Pictures!!

Stuttgart!!!

This is accross the street from the train station. The first photo.

.....and then looking down the street. All the taxis lined up in front of the station.

My new house. The second floor. A little out of order but I can't figure out how to move the photo. It doesn't help that this computer is all in German, I can't figure out the commands. Just getting used to the keyboard now, Y and Z are in the wrong place among other things.

The entrance. The door on the left leads into the dinning area which is one long room blending into the sitting room with the TV.

And here is the sitting room and TV, as mentioned.

Dinning room and the beginning of the kitchen, the küche, in the back.

die Küche.

Our first weekend together and we drove out of the city a bit to this trail through the woods. It was a very nice walk and so nice to have this time all together. Stephan was explaining all about different trees and nuts and exploring with Lara, Lili taging along or just enjoying to run and run and run, and I had a very nice talk with Sabine about familes, Lara, their thoughts and approaches to having a child with special needs, about my friends and family etc. It was a great day.

We stopped here to sit in the beautiful sunshine a bit, have something to eat and drink and enjoy the view.

Here is the view. Gorgeous. Stephan was telling me that one of the old kings of this area, had a hunting castle somewhere down the lake. Also, in the winter you can skate on this lake!! I'm going to keep that in mind and see about coming back in the winter. How cool.

More of the view.

I have no idea why this one is upside down but like I mentioned before this computer is all in German and I can't figure it out. I really like this one though, even upside down.

Wild (Vilt) Swine (Shvine)!!

The little ones were so cute!! And the big ones......

not so much. And they were mean!

Which way?!

Sabine and Stephan dressed up for an evening at the Volksfest in the beer tents. Prost!!

Last weekend we went out into the wine hills that surround Stuttgart. This is looking down into a kind of suburb of Stuttgart.

More grapes growing on the hillside and Stuttgart in the distance.

The great city center of Stuttgart. Wish I had a camera with more zoom.

This is a chapel burial site of a former king and his queen.

Lara and I, matching a bit, in front of the chapel.

Stuttgart again.

Wine, wine, wine. I guess here its just grapes, grapes, grapes, but I like to think of what it will become.

More walking around.

We stopped at a sweet little beer garden for lunch. It was a beautiful day as you can see.

Still wish I had that zoom....That is the chapel where we were earlier.

Lara, looking sweet and very willing to pose.

Stephan and Lili climbing the hill. Thrilling I know, but I thought it was cute.

More, more, more....

This was so funny. Last Sunda we went for a walk through the city park. As we walked we past this man dressed like he was in an old American western movie. We all looked and eachother and laughed. THEN we stopped at a beer garden in the middle of the park and as we sat down this band began to play and they were a country band! And all these people got up from their tables and started line dancing. I could not believe it. So funny.

Gettin' down with their country selves.

Lara and I.

The sheriff, notice his badge. Watch out, you don't want to cross the law.

That about sums it up as far as pictures go. This weekend I'm looking forward to seeing Esther on Friday and going out with her and some of her friends and then on Saturday the guys are also coming to Stuttgart and we're all going to the Volksfest!!! So that will be Esther, Simeon, David (friends from Scotland) and I going on Saturday. I'm looking forward to seeing them and having a night out.

Bis Bald!!