After lunch on our first day, our host family took us to a huge castle. It was oldtimer day as well, where they bring in all the oldtimers and put them on exhibit for the day. If your anything like me your first thought is, wow that's not nice, at least call them senior citizens or something. :) The oldtimers are any car over 30 years old. It was fun to browse amongst them whilst we waited for our tour. The oldest car there was from the 1800's!
The tour of the castle was amazing. The intricacy of the design and decoration was astounding. My favorite room was the room of mirrors. Mirrors had to be imported, so the more mirrors you had, the wealthier you were. One room in the castle had hundreds of mirrors covering every surface!
Monday we visited a cathedral with over 700 steps! I climbed all the way to the top, and the view alone made it worth it. The cathedral was beautiful, even better considering the soccer ball shaped viewing area and giant TV just outside to watch the fußball games!
You've heard about Neuschwanstein from everyone else, I'd just like to reiterate the graduer of the castle. There is great mystery surrounding the king's premature death. His doctor prescribed him mentally ill and unfit to run the country. He was sent to spend some time at a different facility, and was found soon after drowned with his physician. However, when an autopsy was preformed, no water was found in his lungs. Only a third of the palace was completed when he died, and he was only able to spend about 100 days in his extravagent bedroom that was four years in the making.
On Tuesday we started off our time in Stuttgart with a visit to the Porsche Museum. The engineering in the cars is unbelievable, as is it's long and interesting history. More fun than anything was looking at the cars and their evolution throughout the years. My personal favorite was this Spyder, though the yellow 911 turbo was a close second!
After the Porsches we took a tour of the Musical Instrument Museum. Not much to be said here, it was a good oportunity to take while we were here, but personally not my favorite part of the trip. After the Museum we got to explore Stuttgart and do some shopping! One of the more interesting experiences of the day were the "Toilette Tubes." These were different from any of the pay bathrooms we had seen, because a shower literally sprayed the entire interior after you were done using it. (not sure how to rotate that, sorry!)
Today we visited Strasbourg, France; one of the most beautiful cities I've ever been to. We did alot of shopping after our bus tour, and got to see another extremely beautiful cathedral. This one dated back to the 12th and 13th century, and was mind boggling to look at. My group had crepe sundaes and ice cream or coffe at a cafe under the cathedral. It felt like a scene straight from a movie! Our server was pretty funny too! We also enjoyed a spin on a carosel in the middle of the square.
After Strasbourg we went to the abby and walked around for a half hour. We were originally supposed to go Friday, but with Dachau rescheduled we didn't have time. We were running early today, so stopped and looked around a bit.
Whew! Hopefully I'll be on more often! I'm loving my time here, and can't wait for some more adventures!
The tour of the castle was amazing. The intricacy of the design and decoration was astounding. My favorite room was the room of mirrors. Mirrors had to be imported, so the more mirrors you had, the wealthier you were. One room in the castle had hundreds of mirrors covering every surface!
Monday we visited a cathedral with over 700 steps! I climbed all the way to the top, and the view alone made it worth it. The cathedral was beautiful, even better considering the soccer ball shaped viewing area and giant TV just outside to watch the fußball games!
You've heard about Neuschwanstein from everyone else, I'd just like to reiterate the graduer of the castle. There is great mystery surrounding the king's premature death. His doctor prescribed him mentally ill and unfit to run the country. He was sent to spend some time at a different facility, and was found soon after drowned with his physician. However, when an autopsy was preformed, no water was found in his lungs. Only a third of the palace was completed when he died, and he was only able to spend about 100 days in his extravagent bedroom that was four years in the making.
On Tuesday we started off our time in Stuttgart with a visit to the Porsche Museum. The engineering in the cars is unbelievable, as is it's long and interesting history. More fun than anything was looking at the cars and their evolution throughout the years. My personal favorite was this Spyder, though the yellow 911 turbo was a close second!
After the Porsches we took a tour of the Musical Instrument Museum. Not much to be said here, it was a good oportunity to take while we were here, but personally not my favorite part of the trip. After the Museum we got to explore Stuttgart and do some shopping! One of the more interesting experiences of the day were the "Toilette Tubes." These were different from any of the pay bathrooms we had seen, because a shower literally sprayed the entire interior after you were done using it. (not sure how to rotate that, sorry!)
Today we visited Strasbourg, France; one of the most beautiful cities I've ever been to. We did alot of shopping after our bus tour, and got to see another extremely beautiful cathedral. This one dated back to the 12th and 13th century, and was mind boggling to look at. My group had crepe sundaes and ice cream or coffe at a cafe under the cathedral. It felt like a scene straight from a movie! Our server was pretty funny too! We also enjoyed a spin on a carosel in the middle of the square.
After Strasbourg we went to the abby and walked around for a half hour. We were originally supposed to go Friday, but with Dachau rescheduled we didn't have time. We were running early today, so stopped and looked around a bit.
Whew! Hopefully I'll be on more often! I'm loving my time here, and can't wait for some more adventures!
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