Stuttgart
On Sunday (10 Feb), we decided to visit Stuttgart for the afternoon as switching trains at the station on the day we arrived in Germany doesn’t really count as seeing Stuttgart.
Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg and, as it was heavily damaged during World War II, has many relatively new buildings as well as reconstructed historic ones.
Stuttgart has a huge park in the centre of the city that starts at the Schlossplatz (castle square) and goes a long, long way (about 5km). It was a great day to be outside, so we went for a walk through the park for a couple of kms.
Schlossplatz
The shops close on Sundays in Germany, at least everywhere we have been, and we probably noticed more about the Stuttgart mall because of this. Although the shops close, eateries remain open so we had some food…including a freshly baked pretzel! Pretzels are now the most frequently consumed food by Mikey, and I am not sure what he is going to live of off once we get home. His constant goal…to find a pretzel that’s still warm from the oven…
The apples give you some idea of the scale of the pretzel.
A few pretzels later, we drove the 40 or so kms back to Tubingen, knowing we will be back in Stuttgart again when we head off on our four week holiday around Europe. Stuttgart is quite the train and airport hub.
This weekend, however, it’ s off to Innsbruck, Austria, to catch up with some friends and hopefully see some snow.
March 18th, 2008 at 4:40 am
The apples had appeal but not the pretzels