First day in Stuttgart:
Today started early. For some reason I was wide awake at 3:30 am, which makes no sense because that is still 6:30 pm Pacific time. Whatever the peculiarities of my internal clock, I began exploring the forest to the north in the pre-dawn.
Pond right below my room in the predawn light
There are a series of small lakes about 1 km into the woods to the north [Here]. On the shores of the western-most lake is Barenschlössle, a small "castle" which appeared to house a wine & dine type eatery [Here]. (Note: you can of course navigate the satellite maps in the links by clicking and dragging to explore a little yourself.)
Barenschlössle
The rest of the morning was occupied with running around doing errands to get settled in, such as opening a bank account, exchanging currency, groceries, etc. After a long nap in the afternoon, I was going to go rock climbing with Mani, but he got stuck in a 3 hour traffic jam and could not make it.
The World Cup (soccer championships) began in Germany last week, and 8 of the 64 games will be played in Stuttgart over the next 3 weeks. For the record, all the rumors are true. Europeans are CRAZY about football (soccer). Germany plays Poland tonight, and there are people all over in red, black, and gold with flags and face paint. Since the US team is probably no good, go Deutschland! [Revision, 16/6: As I recently learned, the correct phrase in German is "Deutschland für Weldmeister!"]
Tomorrow is a holiday, so I should have time to explore my surroundings some more.
All for now...
Today started early. For some reason I was wide awake at 3:30 am, which makes no sense because that is still 6:30 pm Pacific time. Whatever the peculiarities of my internal clock, I began exploring the forest to the north in the pre-dawn.
Pond right below my room in the predawn light
There are a series of small lakes about 1 km into the woods to the north [Here]. On the shores of the western-most lake is Barenschlössle, a small "castle" which appeared to house a wine & dine type eatery [Here]. (Note: you can of course navigate the satellite maps in the links by clicking and dragging to explore a little yourself.)
Barenschlössle
The rest of the morning was occupied with running around doing errands to get settled in, such as opening a bank account, exchanging currency, groceries, etc. After a long nap in the afternoon, I was going to go rock climbing with Mani, but he got stuck in a 3 hour traffic jam and could not make it.
The World Cup (soccer championships) began in Germany last week, and 8 of the 64 games will be played in Stuttgart over the next 3 weeks. For the record, all the rumors are true. Europeans are CRAZY about football (soccer). Germany plays Poland tonight, and there are people all over in red, black, and gold with flags and face paint. Since the US team is probably no good, go Deutschland! [Revision, 16/6: As I recently learned, the correct phrase in German is "Deutschland für Weldmeister!"]
Tomorrow is a holiday, so I should have time to explore my surroundings some more.
All for now...
posted by Jon Hiller at 08:58
1 Comments:
that is SO cool, jon! congrats on embarking on such an awesome adventure! i'm so excited for yoU. but small group does miss you.
courtney
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