opa, as I now know him) 80th birthday. We celebrated with the entire family in a nice little restaurant in a small town near Stuttgart. I have no idea the name of either of those places.

We had some free time to explore Stuttgart on Saturday morning so we went to the Wilhelma Zoological and Botanical Gardens. It is a massive ...

... anfangen zu weinen. Ich war oben mit Rita und Harald und haben gepuzzelt. Später ist Stefanie und Rafael gekommen und dann bin ich ins Bett gegangen. Weinen, nur tränen kommt. Egal, ich muss schlafen weil morgen geht es los.

Gott sei dank, Gregor hat meine Bücher genommen, weil ich habe kein platz. Wir haben gefrühstückt, tschüs an die Lara und die Luca gesagt und ich bin immer noch am packen. Ich hätte sachen nach ...

... to start our day off with a visit to the Porsche museum. It was great to see but we were a bit disappointed that the new museum was not ready for our viewing pleasure yet. We got a shot of the building under construction. It's going to be huge compared to the one-room display we got to see. However, it was still an interesting visit. Lots of old and new Porsches, cross-sections ...

... of St. Patty's back home, I found Biddy Early's, an Irish pub right here in Deutschland, but feeling guilty of being without Deutschkulture, I soon made my way to a more Deutsch club, Alfa in the Stuttgart-Möhringen neighborhood. After a late night in a foreign country I went back to my hotel for some rest. My losses so far have left me with about 4470 Euro.

The sky is crying as the Fitzlee's set off on their epic journey ... ;) ... the weather is making it easy for us to leave Stuttgart for a while. We have (finally) packed all our stuff, cleaned the car, cleared the fridge, turned off most electrical devices ... well, since my parents and Alex will take care of the flat during our absence so that we ...

Guten Tag, Now that I've arrived in Stuttgart, I must brush up on my German - just had the Italian under control & now I am back to square one with my German. Well I eventually arrived in Stuttgart after a 5 hour delay in Milan - yes my flight from Milan was cancelled due to technical problems I was told, so spent 5 extra hours in Milan airport - great!!! Arrived in Stuttgart at 9.40pm instead of 4.30 as originally ...