Germany - In preparation for Trekking around Oz

We have arrived in Stuttgart. The trip was uneventful which is very good. We both managed to get quite a bit of sleep on the way over (I slept for 6 hours straight). Have not flown Qantas before but they were very good, friendly and quite chatty (Brian the hostie!). Watched 27 dresses and atonement. Atonement was very good. We arrived in Stuttgart around 10am, had a shower which was quite necessary, and went to check out the surrounds. The city centre is very nice with lots of shops to explore and beautiful gardens with the daffodils out and the flowers looking great. Had the best baked ham and crusty roll for lunch yesterday complete with crackling, yummo. Came back to the hotel, we have been upgraded to a suite complete with its own gym, and slept from 3.30 to 7.30pm. I had to wake Stephen so that we could go for dinner. The hotel has a restaurant with 1 michelin star so seeing how it was our first night, and we're not paying, we decided to shout ourselves a good meal. It was very nice and the staff very attentive although the waiter didn't know the difference between pear and rhubarb. Not speaking German has so far proved no problem, most people speak English. Stephen has commenced work today, poor sod. I have been for a run in the park this morning for about 40 minutes so hopefully last night's dinner has now disappeared. Will get onto the exercise bike this afternoon to make sure. I am currently on the net trying to find an apartment as the hotel is very nice (we are sleeping under the 5 stars) but one needs a kettle to make a cup of tea and an iron to iron one's clothes occasionally. One would have thought a kitchenette instead of a home gym would have been more practical. I have been very good and not once mentioned the war, although I have bought some fabulous boots to goose step in!