Around here Mannheim, at least with the people I talk to, is known for one thing, Ikea. Everyone loves Ikea for their own reasons Sam for the Sweetish meatballs, Laura for the chance to ride on the flatbed for its actual merchandise, but yesterday we decided to check out Mannheim sans Ikea. Next week we will be catching the cruise bus to Italy in Mannheim and took the opportunity to scout out the parking situation as the perfect excuse to check out the city. A few of the German travel books grant Mannheim a sentence or two, but most completely skip over the city. So clues on what to expect were hard to come by. We had heard that there was a lot of great non tourist shopping in the city and were curious to see what we would discover.
In the background is the large Train station, the bus stops are off to the left. We will be parking our car under this station when we go on our cruise.
Laura at the restaurant we stopped at for a late lunch. She is sporting her new scarf a very European look! 
The city also has a ton of public transportation, including a street car system.
Mannheim has a University.
These are the dorms, I thought the stair case was very cool!
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