Despite the chocolate box appearance of its town center, Esslingen is very much a living town, and suffers from many of the problems of industrialised outer suburbs of many cities. It's a bit scruffy in parts, and looks like it has seen better days, and I saw more homeless people in its small town center than in the whole of Stuttgart. While they didn't cause me any trouble, it was a little disconcerting to take a turn down a quiet, narrow alleyway, to find myself confronted by a large group of loud, drunken men, lying on the floor, staggering around, or arguing with each other.
Written Nov 1, 2004
...and if so, it can be a bit expensive (1h for 1 - 2 EUR)
Written Sep 25, 2004
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...and if so, it can be a bit expensive (1h for 1 - 2 EUR)
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Despite the chocolate box views of its major medieval attractions, and its long independent history, Esslingen now is a somewhat run down industrial suburb of Stuttgart. I had imagined Esslingen to be...
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Sveta and I visited this town in January 1. We got it by S-Bahn, 40 minutes from Sielmingen. We walked around the city and climb the castle. The city was found in 777 AD. In middle centuries Esslingen...
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Esslingen a hidden and unknown but beautiful town

Once I spent a wild time here, with some wild guys in that wild times... Just for a couple of months at a college... ...but times have changed and the people here prefer and enjoy a calm and...
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I stopped by in Esslingen on my way to Augsburg and spent an afternoon there. The sun was shining, the sky was blue, and the first thing I did was getting some ice-cream.
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