{"id":174,"date":"2016-07-16T18:43:19","date_gmt":"2016-07-16T17:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/209.222.30.173\/?p=174"},"modified":"2020-12-22T14:11:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T14:11:00","slug":"an-interrail-adventure-blog-10-stuttgart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interrailplanner.com\/blog\/an-interrail-adventure-blog-10-stuttgart\/","title":{"rendered":"An Interrail Adventure &#8211; Blog 10: Stuttgart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upon arrival in Stuttgart, I quickly realised I was in quite a different city to Zurich. Seemingly more of an industrial city than Zurich, with a fair bit of construction work occurring, it was initially a bit of a shock to the senses. However, by the time I\u2019d checked into the hostel and made myself at home, I was properly acclimatised to these new surroundings. Heading out into the city centre, I was determined to see what this city could show me.<\/span><\/p><div class=\"inter-content-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top: 20px;margin-bottom: 20px;\" id=\"inter-1983206447\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4633244982126279\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4633244982126279\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"7158573474\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well, I\u2019d like to say I did a full exploration that evening, but the truth is that I got distracted quite quickly. The distraction in question was the \u201cHamburger Fishmarkt\u201d, a fish market that was in town for the week or so. However, this wasn\u2019t quite your usual fish market. Stalls and huts there were selling beer, sausages, desserts, even gherkins \u2013 as well plenty of fish. With some stalls blaring out music, while others shouted about their fish, the whole event had a very lively atmosphere. Not wanting to miss out, I grabbed a beer and something which was effectively a Baileys doughnut (think of a doughnut, but with Baileys instead of raspberry jam) and took it all in. In the end, I decided it was effectively what would happen if a fish stall and a Christmas market were mixed. If more fish markets were like this, it certainly wouldn\u2019t be a bad thing!<\/span><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1307px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/MqhLQIJbXj5mtKyVRwJkkjEsJrWL6Jx7tU3TLU5BmsyC7v1cgu5yqogx_2-IaNSyqKIycwume-K1Zy3SvYzMTfnXqV0qPRcLGO5TdLQVSrAvlHY1AN2IEcFYorCN2-qqBRXQ9ms5\" alt=\"\" width=\"1307\" height=\"686\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Hamburger Fishmarkt in Stuttgart for the week<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019d originally planned that the next morning would be a pretty chilled one, with a late wake up. However, the universe had other ideas. I awoke to an asynchronous symphony of snoring, courtesy of two chaps in my room. The volume of these snores rendered sleep incredibly difficult to return to. Somehow it did come back to me, as the next thing I knew was that I was being woken again \u2013 this time by a cacophony of church bells. It turned out the nearby church was having a service and the noise of their bells was able to resonate throughout the hostel room, making it feel as if you were stood next to the bells themselves. Not willing to wait for the next disruption, I dragged myself out of bed to face the day.<\/span><\/p><div class=\"inter-content_2\" style=\"margin-top: 20px;margin-bottom: 20px;\" id=\"inter-193070106\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4633244982126279\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4633244982126279\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"7158573474\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strolling around Stuttgart, the map I had (which contained tourist suggestions) was only available in German, in which I am not fluent. Consequently, while I did see a lot of sights, I\u2019m not too certain what the history behind them is. However, at one point in the main square I did stumble across a jazz band playing, so that was pretty cool. Later, after discovering the opera house had an outside speaker system (by almost being deafened by classical music when I strolled by), I decided to go and get a good view of the city from up high. Following the map, this took me to a Chinese garden, located next to a vineyard about 10 minutes from the main train station. From this hidden gem, I could see across the whole city, including its old town \u2013 just take a look for yourself:<\/span><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/iefSMUWFx4bn8f6CTY5TuJu_ohHrwJBNk-x01GkpaoPbDPGlZGF4fDBsbghOuVv_Bugrs4La2AoOoW4X_UMdfW365R2-boKyy0tJHQfnNtDrMoMxXbxX0lHpjNr09O0L0n5MObC2\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The views over Stuttgart from the Chinese Garden&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/MpRoMfdalaQ6Q2YBi2aUA9brJtlNReJ3w6DzgrNEl-MECUGSSVbxqsryLSmxcmQcQxh9qLS-inWUHnbhZLu5DHly-cjVxhbyiKpniHHn6YbFScWWxTH8gUCQlFdKt27j0848a5dJ\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u2026and the Chinese Garden itself<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That evening, I set off with the aim of finding a quiet bar to have a drink in. However, I\u2019d failed to take into account what the big event of the evening was \u2013 the Euro 2016 final, France v Portugal. Every bar and restaurant around had wheeled out their televisions and were packed to the rafters with football fans. After a while of wandering, I decided it would be easiest to return to the hostel and have a drink there. When the final score came through, I headed to bed. Yet, from my room I could hear horns blaring and fans shouting, so they were obviously happy France lost!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This morning\u2019s wake up was a much nicer affair, with no snoring and no church bells. Making the most of my 12 noon check out, I slowly had breakfast, packed and made my way to the station. That\u2019s where I write to you now, from Stuttgart station waiting for my train which will whizz me up the western side of Germany, to Bonn!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jackmanjames26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>James Jackman<\/i><\/a><i> will be sharing stories from his Interrail trip every few days throughout June and July &#8211; follow us on&nbsp;<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/interrailplanner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Facebook<\/i><\/a><i> and&nbsp;<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/planinterrail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Twitter<\/i><\/a><i> to catch his updates as soon as they\u2019re posted!<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"inter-after-content\" style=\"margin-top: 20px;margin-bottom: 20px;\" id=\"inter-2682574796\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4633244982126279\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4633244982126279\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"8015293915\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Upon arrival in Stuttgart, I quickly realised I was in quite a different city to Zurich. 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