Stuttgart, Germany

Well, we are finally on our adventure and our first stop has been Stuttgart. We arrived here with little hassle with only our plane being delayed half an hour in Stanstead(UK) due to the mob of people waiting to check in - there was no queue and it took us an hour and a half to make it to the desk. CRAZY!

We managed to navigate our way to our Hostel really easy as there are loads of signs around - not in English mind you, but we are getting very good at matching words! The hostel is actually more a hotel and here we have a room by ourselves and we get to watch tv! So now, we have watched The Simpsons and Little Britain in German...my life is now almost complete.

The city itself is really lovely. It's slow paced and not at all crowded which is a nice change from the ever busy London. It has these beautiful squares in which cafes and bars surround it as well as places for people to sit so you can just relax and enjoy the sunshine. Also great for people watching! There is not much here to sightsee as it is not so much a tourist destination as some of the other places we'll be going to. But it has been a great way to start our holiday by forcing us to just take it easy, enjoy our sleep ins and relax.

However, we have tried as many German related food and drink as our daily budget will allow. Meat, bread and beer is what seems to be the delicacy here and we have definately enjoyed trying them. Our favourite is Bratwurst and Kasseler, both of these are just served in a plain bread roll and are scrumptious! The Kasseler is kind of like ham but super thick slices and much more tasty. We also had dinner in a restaurant here and the meals we had were great - again meaty but oh so good.

The one thing we have seen here is an exhibit called United Buddy Bears which are these 2m tall bear statues which have been painted by an artist from each country who are a part of the UN. They were so beautiful -Australia's was there and our bear was painted by Ken Done but ours was not the coolest by a long shot!