Stuttgart Wine Village

Fall has come and summer is over.   This is always a bittersweet time of year for me. The summer has ending but endless weekends of festing has begun.

The Traveling Tubist decided to spend Saturday in Stutgart.   Every year Stuttgart puts on "the largest and most beautiful wine festival".  The altstadt is transforms itself into a wonderful wine village. 

I arrived to Stuttgart by train and arrived mid day at the Stuttgart main train station.  I walked down into the city and discovered the Markthalle which I was made aware of by a 'neighbors' photo blog.  The markthalle explodes with colors of food, drink, and flowers from the vendor booths.  It is awesome place where once could spend hours with a camera to explore every booth. 

After spending an hour wondering around and grabbing a few photos, I ventured over to the altstadt to catch the wine village.  Like last year, I stopped and chatted with the vendors, some whom remembered me from last year!

It is a great way to spend an afternoon meeting people, sampling local wines, champagnes and food.  This year, as always, I met a wide variety of people.  I met a couple of guys who were in Germany for 36 hrs and happened on the wine fest.  I chatted with another couple who spends a month in Europe on holiday and had just come in from Brussels.  They were doing the wine fest and the following weekend were going to head off to the Bierboerse in Karlsruhe.  People after my own heart!

Sadly, the evening comes to an end.  The last train home is 2305.  As I hopped on the train, I waved another successful Stuttgart wine fest good bye.