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Replying to: boomchek (Jun 01, 2009 10:08 am)
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Replying to: fezo (Jun 01, 2009 10:12 am) Sometimes I feel like taking a bus tour in my own city too, to see if there are places I have yet to discover.
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Replying to: boomchek (Jun 01, 2009 10:08 am) I won't mind if I get lost either...although I will kind of have a timetable to keep, this trip is about cars and driving. I only have a bus tour planned in Munich, before I pick up the car. Otherwise, I am getting to places on my own, via car or train. My spoken German isn't the best, but I can read it to a passable level, so I am not worried. Pretty soon the rental car dealing will start - I know with most companies it is tough to request a certain car, but I want a MB W212 and one Euro rental company already pictures it in their fleet. I'll be picking up the car in Munich, which gives me a sinking feeling I'd get a 5er - which I do not think is a nice looking car. So I am going to look for some way to get the car I want. I've already mapped a few itineraries - they average 2700-2800 km, so I will be spending a fortune on gas. I should probably buy some Euros now too incase the greenback continues to collapse 
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Replying to: boomchek (Jun 01, 2009 10:20 am) A week goes by and we are on our last day in town. Amazingly, for the first time, the sun comes out. All of a suddenly we see our balcony has a beautiful view of Mt. Baker. We are sitting out on our balcony taking it all in, looking at the paper and such in this late daylight when all of a sudden "BOOM!" Rather than say, "Hey! That was the harbor cannon," I say "What the hell was that?!?" It was only then that I looked down in front and saw the smoke coming from the cannon and remembered our first day.
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Replying to: fezo (Jun 01, 2009 5:52 pm) 
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Replying to: fintail (Jun 01, 2009 1:05 pm) I know it'd annoy me all to Hell, to have to drive around Europe in a new 5-series--what a nightmare! Just kidding, you want what you want. Can you rent a diesel? And yeah, the $US will probably go down more, from what I hear (energy prices going up, $US going down, what's wrong with this picture)???
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Replying to: woodyww (Jun 02, 2009 12:24 pm) I think I would prefer an A6 to a 5er if I couldn't get the E...I had the A6 as a rental in Vegas, and it was a relaxing car. The 5er just puts me off somehow, that front end. I don't know who I am going to rent through yet...Sixt has a promo in Germany right now for the W212...I am going to ask them if they can guarantee it at a later date. I think I am going to buy as much as I can for the trip soon, as I have a bad feeling about the dollar in coming months. It's almost like the bastards in charge of the dollar heard I was planning a trip... |
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Replying to: sandman_6472 (May 30, 2009 2:38 pm) There's a cool bar/restaurant across from the museum too, where you can go drink beer, after an afternoon of viewing fine art (?). Just bring your Survival Gear in Winter--you'll know why they call it the "Windy City" when it's 5 degrees, & a 20 mph wind.....still..... |
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We were at the Lake in Wilmette on the evening of the 22nd and it was very chilly for this southern boy...55 with a wind blowing. My Columbia fleece jacket helped but I was still "cold"! Guess my blood has thinned after 40 years down south. Driving past the art museum was very impressive as was Millenium park. The "silver bullet" we saw was also neat. The roads were potholey in some areas we drove through but expected with such cold winters. Drivers seemed to be better than South Florida one's though. Can't wait to return next year. The Sandman 
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Replying to: woodyww (Jun 02, 2009 1:09 pm) I have Chicago and DC in a virtual tie for fun cities. The dining in both locales is excellent, nightlife is great, and there are many cultural centers. Boston is a second, LA being a distant 3rd. Boston has very different areas (although I guess Chicago does too, but getting from one to the other seems less of a hassle). LA is great if you count the entire basin and valley. If you are willing to spend that much time traveling by car at low speed, you can find anything there.
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