Day 18: Stuttgart, Germany

We had an early morning breakfast with our host families today and then met to leave for Stuttgart. The trip would only be about 2-2.5 hours, but we had something like 7 hours to get there. We made two stops: one to buy lunches for some boys who forgot to pack one and a second for lunch. After lunch we let the boys lay low and play soccer for about an hour. (The soccer game quickly turned into a game of full-tackle Rugby.)

We arrived in Stuttgart a little early and decided to find an ice cream shop. We walked around downtown Stuttgart and found a little Italian Ice Cream shop. The boys had authentic "Italian Ice" and enjoyed every bit of it--including the homemade sugar cone.

We then went into the church where we would be giving our final concert (sacred repertoire only) tomorrow night. We were amazed to see that from the outside, it looked like a modern building--almost like a mall! It was rather odd...

Our hosts, here, in Stuttgart are the Collegium Iuvenum Boy's Choir. We met up with them and rehearsed the joint pieces for the concert tomorrow. They were very good, just like the St. Florianer boys. This is always a nice experience for our boys--to see what other choirs sound like! Once the rehearsal was over, the boys were split into host homes and left for the night.

Tomorrow we are sightseeing in the morning (going into the Television Tower and visiting the Porsche Museum), and performing a concert in the evening with the Collegium Iuvenum Boy's Choir. It should be a fun way to end the tour--hopefully the weather will cooperate!!