Sep 2004

This weekend ventured by myself to Ludwigsburg and stayed over for a night in Stuttgart. The Venetian Fair at Ludwigsburg was lovely!!! There were many people in these real colourful dressing and these lovely masks..there were also live music performances..skits..and dances...and even this outdoor musical thing where there are no lines so there's no problem of understanding it and all the performers are on blades!! it was a very amusing act and everyone totally enjoyed it..
I stayed for a while, actually for a few hours..looking around..absorbing the rich atmosphere and just bathing in enjoyment before i made my way to Stuttgart..By the time i got to Stuttgart I was already very tired plus the bag i was carrying was making it worse so i decided to check in at the hostel i made a reservation at..on the way i passed the schloss platz..there were many people there at this time sitting at the fields sunbathing i guess..it was a magnificent sight.. with the evening sun..the schloss the fountains and the people..

Today went to hannover and hamelin..Had to wake up at 3.30am to catch an early train there.. and was really super tired when i got up..but the good thing was we reached hannover at 8.50am..which was very good..cos we could at least make trips to 2 cities..we first went to the flea market..it was really big..or shld i say long..nothing you would ever have seen in Singapore but very interesting to see all the things people sell there..altho i din get anything for myself..but it was a real interesting experience.. we then made our way to the leibniz house..which was just nearby..there's this brassring which supposedly when u turn it 3 times n make a wish ur wish will come true..BUT i cun find it!!! 0) haha..then we made our way to the rathaus..which was a real nice N big building..there're four models inside to depict the situation of hannover at diff periods of time..one in 1939 b4 WWII one after WWII, one in the 60s and one now...we could then take an elevator to the top of the rathaus..what is so special bout this elevator is it's slanted.yes u nv hear wrong..slanted..u can like feel urself leaning against one side when u're in the elevator n u can see the curves of its path thru the look-thru panels at the top of the elevator..COOL... nxt we then made our way to the Hbf..where we had to take a U-Bahn to the Herrenhauser Garden..I LOVE THIS PLACE..it's so big..i feel it can almost be as big as a town in Singapore..and it's just a garden..very nicely maintained and with many flowers n plants..it just makes u feel at ease...by the time we finished with the gardens..we had to rush for a train to Hameln..Hamelin was made famous through the Pied Piper legend by the brothers Grimm..and the first thing u c in this town are rats..ahaha..not real ones..just statues..and prints on the floor..a very cute town..with half-timbered houses..and a wonderful feel to it..