The Porsche Museum
Posted by ScarlettNov 4th, 2009 | No Comments
Part of the reason we are flying to Istanbul via Stuttgart (other than the fact that it saves us money) is because Paul actually wanted to go to Stuttgart because it’s where the automobile was invented and Mercedes-Benz, Maybach, and Porsche are all still produced in Stuttgart or nearby towns, and each has a museum you can visit. Since we woke up late, we decided to just go to the Porsche museum today, and save the larger Mercedes-Benz Museum for tomorrow, when we will force ourselves to get up on time…
Why I Hate Flying
Posted by ScarlettNov 3rd, 2009 | 1 CommentToday marks the beginning of what I call “the home stretch” – our last five weeks in Europe before going home for Christmas! We are heading to Turkey & Greece to finish off, but first we must fly to Stuttgart, Germany to spend three nights in the “cradle of the automobile.” I’ll never understand the way flights are priced, but it was much cheaper to fly from Budapest to Stuttgart then Stuttgart to Istanbul than to fly from Budapest to Istanbul directly, which is retarded because Istanbul is southeast from Budapest and Stuttgart is west so we’re basically going backwards then forwards!
All Saints Day In Budapest
Posted by ScarlettNov 1st, 2009 | No Comments
Yesterday, after wandering around on Budapest’s well known Andrássy Ave near the famous Hungarian State Opera House, we went to Gellert Hill, a 235 m high hill on the Buda side of the Danube. We had planned to hike up and take in the spectacular views we had read about, but when we got there I realized I had forgotten to put the memory card back in the camera after offloading pictures the night before! Since it didn’t make sense to climb up and not take pictures, we decided to come back today, camera and memory card in hand…
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