Hi, as for the location for our meeting at the JavaOne: does anybody know which beer-garden of the ones mentioned in the list down below would be the nicer one for our meeting?
regards, Martin =========================== From: Jochen Kuhnle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [OT] Top 10 things to do in Stuttgart Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 13:16:46 GMT Prev Next Prev by Thread Next by Thread Hi, for everyone going there, here are a few suggestions, in no particular=20 order, and of course highly biased: 1. Visit the "Fernsehturm" (TV-Tower): Touristy, but nice view. http://www.fernsehturm-stuttgart.de/index=5Fen.html 2. Eat suabian food at the "Stuttgarter St=E4ffele": Slightly expensive but= =20 good, book ahead. http://www.staeffele.de/ 3. Have a "Mass" (1 Litre of Beer) at the "Biergarten im Schlossgarten":=20 This is where the crowd is when the weather's good. http://www.biergarten-schlossgarten.de/ 4. Have another "Mass" at the "Karlsh=F6he": Very nice view over western=20 Stuttgart, nice to walk up there. http://www.stuttgarter-nachrichten.de/stn/page/detail.php/16710 5. Take a bike through Killesberg Park, Rosenstein Park and Schlossgarten=20 back to the city centre. You have to push the bike through Killesberg Park = (no cycling there), but afterwards its a nice downhill ride to Rosenstein. = There is also a nice "Biergarten" between Killesberg and Rosenstein Park=20 near Pragsattel where you might have yet another "Mass". Takes 1.5 hours. http://www.killesberg-stuttgart.de/ http://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/stz/page/detail.php/16660 =20 http://www.killesberg-kleinbahn.de/Downloads/schul=5Fausflug=5Fkillesberg.p= df 6. Go to the beach at "Sky beach". Trendy "beach" bar on top of a parking=20 garage, volleyball field included (though you have to go down 5 storeys if = you kick the ball over the side ;). http://www.skybeach.de/ 7. Visit "St=E4dtisches Lapidarium": A bit of old Stuttgart -- garden with = parts (portals, colums, etc.) of old buildings. http://www.stuttgart-tourist.de/deutsch/stuttgart/sehen/lapidarium.html 8. Visit Weissenhof-Siedlung: If you like Bauhaus architecture... =20 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauhaus 9. Visit Wilhelma: Botanical garden & zoo, one of the nicest. You need=20 time to do this. http://www.wilhelma.de/ 10. Mercedes Benz and Porsche museums: For the car buffs. I think both=20 companies are building new ones right now, so call ahead and ask if=20 they're open. =20 http://www.mercedes-benz.com/mbcom/international/international=5Fwebsite/en= /com/international=5Fhome/home/services/meetus/museum.html =20 http://content2.eu.porsche.com/prod/service/classic.nsf/usaenglish/worldmus= eum =20 Have fun! Regards, Jochen
