On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:10:35 -0700 (PDT), george wrote:
>On Apr 16, 6:19 pm, george wrote:
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>I've just thought of a few other fun things to do.
>
>The Stuttgart city hall (Rathaus) has a pater noster that even adults
>enjoy riding.
>
>Höhenparkkillesberg has an architecturally interesting double helix
>tower that floats on a small titanium ball which can be climbed for
>what I consider the best views of Stuttgart. There is also a several
>kilometer long miniature train ride in the park with a steam engine on
>weekends that strangely attracts more older adults than children.
>
>On clear nights you can watch the heavens through the telescope of the
>small observatory on Uhlandshöhe.
>
>You can take a boat trip on the Neckar River past the terraced
>vineyards to visit the poet Schiller's birthplace in Marbach which is
>a nice small town, and take the S-bahn back to Stuttgart.
>
>In Ulm, you can climb the highest church tower in the world and
>possibly even see the Swiss Alps in the distance.
>
>With a family of 5 you qualify for a private tour in English to an
>underground iron mine by Aalen. They provide all the necessary
>protective equipment as you will have to wade through some partially
>flooded areas. Website should be available through www.aalen.de , but
>you'll probably have to work to find the English pages for it.
>
>You can also visit the old underground silver mine by Neubeulach in
>the Black Forest.
>
>Walled fortified Grosscomburg Monastery is a great place to visit and
>probably unique to Germany. In www.schloesser-und-gaerten.de . It is
>by Schwaebisch Hall which is also a nice town to visit with the large
>steps on which plays are performed in the summer in front of the
>church.
>
>The castle/palace at Neuenstein has a complete medieval kitchen among
>other things to see.
>
>There is a mound tomb of a Celtic prince at Hochdorf an der Enz, and
>also a museum for it.
>
>The castle at Beilstein has a bird of prey show.
>
>You can eat a medieval dinner in a castle at either the previously
>mentioned Hohenneuffen or at Burg Katzenstein
>( www.burgkatzenstein.de ), and you can also stay in the latter
>castle.
>
>Baden-Wuerttemberg ( www.tourismus-bw.de ) has a large number of
>amusement parks, Europa Park being Germany's premiere one by Rust.
>www.europapark.de
>
>Baden-Wuerttemberg also has a large number of visitable caves on the
>Schwaebische Alb.
>
>BW also has a large number of museum and special tourist railways.
You forgot the swimming baths at Sindelfingen.
--
Martin
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