Relevents Germany Trip - Day 3

While two from the group took the train to an early instrument maker near Lake Constance to purchase a baroque flute, the other four of us hopped on a train to Stuttgart. It turned out to be a very sad day for Germany as there was a school shooting killing 16 people near Stuttgart. We were not aware of this though until we got home after a fun day visiting museums and shopping.
First up was the new Porsche Museum that just opened in January. Following are just a few pictures of the 80 some Porsches on display (it was hard for me to narrow it down).

Porsche fire truck (1912)

Ferdinand Porsche designed the VW Beetle in 1934

a couple of old race cars (1924 & 1947)

Porsche 356 A 1600 S Coupe (1956)

Porsche 356 A 1600 S Speedster (1958)

Porsche tractor (1959)

Porsche 911 2.0 Coupe (1964)

Porsche 956 C 1600 SC Cabriolet (1964)Era 917 (1969-1970)
Porsche 911 S 2.2 Targa (1970)

Porsche 911 Turbo 3.0 Coupe (1976)

Porsche 911 Carrera 3.2 Cabriolet (1985)

Porsche 944 Turbo Cup "Pinky" (1987)

Porsche 968 Cabriolet (1995)

Porsche 928 GTS (1995)

Porsche 911 Carrera Coupe "Polizei" (1996)

Porsche 911 GT1 (1997)

Porsche Carrera GT (2003)

Porsche RS Spyder (2008)

Porsche 911 Carrera S Cabriolet (2008)

Porsche on the ceiling

cross-cut of a Porsche

After the Porsche Museum we visited the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, a wonderful art gallery. The gallery contains art from the 14th century to the present. Among the artists represented there are Rembrandt, Rubens, Manet, Renoir, Monet, Cezanne, Gaugin, Matisse, Kandinsky, Dali, Picasso, Pollock, Warhol. Leaving the museum was the only time we saw a blue sky and the sun during the entire trip. After a pit stop at a cafe and a little bit of shopping it was time to head back to Aalen.