June 8 Stuttgart

Got up, had breakfast and debated what to do for the day. We ruled out the Porsche museum and the Ritter sport museum and chose the Wilhema zoo and botanical gardens. This was a very nice and interesting way to spend the day and we were pooped when we were done due to all the walking. We headed back to Gerd's for a snack and late lunch or early dinner. Gerd took us out for dinner. We drove a few km out of Stuttgart into a part of the city that was forested and a one lane road. There are many private gardens in this area. We walked a short bit to a restaurant that Gerd knew about. The restaurant was special with a grassed backyard and picnic tables outside. You have to order your food inside and then they bring it out. We enjoyed our meal sitting outside until the night turned chilly. Thanks Gerd for showing us this piece of Stuttgart. The view from up there was amazing and I'll never forget the small of apple strudl baking as we stood and looked at Stuttgart and countryside. Since it was our last night together, I broke out a small icewine for us to share. The sun had made us all tired so we said good nighg. Sunday we drive to Munich to drop the car and catch our overnight train to Amsterdam. Monday will be in Amsterdam and Tuesday morning we fly home.