Roy and I left the Netherlands on the start of a long weekend in Switzerland so we thought we would take advantage of Roy's time off and stop in a German city for a night. We were going to stop in at Strasbourg in France after hearing lots of positive stories from our friends who have visited there multiple times but the thought of visiting the Porsche Museum was drawing Roy towards Stuttgart. The detour only added an hour and a half to our trip back to Martigny so it seemed like a great pitstop for us. We found our hotel, checked in, tucked our choc-a-block Fiat into bed for the night and walked to the museum.
It was easy to spot the museum from far away because it was the fanciest and most unusually shaped building out of the lot. The closer we got, the more Porsches we saw parked along the way because not only is there a museum, there's also other buildings relating to the manufacturing of the famous, shiny cars. I could sense the excitement building up in Roy because he's an avid Porsche fan from way back.
Because we were visiting the museum so close to Christmas, they had an advent calendar which allowed visitors to do certain things on each day. Our day happened to be when they were doing free photographs where you get to sit inside a Porsche Carrera convertible. This was another highlight for Roy. I think perhaps it was his first encounter of the inside of a real life Porsche.
We wandered the museum and listened to our audio guide tell us about the history of Roy's beloved and I watched as Roy excitedly ran from one car to the next reminiscing of hours spent playing Porsche racing games on his computer.
We stayed until closing time and then caught the train into the centre of Stuttgart to check out the Christmas markets. As we wandered through the main shopping street of the city, we admired the shop windows and gazed in awe at one of my favourite things - lego.
We found the markets and they were HUGE and very crowded. We spent a few hours trying heaps of different tasty treats and we didn't manage to see the whole market because there was just so much to see.
We tried this thing called Dampfnudel which was a giant steamed bun filled with jam, covered with custard and sprinkled with cinnamon sugar. It was delicious!
There's something really special about Christmas markets. It's a lot of fun being surrounded in the Christmas atmosphere where everyone is happy, stuffing their faces with various, tasty treats and sipping on hot mugs of Glühwein/vin chaud. It's really nice to experience Christmas in the winter. A huge change from many hot, summer Christmas' in Australia.
The next morning we continued on our trip back to Martigny but decided to make a small detour to Strasbourg for lunch. The weather wasn't too good but it was a really nice city which I would love to check out again soon. We really enjoyed our time away but it was quite nice to arrive back home in Martigny and be comfortable in our own bed.
It was easy to spot the museum from far away because it was the fanciest and most unusually shaped building out of the lot. The closer we got, the more Porsches we saw parked along the way because not only is there a museum, there's also other buildings relating to the manufacturing of the famous, shiny cars. I could sense the excitement building up in Roy because he's an avid Porsche fan from way back.
Because we were visiting the museum so close to Christmas, they had an advent calendar which allowed visitors to do certain things on each day. Our day happened to be when they were doing free photographs where you get to sit inside a Porsche Carrera convertible. This was another highlight for Roy. I think perhaps it was his first encounter of the inside of a real life Porsche.
We wandered the museum and listened to our audio guide tell us about the history of Roy's beloved and I watched as Roy excitedly ran from one car to the next reminiscing of hours spent playing Porsche racing games on his computer.
We stayed until closing time and then caught the train into the centre of Stuttgart to check out the Christmas markets. As we wandered through the main shopping street of the city, we admired the shop windows and gazed in awe at one of my favourite things - lego.
We found the markets and they were HUGE and very crowded. We spent a few hours trying heaps of different tasty treats and we didn't manage to see the whole market because there was just so much to see.
We tried this thing called Dampfnudel which was a giant steamed bun filled with jam, covered with custard and sprinkled with cinnamon sugar. It was delicious!
There's something really special about Christmas markets. It's a lot of fun being surrounded in the Christmas atmosphere where everyone is happy, stuffing their faces with various, tasty treats and sipping on hot mugs of Glühwein/vin chaud. It's really nice to experience Christmas in the winter. A huge change from many hot, summer Christmas' in Australia.
The next morning we continued on our trip back to Martigny but decided to make a small detour to Strasbourg for lunch. The weather wasn't too good but it was a really nice city which I would love to check out again soon. We really enjoyed our time away but it was quite nice to arrive back home in Martigny and be comfortable in our own bed.
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