Stuttgart

Our last major destination was Stuttgart in the State of Baden-Württemberg. We had a wonderful time visiting this modern city. Pictured to the left is Schloss Platz in Stuttgart. It was very crowded on that Sunday.

Stuttgart is the most modern town that we visited on our trip. This being the case we mostly shopped.


Another stop we made while in Stuttgart was the royal residence in Ludwigsburg. The residence is just 15 min. north by train from Stuttgart. We toured 60 of the 452 rooms that made up the impressive Baroque building. It took us about two hours to complete. Below is a picture of part of the grounds surrounding the palace. The place was built by Duke Eberhard Ludwig between 1704 and 1733. it was considered the Baden-Württemberg Versailles. not to be confused with the Bavarian Versailles Herrenchiemsee which was built by Ludwig II king of Bavaria. Originally it was meant to be a hunting lodge but the Duke liked the area so much he had more rooms added on. Pretty soon a courtyard formed and he decided to make it his new residence, but just before the interior could be finished in the new wing the Duke died. His Cousin happily took over the royal estate and title seeing as the Duke could not produce anymore living offspring.

In the parking lot we spotted this interesting car (you may want to zoom in on the back windshield and the back passenger side window):

I hope our Australian Friend is keeping up with us. ;)

After visiting the schloss we went out for a Döner. A Döner is turkey cooked on a spit horizontally (pictured below) and is served in pita bread with a special sauce, lettuce and tomato. They shave the meat off of the large pillar of turkey as it slowly roasts on the turning spit. The Döner originated in Turkey and most of the shops are owned by immigrant Turks.

See you soon,

Jeremy