Stuttgart, noch einmal

Enroute from Berlin to Spain, I paid another visit to Stuttgart and the "Hotel for Americans named Morey in Southern Germany," also known as Claudia's House. In addition to catching up on some sleep (looking back, I was suffering from a bit of fatigue), and seeing some familiar faces, I arrived just in time for Stuttgart's Lange Nacht der Museen. "Long night of the museums" is a special night where the approximately 10 frillion museums in Stuttgart stay open unitl 2 AM. You buy one ticket and can visit as many museums as you want plus there are free buses and trains to get you from place to place. Pretty cool. Claudia and I went to the Wurttemberg State Museum, a couple art museums, and the Mercedes-Benz museum. All in all, a very enlightening evening.

Another day, Claudia and Uli took me to the Ritter Sport chocolate factory and university town of Tuebingen (Half-timbered houses, narrow streets, a church, and a castle. On the Neckar River. Beautiful)

I have really nice friends.

The woods in Leinfelden, in front of Claudia's house.

Midnight at the Mercedes Benz museum with a couple thousand Germans (Claudia in foreground)

Tuebingen, view from the church tower.

PS Yeah, the Mercedes museum is pretty amazing.