final days: stuttgart, germany

my time in eastern europe came to end monday morning when i flew to stuttgart. my friend jordi is in his second year of playing hoops on a pro german team, so i thought i'd pay him a visit and see exactly what he's up to. the plan going into visiting jordi was to hang out, catch up, see the scene in stuttgart, and drink a few german beers. without too much effort all was accomplished.

so i had 3-ish days in stuttgart, and they went something like this. monday: arrive in stuttgart around 2pm. get back to jordi's around 3:30pm. hang out. eat supper. hang out. go to bed.

tuesday: sleep-in a bit while jordi is at work. visit jordi's place of work. hang out. pick up food along the way. watch the cold rain ruin our plans of walking about the city. hang out. go to bed.

wednesday: make pancakes for breakfast. take the train into stuttgart. drink a piping hot mug of glühwein. tour the city. eat a bratwurst and drink a heff. continue our wandering around the city. hang out. eat more food. hang out. hang out. go to bed.

thursday: wake up at 4:15am to make my 7:05am flight. fly to paris to make my connection to atlanta. arrive in atlanta and board a plane for south bend. arrive in south bend around 5pm. back in goshen around 6pm.

top of stuttgart train station


in-city vineyards


the man, the myth, the legend: jordi

so now i'm back in the states for the next month+ before the wwoofing continues. yes, wwoofing, not just traveling. the plane leaves from portland to honolulu on the 5th of january.

blog to be continued in early january 2009.