Boeblingen itself

Boeblingen is a suburb outside of Stuttgart proper, just down one of the valleys. It's not your everyday place to don a uniform, if you ask me. This is the view from my former hotel room, which is no longer mine because I've been booted across the street into a more residential apartment to make room for hordes of partygoers attending the city's Cannstadter Volksfest (Germany's 2nd largest beer festival). In fact, packs of them are returning for the night right now, as I sit in the little lobby typing this... Wait, why the hell am I sitting here typing this??

I took probably 3 dozen photos of that church while staying here because the sky behind it would change so drastically. This region's weather likes to do that. Here's another, and another... I can't help myself with a camera and a purdy sky, I guess.So, speaking of beer fests... In case you think they invented the father and sons from the parody movie, think again. This is an actual billboard in town. I love walking by this each day on my hike to work (and yes, it's a no-schizer hike).
I simply had to take one of the hotel itself. Where I am writing this, AT THIS VERY MOMENT. Weird, huh? (Note to self: stop sleep-depriving) It's a quaint Swabian (that's the regionality) hotel, with lovely staff and more pork-related essen (food) items than the big bad wolf himself could dream up.

I'll leave this post with another sunset photo, since I'm such an aww-shucks kind of sucker for such scenes. This was taken a few blocks down, where the town centers around a large pair of manicured ponds. Naturally, there are numerous beer gardens around them. If the photo appears fuzzy, blame it on the pils!