Saturday in Downtown Stuttgart

What a lazy day it is. Slept in 'til 7:10am. Spent an hour in the gym, ate a hearty breakfast then walked for 5 hours. Boy, do we need a drink!!!!!!!!!!!!

Weather has improved: but only when we're indoors. It is just like Melbourne weather was in the past - sun, rain, sun, rain etc. At least it's not windy. The first photo is the "Schlossplatz", one of the most famous squares in Germany and is noted for its grandeur ans spaciousness.

Stephen was in 7th heaven as we discovered the equivalent of the Vic market in the middle of the town (see photos).


The presentation of the goods is quite spectacular, lots of colour and everything perfectly ordered (you need to realise that Stuttgart is an engineers town: Porsche, Mercedes, Bosch etc. are based here).


They constantly spray the fruit and veg with water to keep it fresh.









German bread is to die for. Cop the size of the loaf, it's bigger than Anne.






We then ventured to the Kunstgebaude (Arts building) in the Palace gardens (that's the Palace in the photo). There were two exhibitions: NOH Suntag (a Korean Photographer) had an exhibition of his work.

The second exhibition was a background piece on the making of the film Troy. A large amount of the film was shot in Mexico and it seems that the Mexicans were too expensive to use as extras so the makers flew 300 Bulgarians to play take the roles of the foot soldiers: the exhibition was their story.









Wandering the backstreets we came across the Australian Bar / Restaurant. Who'd have thought!!!!








On the way back to the hotel we rode the lift to the top of the railway tower for a good overview of the town. Stuttgart itself is situated on the bottom of a valley and is surrounded by hills on two sides. The 'burbs are beyond the hills.