​We took a bus tour day trip to Switzerland.  Since we are living in the southern part of Germany we are about 1.5 hours from the Swiss border. We stopped at three different places today. The fall leaves are at their peak and the coloring was gorgeous. The weather was very nice, one of those Indian Summer kind of days. 

We took a walking tour around Boblingen which is a city close to where we live.  The rectangle beige building is there city hall and every city has one.

Today we drove to Schloss Solitude and walked around. The area had walking trails and a huge front lawn. So we may go back and bring the dogs. As we walked towards the castle, the ground was covered with buckeyes and made me think of home. The trees are really changing with the cooler temperatures. 

We walked around downtown Stuttgart. It had numerous stores. The fountain area is called is Schlossplatz.  The new palace is near the old palace and is used by the state government.  

Guten Tag!

The Curtis family has finally arrived in Germany! Our flight from Atlanta to Frankfurt wasn't bad, just long. It was a little under 9hrs and landed earlier than planned at 7 am. We couldn't sleep, so we watched some in-flight movies. We had dinner and breakfast. For being a big plane of 45 rows which at least 8 seats across we deplaned pretty quick.

My biggest worry were the dogs and they did great! I did get a little emotional when I dropped Trooper off in Oversized baggage in Atlanta, mind you he was already whinny and had threw up in his crate. Sissy was a little whinny on the plane, luckily in our row of three seats no one was next to us, so I put Sissy crate next to me. When we landed, we heard Trooper barking from below the plane, which was a reminder that he made it to Germany in one piece. My biggest annoyance was when we got to baggage, Trooper was sitting off to the side and the only reason I saw him was because he was barking. I'm glad no one took my dog. We got our luggage and rental car. It was an adventure to say the least fitting four suitcases, two crates and four of us in the car we rented. After that adventure, I'm really not a fan of two door cars. The autobahn or highway was fast, I'm glad Mario was driving. We hit a lot of traffic leaving Frankfurt  but finally arrived at our hotel in Stuttgart.

After 3 days of driving, we made it safely to Atlanta. All in all, it wasn't a bad trip but had some delays due to accidents and the rainy conditions thanks to the tropical storm. We are checked into our hotel, which isn't the greatest, but we needed to stay cheap, because who knows how long we may be living in a hotel. The dogs are slowly adjusting to hotel life. We have been working on not barking at every noise they hear. The hotel provides an airport shuttle which is good because we drop off the car tomorrow. The hotel is about 15 minutes from the airport and from the car drop off place.
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I am really glad that the dogs are good travelers and love their car rides. They are adjusting to all the changes, but still cute as ever!