Sunday, April 19, 2009

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