Tuscaloosa Sister Cities Director Lisa Keyes talks with a television reporter before the arrival of the Schorndorf delegates.

The German visitors were greeted at the Tuscaloosa Train Station by their host families.

Outside the Jemison Mansion, home of the Tuscaloosa Sister Cities Commission.

Schorndorf delegates board a Tuscaloosa Trolley as they tour the City.

Outside the President's Mansion on the campus of The University of Alabama.

Lisa Keyes and Mercedes-Benz employee Edel Revord await the arrival of the Schorndorf delgates for a tour of the Mercedes Museum.

Lothar Bacher takes a photo in the Mercedes Museum.

The German visitors were treated to a Southern meal aboard the Bama Belle during a night cruise on the Black Warrior River.

Tuscaloosa Mayor Al Dupont addressed the crowd onboard the Bama Belle.

There was live music and dancing on the river cruise.

Heidun Bacher and Lisa Keyes, directors of Schorndorf and Tuscaloosa's Sister Cities Commissions, give a farewell speech on the Bama Belle.