The kids had a day off of school, so we headed down into Stuttgart to explore a little. There is a great shopping area downtown that we had never been to, and we had heard about a neat little donut shop downtown, also.
We found the donut shop first, but after driving around for 30 minutes trying to find a parking spot, we decided to head on into the shopping area. The shopping area was great!! It's a neat pedestrian-only street, and it was a weekday, so it wasn't overly crowded....very neat!
And as a treat to Little R...we ate at McDonald's, which is a rare treat for him these days!
After a few hours of shopping, we decided to try the donut shop again. Drove around again for a while looking for parking, then decided to take our chances and park illegally...after all, it would only take a minute, right? R was VERY nervous about it...but we made it in and out without a ticket!
The donuts were WONDERFUL!! I don't know if it's because donuts aren't something we see here very often or what, but they were well worth the illegal parking risk!!
Overall, it was a great family day!! We live in a small town about 30 minutes from downtown Stuttgart, and we don't venture into "the city" very often. LOTS of people, LOTS of traffic...two things R doesn't handle exceptionally well these days. But this day was worth the effort...we all enjoyed it!
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| We love the mix of old & new architecture in Europe! |
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| Konigstrasse...a pedestrian-only shopping street. |
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| It was cold!! I was wishing for an indoor mall! |
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| Give R the camera, and you get LOTS of pics! |
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| This was just a cool church we saw after leaving the donut shop...so we had to stop and take pics. |
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| R ran inside to snap some quick pics! |
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| The churches here are amazing!! |
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