Hotels might be better

We arrived to Stuttgart an hour past the time I had originally told the owner so there was a challenge in getting the key.  The cleaning person was scheduled to wait for us but since we were late we ended going across town to her place to pick up the key.  Again having the Garmin really saved us again.  We finally made it to the apartment around 7:45 and realized that we didn't have any basics such as shampoo, paper towels or food.  Yelp helped locate a grocery store nearby and we went on a quick trip.  We also later discovered that the apartment doesn't have air conditioning as described.  It's not super hot yet but the forecast is for more heat later this week.

After looking at different hotel sites it would have been cheaper to get two rooms in Stuttgart for all of us vs the airbnb.  So for the rest of our trip till Paris we are looking at our hotel options before using a site like homeaway or airbnb.