Lichterfest

Today was Lichterfest in Stuttgart - a yearly celebration of light. The festival was in a park just outside the center of the city. The brochure was in German, so we really had no idea what the festival was about. We bought tickets anyway - the brochure had a 'Essen und Trinken' advertisement so we figured you could eat and drink well.

The festival had half a dozen different sections, each with a music stage and themed refreshments - international, organic, gastronomy and so on. We ate our way around the park, which included Nurnberger sausages, Currywurst with fries, and Flammkuchen (all very healthy). And, of course a bottle of local wine.

We had had our full of music and food after two hours. As we walked to the train we stopped to hear a couple songs from a young band called Lieber Anders. They covered a bunch of US songs and a few German songs that most of the audience knew (except for us). The light and firework show was scheduled for 10 minutes after the band was done, so we decided to stick around for it.

The show featured lights and pyrotechnics synced to music by Adele, Metallica, Celine Dion and Lady GaGa. It was actually done quite well and I'm glad we stuck around for it. Now it's back to the hotel for a good nights sleep since we're off to Switzerland in the morning.