Day 7


Tuesday, May 28, Day 7

Sleeping in was fine! I got up about 9 and had time for a shower before K&K got here at 10. We breakfasted and planned, and finally went off to downtown Stuttgart to do some general shopping and make specific purchases. I got myself a day pass for use of telephone data, and Kat got an upgrade to her temporary telephone service.

View of Botnang

View of Botnang

Kat wanted some comfy t-shirts and I wanted some summer socks, so we hit a Primark (very Target-like) and got almost everything, including some gifts for the folks back home. We window-shopped, too, and went through the old covered market, with delicacies from everywhere: it smelled wonderful.  We found a café for lunch. Beer of course, then Schwabish specialties such as Knudelen and roast pork. Yummy! And filling!

Kat went to visit her mother and Kevin and I lingered at the café, then wandered through the old town, the parks and the pedestrian shopping street, the Konigstrasse.  



We watched people and discussed history, urban planning, and other important topics. We stopped at a café near the train station for coffee and strudel, and Kat found us about 6 p.m.. 
We took the tram back to Botnang and Kevin and I both had naps.
Kevin and Kat prepared supper (sausage, bread, cheese, wine) that we all enjoyed. For dessert we had tequila from Mexico, and Kat went home to bed. Kevin and I talked a while longer, but then it was really bedtime, because we had to get up fairly promptly in the morning.

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