4 - Germany and beyond...

STUTTGART TV TOWER

Fernsehturm Stuttgart (TV Tower)an alluring sunset from the top of the tower

looking out over Stuttgart

strangers kissing...

the actual top of the Stuttgart TV tower

reflections on the rails...

night shot of the tower

LUDWIGSBURG, GERMANY

Ludwigsburg Palace

the gardens in front of the palace

mischievous cherub...

an enchanting hall

the Favorite Palace used for hunting

beautiful hall with statues adoring the walls

A DAY OF REST...

the Stuttgart indoor marketsign @ the train station... hmmm...

interesting German vending machine...

i got the CornyBar :)

end to a great day...

TRIP AROUND LAKE CONSTANCE
Germany / Austria / Switzerland
bad driving weather in Austriaa small Swiss town on the banks of Lake Constance
Konstanz, Germany
friendly swan...
looking out over Lake Constance towards Austria

3 - Germany: Bavaria

MUNICH, GERMANY
the New City Hall (Neues Rathaus) in Munich
watching over us...Glockenspiel at the New City Hall
the fountain in Marienplatz
another view of the New City HallViktualien Market
wienerschnitzel at the marketMisha dog begging for food...

mugs after tasty ale consumption...a meal & several beers at the Paulaner BrauereiNEUSCHWANSTEIN CASTLE

Schloss Neuschwanstein (new swan stone palace) near Fussen, Germany
Schloss Hohenschwangau (castle of the high swan county)
traditional German fare at the Hofbrauhaus
walking up the mountain to the castle...
view from Neuschwanstein Castle
Alpsee Lake in the Ostallgau district of Bavaria
outside Neuschwanstein Castle
snow, snow... everywhere!

2 - Germany: Stuttgart / Black Forest / Zoo

DOWNTOWN STUTTGART

Stuttgart's Neue Schloss (new castle)

walking through Schillerplatz in front of Altes Schloss (old castle, built in 950)

an array of olives at the indoor marketthe non-stop elevator

(you literally had to jump on and off)

Stuttgart Schlossplatz (castle square)looking down at Koenigstrasse on a cloudy day in Stuttgarthanging out atop the train station tower

THE BLACK FOREST

looking out over the hills of the Black Forest

SNOW!
hiking up to the waterfall (wasserfall)Germany's highest waterfall: Triberg Falls

tossing snowballs in Tribergthe inside of one of the world's largest cuckoo clocks in Gernrode, Germany

THE STUTTGART ZOO
amazing botanical gardenspenguins were so close you could touch them
fabulous green snake in the reptile exhibit
jellyfish tank in the aquarium
cool plant in the tropical gardens
teenage polar bear
a crow hanging outside the tiger exhibit
a Muslim mosque