Stuttgart - More Cars and Beer

After our week in the mountains we took the short train ride back to Germany and stopped in Stuttgart. Joel had booked the hostel well in advance because Friday was Reunification day holiday in Germany and the Cannstatter Volksfest was also on in Stuttgart. After arriving at the train station we got directions from tourist information to the wrong hostel. As a result we finally found where we would be staying 4 hours after arriving in the city. But there was no one there, so we had to call the person and they eventually let us in. As well it started to rain of course. It turned out to be small private room with a TV, a luxury we had been missing. Below Scott is enjoying a bevy after the long mission to the hostel.

Saturday we visited the Mercedes-Benz Museum which was pretty cool. It had about 7 levels with all sorts of vehicles dating back to when the internal combustion engine was invented. Attached to the museum was a huge dealership where we also got to check out pretty much all the current models and realized the Germans pay a lot more for their Benzs. We made dinner at out hostel and took a walk around town at night.

Sunday we went to Cannstatter Volksfest. This is basically a huge carnival and reportedly the worlds second largest beer festival. It was set up very similar to Oktoberfest but had less people, more rides, less beer tents and more food. So we went to a few tents and went on a few rides. A highlight for the two of us was the go carts. A little bit different then the ones at home but still lots of fun.

On Monday after we had to extend our stay in Stuttgart for a few more hours we took the time to visit what we believe to be the flagship Porsche dealership. While at the festival we decided that the trip was going good but we had had enough of the cool weather. So instead of going to Brussels Monday we would go to Paris for the Auto show and the many other sites and then head south to Greece.