Category: Festivals
-
Stuttgart Craft Beer Festival
This started as a lazy Sunday, and surprisingly cold for the middle of April. But after finishing the movie we’d started the night before, Edin and I decided to check out a Craft Beer Festival at the Nordbahnhof. We also checked out an artist colony in the area, and even a cemetery.
-
Colmar and Riquewihr
In a mad dash to see as many Christmas markets as possible before they close for another year, I joined my friend Alyssa amd visited two markets in France. These pictures really can’t convey how beautiful these two towns were in real life – we were in awe. The drive from Stuttgart to Colmar took…
-
Christopher Street Day (CSD)
July 29, 2017 In the U.S. this would be equivalent to a gay pride parade. I saw a sign that said something like, “Christopher Street was a riot, not a party,” so I decided to look it up. Interestingly, although it’s a European LGBT event, it was named after an event in the U.S. From…
-
Marienplatzfest
Friday, 21 Jul 2017 In the summer there’s a festival every weekend, it’s just a matter of finding them. On this particular weekend, I went to 2 festivals in downtown Stuttgart and was able to experience the different vibes of each festival. This one was a smaller fest in a plaza but with a large…
-
Cannstatter Volksfest Oct 8, 2016
It was my first weekend here and time to check out a real German festival. My hotel offered reservations at a tent, so I managed to get wristbands for my friend Jim and I (in case Jim could join me later). My first point of confusion: I thought the hotel offered a bus service there,…
I Dreamed of Europe 