Jeremy and I found ourself in Böblingen on a Sunday with not much to do. The last time that happened we walked off into the forest, only to get lost and nearly die, I swear.

Instead we worked out how to buy all-day train tickets and spent the day touring around the place.

First we got the train down to Tübingen, eventhough we’d been there before. It was nice to get a bit longer to walk around and check it out, it really is a lovely little city. I guess it’s hard to say, but it seems like somewhere I could live for sure.

We climbed up a hill and found a flying fox. On the other side of the hill there was a couple of para-gliders trying to catch the wind. We watched them for a while but the wind never quite got the guts up to lift them off. One of them tried to lift off and got a few metres up before coming back down again – all a bit hairy.

Later in the arvo we grabbed another train to Plochingen. We were going to get off and have a look but it was a bit late, so we stayed on ’til Stuttgart hauptbahnhof. From there we took the U-bahn up the hill to the Fernsehturm again, this time for the sunset.

The view from the top was seriously speccy, and only got better as the sun went down. I made an über panorama, try the full size version and scroll right to see it in all its glory.

To end the day we got the train from Feursee back to Böblingen, and had a beer in what must be the only Spanish-themed bar in town. It was pretty cool though, we must spend a bit more time there next time we’re around.