Linde Esslingen am Neckar

... The fair grounds are literally right off of the train station for Bad Canstatt. It would be hard to get lost. Being a rainy Friday, we were able to find a seat in a beer tent too. It did take us awhile to try to decipher the reservation postings and finally search through our burgeoning vocabulary for "ist hier frei?" Apparently for dinner you have to think a year in advance, which obviously wasn't us. But for a "weekday" lunch, we were in ...

... gleich ins TG-Stadion: er trainiert 100 m Hürdenlauf. Das Migy macht doch jedes Jahr am Europäischen Schulsportfest teil und da darf er evtl. mit nach Italien, irgendwann im Oktober.<br>Toivo liegt gerade auf dem Sofa und bereitet sich quasi auf seine Nachtschicht vor. Echt ätzend!<br>Mal wieder übers Wochenende.<br>Viele liebe Grüße,<br>auch von Toivo, Mati und Katja<br><br>Irmgard<br>

Nun sind es also knapp zwei Monate her, als ich das letzte Mal an einer Schule die Geschichte<br>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 ...

... the Germans. They down played this of course but history is history and it did advance their technology quite a bit. They also had an exhibition of all the famous cars from movies or used by stars including The Pope Mobile, The Jurassic Park cars and Ringos car! We did a simulation of being in a racing car which was pretty fun! I could never drive that fast!<br><br>We stayed at a ...

... get off early to wait by a cemetery until the bus comes back, and the driver can chuckle at us. The bus goes right up the hill, good to know. We got off the bus and started walking, looking for signs. We finally turned around and saw the tomb right behind us. The bus drops off right at the base of the tomb, also good to know. Anyway, it's a nice walk to the top and a welcome breeze when you get there. And the view was totally worth it.<br><br>

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.

... the streets window shopping and taking photos. As we headed back towards the hauptbahnhof to catch our train back to Wernau Elke spotted a shop she once visited on occassion to purchase natural fibre clothing so we decided to stop. As she browsed I stepped out into the walkway. I took off my two packs and sat down against the wall to relax my camera strained back and do some people watching. I got my fair ...

... got finished studying for a semester in Chile. He spoke of the goodbyes he would have to say, how quickly the time came down to this point. And this very blog has been the thought in the back of my head for the last two weeks or month. I try not to think about it, but it keeps whispering in my ear or rolls of the lips of a friend..."going home..." "plane ticket.." times when i freeze...kind of like right now... I hoped to share ...