We had breakfast and decided to walk through the Schlossgarten to see what there was to see...the park is made up of three gardens that run from the River Neckar to the Old Palace...and is much enjoyed by the locals - it was packed with people - most left over from the large demonstration from the day before (more about that later). The gardens are technically 600 years old - from their beginning as a garden in one of the moats of the Palace - of course, the entire area was bombed during WWII and the Palace has had to be reconstructed...
There were a lot of fountains, musicians, families, children being children
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| "Water Games" |
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| a lot of the doorways and windows are covered in wire screens; this is to theoretically keep the birds from roosting there... |
Lots of statues, both on the ground and on top of buildings...
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| the graffiti says "Away with Schuster" (the current Mayor of Stuttgart) and the S21 with the x through it stands for "No Stuttgart 21" - more on that later... |
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| the Opera House |
The Palace (the New Schloss) has been completely rebuilt since it was destroyed in WWII...
and on the square directly in front of it (the Schlossplatz) there are more musicians, performance artists, artists, museums, art, and thousands of tourists...
and the walk back to the hotel brought some interesting sites, as well...
