After 2 nights in Prague, we headed back towards Brussels via Stuttgart. Mercedes and Porsche central :) That was pretty much our primary reason for choosing to stopover in Stuttgart. I guess as Mark put it, the "Detroit of Europe." If we had more time, I'm sure we would have hit the Audi and BMW factories as well. But we were only in Stuttgart for less than 24 hrs.
We went to the Mercedes Museum upon our arrival...it was AWESOME! I think I took more pictures here than anywhere else! The history behind the company was enlightening and it also was cool how they put the progress of the company in historical context. But the museum itself was just a beautiful building...reminded me of the Guggenheim Museum in NYC.
After walking around the place for a couple of hours... no euros to get out of carpark. OOPS! Luckily, Mark always keeps his loose change in his briefcase so after digging around, he found enough to get us out of the garage.
We had dinner that night in the Town Square at a place called Ochos and Willi's. It was the most packed place there :) Anyways, we ended up seated with unbeknownst to us when we said yes to sharing our table, 3 other Americans there on business, 2 from Michigan and 1 from Arkansas. It was a very nice dinner and surprisingly, fun to hang out with other Americans and hear their perspective and backgrounds.
The Porsche Museum was, well, not as...there?! They apparently are in transition of building a new one so although there was no charge at current space, it was disappointing and because we went on a Saturday, there was no factory tour either. But we did find a super uber Porsche dealership and they had about every conceivable new/used Porsche you'd want. NO, Mark did not get to order one!
On to Brussels...
p.s. LV but no Hermes.
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