Schlossplatz

They finally announced that Stuttgart will bust out the "fan fest" screens from when everyone watched the World Cup in each centre city so fans can watch VFB Stuttgart win the championship this Saturday. That's where we'll be, come join us for a beer and the celebrations :-)

Stuttgart Visions

Just a hop, skip and a jump before I arrive... :-)

Schtuo-gard

How do you get over the travel blues after returning back from Australia? You take another trip of course! I can't believe it's been 2 months since I've last been back, only 2 more weeks until we fix that sitch! :-)

What's Stuttgart like? Here's a view of some pics posted during the time when I was last there:

Downtown sunshine:



U-bahn traffic:



On my way up from Hauptbahnhof, a 2 minute walk away from the best watering hole in the city - CBP (Circle-Beer-Place) :-)



It also rained :-(



Warm up the Schwabish and their livers! I'm almost back! :-)

Stuttgart Time-Killer

Slowly approaching 1k views of "Killing Time On The Stuttgart S-Bahn". That's got to be some kind of milestone ;-)

Esslingen IS Ugly

Everyone in Stuttgart says (knows) Esslingen (small suburb of Stuttgart) is ugly, well they're right... Coyote Ugly that is! Yes that is the actual name of the bar:

Stuttgart and CBP

Every trip to Stuttgart, and Germany for that matter, requires a certain number of things to be done in order to really consider the trip complete. Beers at CBP (Circle Beer Place), or Palace Der Republik as it's know by the natives, is one of those things:



So after the game we strolled over to CBP, best drink and coolest atmosphere anywhere:



There's a new Sub place in town, "Fresh Sub" is it's name and it's a stone's throw from CBP. Step 2 in the plan is to feed the monster, mission accomplished: ;-)



After CBP we hit the town. Another great bar that we regularly visit stands out because you can sit on seats right up near the roof and look down on the rest of the bar. Although the ladder does require some sort of coordination getting up with your beer (German is still a rookie and can therefor be forgiven for spilling his all over the hottie next to me... or maybe that's his sly way of saying hi? ;-)

The pics are terrible in the dark (with a drunken hand) but this was the funniest hing I've seen in a really long time, 4 girls with HUGE hefe beers, the lone guy with a mini-Kirsch... trust me, that's funny!



It was a great day of soccer, beer, food and partying in one of the best cities in the world. Tomorrow we'd leave for Darmstadt again to celebrate finished thesis's, new appartments and drudge through "the swamp" :-)

Stuttgart Tower By Night

Chasing Cars In Stuttgart

Christian got in a video of last night in Stuttgart at the Snow Patrol concert:

Final Straw

Watchied "The Last Kiss" last night, gotta love a Zach Braff film (check out "Garden State" if you haven't seen it yet) and of course the very sexy Rachel Bilson and Jacinda Barrett. The theme song is by Snow Patrol (Chocolate) who plays in Stuttgart tomorrow night (Thursday Feb 8th), anyone want to go?

This could be the very minute,
I'm aware I'm alive,
All these places feel like home.

With a name I'd never chosen,
I can make my first steps,
As a child of 29.

This is the straw... final straw in the,
Roof of my mouth... as I lie to you,
Just because I'm sorry doesn't mean,
I didn't enjoy it at the time.

You're the only thing that I love,
It scares me more every day,
On my knees I think clearer.

Goodness knows I saw it coming,
Or at least I'll claim I did,
But in truth I'm lost for words.

What have I done? It's too late for that,
What have I become? Truth is nothing yet,
A simple mistake starts the hardest time,
I promise I'll do anything you ask...

This time...

- Snow Patrol

Schnee