Mercure Str Muenchingen 3m Stuttgart

... cute little animals and feast on them, well at least I was. So, coming back from the Volksfest, the guard on duty spoke English. Turns out, it's a club where they raise little animals. So I asked if they ate them. His jaw almost dropped, "no!" So no, they don't eat the little animals. They show the little animals and have club meetings and events where they eat large animals that are decidedly not raised there. It's a Thumper safe zone.<br>

... und die Geduld, um mir Teilzeittourist ihre Heimatstadt zu zeigen. Total überwältig war ich allerdings am Wartberg, als wir die abendliche Aussicht über Heilbronn genießen konnten. Nach der hochinteressanten abendlichen Stadtrundfahrt gab es für mich einen Gaumenschmaus mit traditionellen schwäbsichen Spezialitäten. Und eines habe ich an diesem Abend hinzugelernt: Spätzle schmecken nirgendwo besser als im Schwoobeländle, heiligs Blechle.

... 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 ...

... of the Mercedesturm to get a nice view of the city, for free!<br><br>On our drive back we spotted a castle ruin high above the autobahn and tried to find it. We climbed up a steep and winding hill through wine fields to the castle gates, which were locked. A sign posted on the gates stated that the castle is private property and trespassers will be fined. Unfortunately this is the only thing I took pictures of from our entire trip.

... some on the outskirts of the smaller towns. We find the store, but there isn't any camping equipment left Back to the hotel. We wait until just after 4:30 and then head out to Kersten's home. We met Kersten and Joe in Safaga, Egypt. They have been just wonderful helping us look for a vehicle and find out what we have to do to license and register it. When we get off the tram Kersten is there to meet up. We give hugs and then some ...

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.

... my favorite tv show, and went to bed. Friday, I met up with the Stuttgart Crew on Vaihingen Campus (Universitat Stuttgart has several campuses, the one I go to is Vaihingen and is more science oriented--chemistry, physiks, mathematiks, and engineering while the one downtown is for other stuff). There are about six of us living in campus housing and then a few more scattered around Stuttgart closer to where they work. We planned to hang out at Frank's ...

... I c*lled my host p*rents, *nd Hubert w*s h*ppy to come pick us up. I thought th*t w*s very kind of him. The others h*d l*ter busses *nd were *ble to get b*ck just fine. M*rione h*d *lre*dy served dinner to Hubert *nd his visiting brother by the time I got b*ck, but she h*d kept dinner w*rm for me *nd s*ved some room so she could e*t with me too. I thought th*t w*s incredibly nice of her too. She m*de little cheese p*tties, which were just like mozz*rell* sticks ...

... cre*ted *n entry for Venice in the *ctu*l Venice entry where*s the rem*ining I will write *bout here *long with *n entry under Roubi* *nd B*rcelon*. B*sic*lly, *ny entry th*t h*s pictures *ssoci*ted with it, *lso h*s some written insight. Th*t being s*id, onw*rd we go. 1: Z*greb, Cro*ti* Z*greb. The c*pit*l of Cro*ti*. I *rrived to Z*greb with *n uncert*in ide* of how long I w*s going to st*y *nd *n undecided next destin*tion. I found * pl*ce to sleep for the night, put my b*gs ...