Maritim Stuttgart

... tent was still fairly full, had a band in full swing, happy Germans raising their glasses to prost, and hundreds of chickens and one cow roasting on spits. Our current favorite dance involves several moves, one being the schwim, must learn. Our meals even came with a free beer, which we tried and acknowledge that yes, it is better than American beer, but it's still beer. And neither of us have gotten over not liking beer. It really is too bad ...

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 ...

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 ...

Today we took the S-train to the Mercedes-Benz Museum. It's definitely a building that one recognises. We took a fancy elevator to the top floor and from there, worked our way down through the years. There were lots of vehicles and information about the vehicles and the company&#8217;s history but there was also lots of other information provided for each year i.e. &#8217;91 &#8211; the year WWW. was launched. We got to ...

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.

... to add in our gold catalyst and see what happens. That's the fun part...except when nothing happens. It's really cool to synthesize my starting materials, because I finally get to see all the stuff I've learned in class actually work. It can definitely be frustrating though. Most of the time, we think of a plan to make the desired molecule and look up publications of reactions that have been done on similar molecules. Unfortunately, even small changes to a molecule's structure can ...

... get back to my room?! Right now, I'll just enjoy my hot cocoa and I'm waiting for a Gaisburger Marsch. This is Stuttgart's national dish which consists of Spätzle, pieces of potatoes, pieces of beef, vegetables, meat broth and roasted onions. Lecker! On my way home, in a trolley. I have a long day ahead of me tomorrow, I have to go shopping for souveniers! That'll be loads of fun, and then I have to do the most painful thing of all: pack to go back home.

Well, a busy few days since we last updated! It is amazing the diversity of experiences here so far. Wednesday we went for drive to a Celtic Museum. It is built on the site of an ancient Celtic village, near a huge burial mound. It was quite fascinating, the site showed progression from Late Bronze age to Early Iron age technology. the king type dude under the mound was buried with a bronze lounge on wheels and a 4 wheel iron covered ...

... the top of * building or on *ny of the number of c*bs running through town...ye*h, the c*bs *re Benzs. Over*ll, Stuttg*rt seemed to be *nother big *nd modern Germ*n city with * gre*t tr*nsit system *nd *ll the Germ*n efficiency you would expect. I didn´t spend * lot of time sight-seeing or snooping *round the city *nd inste*d took plenty of time to rel*x. We did m*ke it out * few times but mostly ended up he*ding onto the Army b*se in town which ended up being * surprisingly ...