Stuttgart, Baden-Wuttemburg, Germany

Last weekend I took a day trip to Stuttgart with my friend Kat. The city was totally over-run with World Cup fanatics who were going to see the 3rd place game, played in the city. Despite the frantic crush of people we had a fabulous time.

We decided to go see the brand new "Mercedes Benz World," celebrating the brand that was pioneered in Stuttgart. It was a seriously cool museum.

Here are Kat and René* in front of the Mercedees Benz Welt

This is the very first "car" put together by Benz ...

Did you know that the Popemobile is a Mercedes?? Oh yes, yes indeed ...

We also actually saw the city of Stuttgart, and it was lovely, albeit slightly less shiny than the Mercedes Museum and packed with people.

This is the Schiller Platz, with the Altes Schloss in the background

They were having some kind of folk food festival - my kind of town.

Here I am inside one of these cute little outdoor restaurants.
Can you see the fake chickens above my head??? They were definitly there.
Despite the Kitsch, the cake and Riesling were delicious!

*a friend of ours from our program who we ran into accidentally in the city ... I swear, Germany is secretly a very very small place.