Saturday 12 May 2007

Joey Swings In(to) Stuttgart

This is me waiting for my plane at 1am after succesfully getting my ticket back.

Well I arrived safely in Germany on Tuesday and headed straight for my godmother's place in Stuttgart. Just after arrived I thought to myself, hey, people are much friendlier and politer in Germany than I remembered. I've since then decided that German people still aren't really THAT friendly. The only people I've had random conversations with have been Thai ladies playing in the Spielbank (like a casino) where my godmother (Angela) works and a dude from Morocco I met on the tram.


In Stuttgart I saw Mamma Mia, the musical. It was alright.. entertaining... but all the songs as been translated into German so I couldn't sing along. Then I headed to the Spielbank where I chatted to the two Thai women (both the same story - married German guys over there then moved here, except one was since divorced) who were lovely and bought me drinks and gave me a playing chip... which I prompty lost at roulette. There's a reason I don't play.


The next night I went swing dancing. It was heaps of fun. Had a class, learnt some new moves, then had social dancing down stairs where there is a bar and good lighting and a slippery floor and a stage too. I got to pull out my fan from Singapore and people were suitably impressed with it's cooling ability. If anyone is going to Stuttgart and wants to swing dance, http://www.swing-stuttgart.de/ is the place to visit.


Angela and I went to the Mercedes-Benz museum too. It was great, all those big shiny glamorous looking cars.








World's first motobike. (looks so comfortable)






Angela and I in front of some spaced aged looking car.

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