Had breakfast at the hotel this morning in Stuttgart, Germany before heading out. We did drive around a little bit to get the flavor of the area, very cool.
Speaking of flavor- I had a locally brewed Black beer and Julie had a Heffenweisen - both were really good.
Took about 4 hours after leaving the hotel today to drive to Zurich and we began to see the cloud shrouded Alps off in the distance when we stopped at the last rest area in Germany. At the rest area also so picked up our highway pass for Switzerland. We had been advised that one was needed for Austria and come to find out we also needed one for Switzerland. They cost 31euros/45 dollars and are good for about14 months, and are non transferrable- nice way to tax tourists. The pictures below were taken at the last rest area in Germany, which are very clean, modern, and have a full restaurant, coffee bar, and store attached.
Zurich had a much different feel than Paris, it had a working feel to it- whereas Paris was all about the art work, museums, history, and old architecture Zurich seemed to just quietly go about it's day to day business. Very charming old world city though, had lunch at a side walk cafe near a trolley stop so the people watching was excellent. Enjoyed a local pilsner beer to accompany my bratwurst and grilled potato pancake, there was Starbucks next door so I got a coffee to go. I have forgotten how much fun it is to drive a standard shift in the city and drink a beverage at the same time.
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