Day 29 - Sun 28 Jun: Stuttgart

Estimated km: 0; Actual km: 23; Total km: 1205 

14-24deg, fine and sunny with some cloud. 

Brekkie was far too expensive at this hotel (over A$26 each) so we took it at Maccas this morning. Their scrambled eggs and bacon, and coffee are ok when there's not a great deal else open.  

The Boys then hopped on their bikes and headed out to explore some "toys" at the Mercedes Benz and then the Porsche Museums. Stuttgart is blessed by being the home of two of the most iconic rev-head brands on the planet.  There's one word that describes the Merc Museum - WOW!!!  It's got to be the cleanest, most immaculately maintained and spectacular museum that The Boys have ever seen and will ever see.  The paint work and condition of each vehicle was spotless and pristine.  A lot of the vehicles were straight off the assembly line and looked like they had never seen a road.  The photos speak for themselves but can't capture the size or extent of the place.  The Porsche Museum was great too but they've never had the range nor the extensive history Merc has experienced.  Both museums have a current model section where you can check out prices and range; and dream a little.  They are both making inroads into electric vehicle technology and it won't be long before most of us will be driving an e-vehicle.  

The Girls did the Hop-on-hop-off Bus tour to see the sights of Stuttgart.  The tour mostly took in the older part of the city, the little that survived the extensive WWII bombing anyway. They did one complete circuit, noting places of interest with the intent to stop at those on the next round.  However, for some reason, the bus did not follow the same route and they missed the three things they really wanted to see.  Not to worry, by the time they got home it was almost time for pre-dinner drinks anyway.  

Dinner tonight was at a very nice Thai Eatery (Pad Thai with chicken) at the Main Railway Station.  Inexpensive, quick but very clean and nice tasting with wine/beer etc available.

Tomorrow the Boys and Girls are back together.




Schlossplatz

Konigsbau Passagen

An interesting water feature near the tourist info centre


Views of Stuttgart from the hills


How it all started for Mercedes

The world's first motor cycle

Mercedes made all sorts of things

All the really old stuff

More like wroks of art



A classic

Everything Merc ever raced


Wonder if this car come with the bike?

Yep, I'll take this one thanks

Mercedes Benz Museum Stuttgart

Mercedes Benz HQ

Porsche Museum Stuttgart 

Porsche racing hybrid

Porsche special tractor for coffee

All the Porsche racing cars were there too

Likes this one






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