Porsche and Wilhelma Sitting in a Tree
Trip Start
Jun 30, 2008
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Trip End
Aug 04, 2008
Stuttgart,
Baden-Württemberg,
Germany
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Silly Devil!...
Mitch, Colin, Noam and I headed up to Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen 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 cars, engines, old and new and tons of relevant info. to inform us. A little shop was there, of course, as well. None of us broke down to buy any watches or golf shirts, stickers or handbags though.
Old Porsche
Newer Porsche
We then moved on to go check out the Wilhelma which is the Stuttgarter zoo. It's really beautiful there with lush gardens and lots of animals (of course) to see.
Water Lilies in the Wilhelma
The highlight was watching the star of the Wilhelma, Wilbaer the one-year-old ice bear, goof around with his mom. What a kid!! Both spent the whole time horsing around with respective pieces of plastic, throwing it around, trying to grab the pieces away from one another, diving for it, etc. Absolutely adorable!
Wilbaer and His Ma
We then headed home, ate a small dinner and then dove into bed. A fun day was had by all.
