Wednesday: Brussels to Stuttgart

Up very early to get to the train station by subway. Very fast Inter-City Express train, and another still-pretty-fast train to Stuttgart. Lunch at the station, then to the hotel to drop our stuff off. A little trouble finding it (woah, everything’s in German!), but got there after walking a ways.

Took a bus out to the Mercedes museum.

Lots of cars. It also put some history in context for some of us. A bus and rail ride back into downtown Stuttgart found the town preparing for their summer festival – bierfest. Tents and beirstations being set up. Walked many blocks to find perfect restaurant. (Italian—not German…). Logged in 15300 steps on pedometer, means ~7.2 miles. Totally exhausted.