Ludwigsburg

Today’s adventure was a trip to a town called Ludwigsburg.  It is about 3 stops and about 15 minutes away by train.  This town had quite a bit more hustle and bustle  that my town.  The architecture was quite different also.

There was even a McDonalds in a non typical building for a McDonalds.

There was a walking area that had shopping and a market square where they were selling fruits and vegetables.  I was told there are a few of these market squares in the city and each has a different type of thing they are selling.  Along with this one with fruits and vegetables there is one that just has kids toys.  I didn’t see that one.

The main purpose of the trip was to go to the Palace Ludwigsburg.  This palace started in 1704 and was the residence of Eberhard Ludwig.  The grounds are probably about 15 acres with manicured trees and hedges.  They had planted some pansy’s but from the pictures it will be very pretty in the spring and summer time.

The residence itself was a square and now has 4 or 5 different museum’s in it.  I didn’t go to any of these but  the thing that caught my attention was all the statues and figurines that were in, on, and around the house.   They had a lot of detail on it and some quite interesting combinations