• Day 2

    Dazed and confused in Stuttgart

    Yesterday in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 45 °F

    We had a smooth arrival in Stuttgart. We cleared Customs quickly and within 3 minutes of arriving at baggage claim, we retrieved both of our suitcases. Yay! We walked 4 minutes to our airport hotel and seamlessly checked in. We dropped our bags in our room and set out to take the train to the city plaza (Schlossplatz).
    This is where the dream arrival died. We had not done enough homework on figuring out the trains. We had assumed it was similar to Italy. It is NOT. 1 hour, 2 apps and 2 ticket kiosks later, we were on the correct, yet incredibly overcrowded train to the Schlossplatz.
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