Caught the train into Stuttgart, about 30 mins and a family ticket was only 14 euros! Having bought a route map we walked around the historical buildings only getting lost a couple of times! Stuttgart started off as a humble stud farm, before becoming the royal capital of Wurttemberg. This has given it two impressive palaces, the old one resembling a castle with a wonderful courtyard and the newer one (the Neues Schloss) built in 1746 being much grander. King Wilhelm I resided here and has an impressive statue in a square near the palaces, with him sitting astride his charger. On either side of him are obelisk pillars with dates and place names, mostly French, which we wondered were towns he had conquered? If so he was very good at it.
The locals obviously like shopping as the town centre is one huge shopping complex, dotted with wonderful old buildings. The local men also like their beer as we saw a few sleeping it off lying on the grass in the park!
On the way home it began to rain and then tipped it down, mixed with a little thunder and lightning. When we left this morning it was clear blue skies and very hot, so we’d not brought any waterproof jackets! We are learning that the weather here can change very quickly!
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