Stuttgart, Germany
Pumpkin festival at Ludwigsburg -- pumpkin boat race
TV coverage of the event
Ludwigsburg Palace built beginning 1704, as residence of Duke Eberhard Ludwig of Wurtemburg. The duke emulated the Versailles palace.
Official web site: http://www.schloss-ludwigsburg.de/
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwigsburg_Palace
A couple getting married at the palace
Downtown Stuttgart
The New Castle, built 1746-1807, palace in Baroque style. Heavily damaged in World War II bombing. Restored 1958-1964 with a modernized interior that houses the ministries of Culture and the Treasury for the government of Baden-Württemberg. (See Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Palace_(Stuttgart) )
Our friend Ruth
Mercury Pillar (1598)
Statue of Schiller
MarkrtBrunnen (Market) Fountain
An upscale shopping center
