And now to Stuttgart

feet across the street, originally uploaded by Mr. Wright.

This weekend I'm heading to Stuttgart to visit an old friend from high school, Jule.

Have uploaded most of my photos from Karlsruhe, the little city where I'm staying. Went to Frankfurt and a small, formerly Roman town called Speyer last weekend, but those photos will have to wait.

Could be out of pocket until Tuesday, since some coworkers are taking me across the French border (about 30km away) Monday night for dinner. On the menu: flammkuchen, a thin-crust pizza topped with onions, bacon, and a sour-cream sauce. Also: horse steaks.

"The little horses they have down there," my boss told me today, "soo tender." Then he held up his hand, with fingers pinched together like a gourmand, and made the universal sound for "delicious."