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Fun Guys on Train On our train ride from Amsterdam to Stuttgart a group of six older men sat in...
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Abalon sign on Olgastrasse In Stuttgart we stayed at the Abalon Ideal Hotel, 7-9...
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A view north on Olgastrasse This is looking up the street from the Hotel Abalon entry.
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Abalon entry We were pretty amazed that the way into the Hotel Abalon was through a...
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Abalon inner garage door. We continued on through another garage door to the way to the reception. Most...
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Double Parking The car on the lower level is a Porsche.
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Abalon floor It was a most interestingly constructed hotel.
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Abalon Room Roomy and comfortable. Also had a small kitchen and walk-in closet.
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Abalon Rooftop Dining Even though it's surrounded by buildings, there is a nice garden...
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Flower Stall on Olgastrasse A small flower store on Olgastrasse near Charlotten strasse
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Stuttgart market The Marktplatz near the Markthalle. Both are must sees.
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Pointed Kraut We have round cabbage in Minnesota, they have very interesting cabbage in the...
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Neues Schloss left The new palace on a cloudy day, I've seen much more impressive photos.
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Neues Schoss middle section
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Stuttgart Neues Schloss right
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To the beer festival! Line U11 is special for the Volksfest grounds. Stuttgart has the...
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On the U 11 Volksfestlinie The Ubahn was very easy to figure out once we got going.
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Stuttgart's Volksfest is a Beer Fest The reason for this leg of the trip? The beer festival of course!
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Stuttgart's Volksfest grounds The festival has both beer venues and carnival rides.
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Stuttgart's Volksfest grounds
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Dinkel Acker tent We visited the Stuttgart Volksfest in the early afternoon.
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Dinkel Acker band Every brewery tent had a band.
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Volksfest meal If you're going to drink in the middle of the day, it's important to...
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Small Volksfester The festival is enjoyed by folks of all ages. This little girl was...
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Ein bier bitte! One beer please. Danna enjoys the Schwaben Brau.
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Schwaben Brau tent Our second stop at Stuttgart's Volksfest.
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Schwaben Brau band Green lederhosen clad band.
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Skins Danna is surprised to find a cousin in Germany.
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Skins 2 Entirely too silly.
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We must have another one! Mark enjoys a Furftenburg bier. I think I liked this fest beer the best.
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Furftenburg tent
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Elder volksfester Once again the old and young enjoy the festival.
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Swinging crowd This group was singing and swaying.
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Old friends It was so fun to see folks have such a good time.
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Oxen barbeque That's a whole oxen on a spit. The food at the festival is pretty...
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Hauptbahnhof sign Time to leave. We found that the German rail stations were the only ones we...
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Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof
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Mark on train An hour train ride to the Frankfurt airport.
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Stuttgart from the train
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Stuttgart from train 2
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Frankfurt airport view 1 View from terminal 2
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Frankfurt airport view 2
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View from the Frankfurt airport Goodbye Germany! It was grand!
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Skyline Tram at Frankfurt Airport
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Frankfurt airport terminal The skyline tram from terminal one to terminal two.
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