We had a lovely sleep in this morning, what a luxury. Weather was again fine & pleasant. After breakfast we took my rear bike wheel, with the tyre already stripped off, to the bike shop to buy a new spoke to replace the one I broke yesterday. I left the wheel there & asked them to put the new spoke in,
(about a 2 minute job) while we spent until 2pm having a relaxing day looking around Stuttgart, just the 2 of us. When I came to pick up the wheel, I was pleasantly surprised to find the spoke only cost 60 euro cents, unfortunately it cost 25.00 ($38.00 AUD) to install it. I think I will be installing my own parts in future.
Stuttgart is very modern but we did spend some time exploring some of the few old buildings left. Even these buildings have been rebuilt since the war as Stuttgart was also bombed into oblivion & was just a pile of rubble. It was a major target because of the Mercedes Benz factory, which was producing aircraft engines & other equipment.
(about a 2 minute job) while we spent until 2pm having a relaxing day looking around Stuttgart, just the 2 of us. When I came to pick up the wheel, I was pleasantly surprised to find the spoke only cost 60 euro cents, unfortunately it cost 25.00 ($38.00 AUD) to install it. I think I will be installing my own parts in future.
Stuttgart is very modern but we did spend some time exploring some of the few old buildings left. Even these buildings have been rebuilt since the war as Stuttgart was also bombed into oblivion & was just a pile of rubble. It was a major target because of the Mercedes Benz factory, which was producing aircraft engines & other equipment.
I couldn't resist it any longer, as we walked past the train set in the Hauptbahnhof I put in a 1 Euro coin & was able to drive the trains for quite a while.
The fountain in front of the Stuttgart Schloss. It had very weather worn stones, so it looks like it may have survived the bombing.
A couple of the lions on the fountain, throwing up.
The front of the large'U' shaped Schloss.
The lovely courtyard of the museum building.
A large bronze horsey bloke of some apparent importance from 1426.
The detail is incredible.
The city mall which is several klms long.
Yvonne enjoys a free wine in a huge electronics store, that had free wine tasting, but no wine sales ???????
Inside one of the enormous shopping malls. You do not even know they are there, the outside looks like a plain office building, with no signs, but once inside they stretch on forever.
A well deserved freebie Yvonne! M & M
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