With a little help from our friends

My parents have friends near Stuttgart from their glory days in Germany. They have come to visit Montana a few times, and this will make our second visit to them in Stuttgart. Claudia put Mom and I up in her apartment and took us to several Christmas markets (now that's friendship). She even helped us harass the airlines when Mom's luggage got lost! Axel, ever the font of knowledge for where to eat and buy things in Germany, took us to lunch, dinner, coffee, and walked through downtown Stuttgart with us. In the rain.
To all our German Freunden: we had such a good time, Vielen Dank!

Tea and cookies with Claudia and her mom.

Mom and Claudia on a mission to Ludwigsburg

Dinner at Claudia's (Claudia, Uli, Moritz, Cora, Mom)

Coffee with Axel in downtown Stuttgart