Day 2

I don't actually move into the apartment I rented until tomorrow so I still have some time in downtown Stuttgart. Today I decided to go to the Mercedes-Benz Museum, but first I decided to get a monthly pass for the transit system. I mentioned that the way the system works is that the region is divided into zones and you pay depending on which ones you go through on your route. 

Map of the Zones

Turns out the monthly passes work the same way, so you actually have to figure out your route before buying the ticket. As it turns out you also have to be going to a university located in the Stuttgart area to get a studiTicket, as the universities charge fees that subsidize the ticket. However the woman that was helping me did get me a somewhat discounted ticket after I showed her my Drexel ID.

After getting my pass it was off to the museum, all the way at the northern end of the city. I passed by most a few of the city's stadiums on the way, the Porsche and Mercedes Benz arenas.

Porsche Arena

The museum was just a short distance down the road.

Mercedes-Benz Museum

The museum was very nice, it's got quite the selection of vintage cars, with examples of pretty much every car that Mercedes-Benz has ever made.

First Modern Automobile

Hall of Carriers, the various trucks that Mercedes has made

A race car transporter, according to them this thing can go 125 mph

Race cars/trucks

After the museum I stopped by a the Volksfestival that I walked by on the way there. It's apparently a yearly beer festival, from the looks of it, it's sort of the equivalent of a state fair in America. All of the stands were actually very interesting though, they were a lot more colorful and unique then the ones you see in America most of the time. 

The fruit tower

The rides get pretty big for this festival

The China/India themed game booth

I ended up getting a Brattwurst before heading back to the hotel to rest a little bit and check for any important emails since my phone data is pretty limited.