Holiday Inn Stuttgart

We stayed in town this weekend, figured we'd catch Stuttgart's version of Oktoberfest (the second largest in Germany) before it ended. And by now, we know how to buy a day ticket from the bus driver and get ourselves around town. We're probably slaughtering everything we say, but we're starting to be understood and at least get what we need. Frau Montes made sure we learned to say please and thank you every time, excuse me helps too . . .<br ...

... als den Faden zu verlieren während der Vorstellung kann ich auch nicht. So übermannte mich das immergleiche Gefühl der Neugier und Spannung, als ich das Klassenzimmer betrat. Alles lief nach Plan ... bis ich die ersten Töne zu Mainecoon erklingen ließ. Zunächst waren natürlich alle Schüler darauf gespannt, wie sich dieser Song anhört. So weit, so gut. Nachdem die erste Strophe vorbei war, begannen die Schüler lauthals zu klatschen ...

August 16, Sunday<br><br>We will definitely make it into Stuttgart today. We have several things to do before we stop in with Kerstin and Joe.<br><br>We find the tourist information and the Laundromat, just around the corner from the tourist information offices which is just across from the main railway station.<br><br>We put the laundry in with the help of a mature couple from Vermont. Great facility ...

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.<br><br>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 ...

Caught a night train from Vienna and arrived in Stuttgardt in the morning. Had a great day wandering and seeing the sights. Yet another map from yet another tourist info place. More statues and old buildings (Boring right? Not by a long shot). Still walking around wide-eyed like kids at Disneyland.

Finally, we arrived in Stuttgart. The trip was not the best...the airplane was full of little children...crying and complaining. The seats were too small. I was the last one to get a meal, and the one that gave me to me almost told me to that I had to be grateful. Coughed de whole time, and could not sleept because the previos reasons.Toto was sitting far from me. Then, we arrived in Franfurkt ...

... the paperwork, I bought a model of the car for Steve to have until his real car is delivered in Cleveland. The shop had Mercedes clothing, accessories, pins, models, bicycles, etc. Finally, we were taken to the waiting room for our new car. An English-speaking technician went over the car with us, showing how everything worked. Finally, we officially took possession of Steve's beautiful new white E-350 sedan and drove off of the Mercedes grounds (about 2:00 p.m.). The car ...

Okay, this is digging back in my memory banks, but the photos have been great reminders. I stayed with a great family in Allmersbach, only one of whom spoke English, which really helped me speed up on my German. However, they spoke a southern dialect, which was different from the hoch deutsch that I had learned. They could ...