ludwigsburg: where i accidentally found a ghost and a 1980s hot sauce spotlight
so here i am in ludwigsburg, which is weird because i didn’t plan to come here but somehow ended up in a place that’s mostly trees and ancient buildings and a bunch of people trying to sell me sausage. i just checked the weather app and it’s like 4 degrees outside, which is colder than my ex’s heart, but i’m okay with that. the feels_like is also 4.07, which means my fingers are basically ice cubes but i’m still here like some kind of stubborn survivor. humidity is 84%, so everything smells like a damp sock left in a sauna. pressure is 1022, which i think is just the city’s way of saying ‘don’t knock until we’ve had a few drinks and a full moon.’
this place has neighbors that are either the kind of boring ones who water their tulips every day or the weird ones who play bagpipes at 3 am. one house next door just put up a sign that says ‘do not feed the raccoons with your soul’ and i’m 70% sure it’s true. if you get bored of trees, the nearest city with wifi is like an hour away, but don’t tell anyone i said that. i heard that the local bakery sells a kind of bread shaped like a tiny castle, and someone mentioned it might be haunted. i walked by it once and saw a shadow that looked like a wonka character but it was gone in 0.3 seconds. maybe i’m just tired.
i took a map screenshot from google because i’m terrible at directions.
this spot here is where i got lost and then found a plaza with outdoor chess players. they weren’t playing chess. they were just sitting there like tired pigeons. weird.
i saw a lot of photos online of ludwigsburg palace. one had this huge golden duck that looked like it was judging me. another had a kid feeding pigeons with a sausage. i did the same thing. the pigeons didn’t care. they just took the sausage and left. i later heard that the palace has a secret room with a fridge full of expired jam. probably a myth. probably. but i’m running with it.
i got some random Unsplash pics because i needed visuals.
here’s the palace looking like it’s about to melt.
and here’s a random pile of pumpkins. i don’t know why.
so i also saw a review on tripadvisor that said the local bar has the best mulled wine in europe. i didn’t go because i’m cheap and paranoid. yelp has a listing for a coffee shop that’s just a front for a sausage stall. i’m 50% sure it’s true. someone on a local forum warned me that the street performers might try to sell you fake vintage scarves. i’ve seen scarves that look like they’ve been there since the 90s but were clearly made last week. still cool though. always cool.
i’mprobably gonna leave soon. the weather might get worse. if i stay longer, i might contract something from the raccoons or just go full ninja moment. anyway, here’s a link to a local message board for anyone who wants to join me in my existential fog: ludwigsburg forum and if you need a guide for the palace, this guy on yelp claimed he’s a historian: Ludwigsburg Guide. also, i’m drinking a coffee that’s probably overpriced but the barista said it’s ‘single-origin’ which means nothing but sounds fancy.
overall, ludwigsburg is a pain but also fun. maybe don’t wear white pants here. someone told me they got splattered by a rogue sausage. i’m still traumatized.
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