So 17 days after arrival and having a significant amount of free time, together with another about 14 other exchange students in 3 groups of 5, we headed to Stuttgart for a weekend retreat. Stuttgart is 140km north of Konstanz. Not too far away in Malaysian terms (slightly shorter than KL -Ipoh distance) but the train (Regional Bahn) takes 3 hours. It is also the capitol city of the state Baden-Württemberg and is the birthplace of some cars like Mercedez, Audi, Porsche etc. For most of my new friends it is a one day trip but I decided to stay for a night at CC's place. So got to see his room. haha... His room is significantly more expensive than mine (he pays 80 Euros more per month), but 一分钱一分货. Think his facilities are better than mine. Broader. But nevermind la. As long as I have a liveable space its good enough for me. :) Anyway, ahaha.... had a very very close encounter to being fined 40 Euros for illegal travelling. Haha... decided to risk once travelling from Hauptbahnhof (main train station) to CC's place
which is like 3 stations away. Yeah according to CC he only got checked once in train before in these 17 days in Stuttgart. So I won't be so lucky to get one. But before we left for the S-Bahn station, I decided to get the Baden-Württemberg ticket first for Sunday's travel and also, just in case. Haha....
And I think I should have bought 4D that day. Or Lotto in German version. The ticket person really checked. "Fahrschein bitte". He said in an unfriendly way. At that moment, none of us spoke a word. Haha.. I quietly took out my ticket (which is valid only for the next day and its only 9pm) and gave it to him. Preparing to pay 40 Euros liao. But he did not say anything, just chopped and returned to me.
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Heng arr!!! hahaha... both CC and I were really speechless and like 'shit' already. hahaha it was a close brush from being doomed. Haha.... was so scared the after effect stayed with us for the rest of the night. Can't even forget the vividness of the very second.
Yup anyways, got to meet other NUS pple on Sunday! Finally a mini gathering. TP, YZ, XL met up with us and we went to Schloss solitude! It's somewhere at the fringe of Stuttgart and is a small villa built and owned by the King or Duchy of Wurttemberg. Nothing fantastic about it. Haha.... Got to meet SW also for 5 minutes before my departure to Konstanz (yes it takes 3 hours so have to leave like at 4pm).
So that was the weekend. Haha.... what comes next? :) Stay tuned.
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