I didn't know that I was going on a dude's weekend until we were a day in to our trip.

Mostly because I've never considered something like this before. Mostly I go on holiday to see new things, eat new food, check out some museums/galleries and to go shopping.

But on our way to a, gasp, car museum, I was struck by the fact that I was I was venturing solidly into dude-territory.

We were on our way to the Mercedes-Benz Museum without being prodded by a single guy friend. <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large" title="Mercedes-Benz Museum" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29050866@N06/6189923732/"><img class="alignnone" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6175/6189923732_49cef58446_b.jpg" alt="Mercedes-Benz Museum" width="614" height="410" /></a>

We went, of our own volition, to spend the morning at a museum of cars (and yes, I am normally an art museum girl. What can I say?! I like scarves and silver bracelets). Then we went to the Cannstatter Volksfest for the afternoon.

And that's how the three of us, all girls, found ourselves enjoying a dude's weekend.<!--more-->

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We ogled cars.

We drank beer.

We ate pretzels and sausage.

And all in all, enjoyed ourselves.

(Oh, but we also went shopping. That might not fit very well into the dude's weekend. I am not sure what the exact dude's weekend rules are. But let the record show that I did it with a smile on my face while dreaming of a beer. )

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At each stop of our adventure, we found plenty of groups of men, boys, guys hanging out and having a great time and us. Something like this might intimidate other girls but not us. We just burped with reckless abandon because you're allowed to do that on a dude's weekend (or at least that's what we imagined guys do on holiday together).