From: troy.fipps@wugate.wustl.edu!travel (Troy Fipps) 
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
Subject: Traveling to Germany: Adv
Date: 24 Jul 92 17:09:00 GMT
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Organization: Travel Online, St. Louis, MO, USA
Reply-To: troy.fipps@wugate.wustl.edu!travel (Troy Fipps) 

RH>Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
RH>From: hammen@vpnet.chi.il.us (Robert Hammen)
RH>Subject: Traveling to Germany: Advice Requested
RH>Message-ID: <1992Jul23.060115.10765@vpnet.chi.il.us>
RH>Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 06:01:15 GMT

RH>Guten Tag!

RH>I'm going to Germany for the first time as a tourist on August 5. I'll be
RH>there for two weeks. I've been there twice before (once to Hamburg/Kiel,
RH>and once to Dusseldorf and Munich), but strictly for business. I want
RH>want to see as much as possible (and as much as I can afford :-). To that
RH>end, I'm requesting the advice of netters who've been there, or live there!

Robert,
 Hi I lived in Germany for 2 years in Karlsruhe, which is south of
 Frankfurt and west of Stutgart.

This is in My opinion,  I would'nt spend more than a day in Frankfurt.
First thing I would do would visit all the towns<stadts> up north maybe
go to Amsterdam spend the night, pickup a pair of wooden shoes in
Holland and see the windmills and tulips.  The next day take a train to
Luxemburg and spend a day.>>>>All Huapt Bahnhoffs " Main Train Stations"
have a tourist office--check them out.  I would then take a Night train
to Strassburg France which is right next to Baden Baden, in Strassburg
there is a real pretty Clock Tower in the main square and maybe do some
shopping.  From there I would take a Train to Baden Baden there they
have the Hot springs and Gambling Casinos.  Real nice litte town.  Its a
jetset type of place.  From there take a car into the Blackforest a
pickup a coo-coo clock and have the merchant mail it to the States
for you, then drop the car off in Karlsruhe. In Karlsruhe there is a
Palace (Schloss) in the center of town worth visiting. Washington D.C.
was design with Karlsruhe in mind, its is designed in a pie shape with
the Palace in the center. Also, the Supreme courts  of Germany are in
Karlsruhe.

At this point I would travel by car and visit Stuttgart, then drop down
to Neuschwanstein and visit the Neuschwanstein Castle, its the only
castle you have to see in Germany.  Spend the night in a bed and
breakfest type of deal, the local tourist office can help you there.
From there I would go over to Garmish and take the cogwheel train the
Zugspitze, the highest mountain in Germany, thats a day in its self.
Spend the Night.  Next day work your way up to Munich and visit the
Hoffbrau Haus and drink some bier. As you know, Dachau is just north of
Munich.  Its something  of WWII that will stay with you for the rest
of your life.  The Concentration Camp is hard to see but its worth it.


My best advice is to visit the local tourist office in each town and
take the tours that offered for the area.  Its your best bet on
seeing everthing that a tourist might want to see.



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