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Replying to: tifighter (May 27, 2009 3:08 pm)  I like to plan things, and I want this little journey to be paid for before I go, so I am laying down the groundwork now. I plan to stop in Ingolstadt as I drive up to Nuremberg, and then onto Wolfsburg as it looks like I won't be spending much time in Switzerland now. More car time...I might even stop by Ford-Werke and Opel to take some pics. |
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Shame about losing time in Switzerland; of course, I work for a swiss company and am biased. Which part were you going to go to?
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Replying to: tifighter (May 28, 2009 9:34 pm) I am most likely going to enter Switzerland after spending a few hours at the Schlumpf museum, spend the night in Zurich, then head to Dornbirn (A) and check out the Rolls Royce museum and stay a night before going back to Germany. If the weather is nice I might make it a long day trip and go via Innsbruck. The rental car is costing a bit, so might as well use it. And I want to pass through Liechtenstein, as I have never been able to make it there before.
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Replying to: fintail (May 29, 2009 6:49 am) Easy to spend a whole vacation in Switzerland. But the rich food, & beer, are great in Germany......
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Replying to: woodyww (May 29, 2009 11:27 am) I was going to spend a night in France before I go to Mulhouse, but I think I will stay across the river and up a little in Germany - looks nicer, and it is a short drive, not a big deal when Schlumpf doesn't open til 10 anyway. On a few parts of this trip, I am going to feel like Clark Griswold..."this pig in the poke itinerary is great, they've got it planned down to the minute" or something...
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Replying to: fintail (May 29, 2009 6:03 pm) I'd say, even if your euro-trip is like "if today is Tuesday, it must be Belgium", it can be so worth it, but sounds like you know all that and are doing precise planning. Amsterdam is very worthwhile too, if I were forced to pick only one city in Europe to visit again, it'd be high on the list.....
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Replying to: woodyww (May 30, 2009 1:02 pm) I am not a fan of bus trips and guided tours. I am taking this trip primarily because my employer is instituting limits on the paid time off we can accumulate, so I have to blow through a pile of it by the end of the year or it is lost. Most people would pray to have such a predicament, I know. I have a hard time taking more than 2 weeks or so off at a time, so I have to be efficient. I've been wanting to see the new German museums, and I have never been to Autostadt etc - so this is a good excuse to do it. I'll have some days with 6 hours or so spent driving, and some days where I don't drive at all - I will have a car for 8 days. Oh yeah, and I do plan to cross into Netherlands and Belgium just for a bit, to add countries to the list. I don't know if I could narrow it down to one city.
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Was there last weekend with my oldest and had a great time. Thought only South Florida and California had car crazy folks but saw many nice rides out there...many foreign brands also. Figured the midwest would have more Detroit made iron on the roadways. Cousins drove us throughout the downtown area...mighty nice I must say. New Yorkesque in many areas and no shortage of "crazy-as_ed" drivers on the streets. Great sites and time was had by us "southerners"! The Sandman
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Replying to: fintail (May 30, 2009 2:34 pm) It sounds like a great way to get a car and a vacation as a package. |
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Replying to: fintail (May 30, 2009 2:34 pm) And I don't even like riding in other people's cars. I'd prefer to drive someone than to have someone drive me.  When are you going fintail? |
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