2006-07-10/11 . Stuttgart/Basel

2006-07-10

Today we reached Stuttgart and was really disappointed when we were told that the Mercedes museum was closed...but the Porsche showroom was open, so we went there, only to be disappointed again...it was open, but the exhibition space left much to be desired...guess that's why they were building a new complex next door...the city center was really nothing much to shout about, with only James Stirling's Neue Staatsgalerie managing to only raise its architectural status somewhat...

we had really nice fried noodles and oriental vege rice at a chinese take-away at one of the shopping centers in the city center...lots of chilli sauce....



















2006-07-11

Stuttgart

Before heading for Basel, we went to Ben van Berkel's Mercedes museum (finally got to see it after having heard so much about it from his lectures...) and were utterly satisfied...the architecture was brilliant and the exhibition was well executed...




































Basel

It was almost night when our train got to Basel and we soon managed to reach the Basel Backpack, a youth hostel about 20min walk from the train station at a refurbished factory.