[s-cars] Out for das Fest/What to see in Germany?

[Matt twentyV]

Dave- where in Germany?  If Munich area there are 2 musts.  A beer hall or garden, any will do, the people are very friendly and you can't help but leave having made a bunch of new friends for life (a few liters of beer will do that!!)  The Hofbrau is the most famous but attracts more tourists (though one time I was there in an early afternoon we shared a table with some locals who kept buying rounds of schnapps- I don't have much recollection of the rest of the day).  And the Deutsches Museum- besides lots of other science and technology exhibits there is a very good section on the history of the German auto industry. Budget a full day if possible.

There are some interesting castles near Munich (Neuschwanstein is the most famous) but the real history is further north in the Rhine valley- it is lined with medieval towns that will take your breath away.  And I also have fond memories of cycling through the Mosel river valley- lots of picturesque towns and small wineries (Riesling) and there are ruins dating to the Roman era.

I second the recommendation to try and schedule during Oktoberfest- there is nothing like it anywhere.

-Matt 


--- On Tue, 7/15/08, davekase at pdqlocks.com <davekase at pdqlocks.com> wrote:

> From: davekase at pdqlocks.com <davekase at pdqlocks.com>
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Out for das Fest/What to see in Germany?
> To: "Mark Strangways" <StrangConst at rogers.com>
> Cc: "S-Cars" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Date: Tuesday, July 15, 2008, 6:06 PM
> Thanks Gentlemen.
> 
> -one castle on hilltop - check...
> 
> 
> > WOW
> >
> > I did just that many a year ago.
> >
> > VERY same feeling... looking out over the Rhine and
> thinking just how many
> > hundreds of years this thing has stood. How many
> people have been here..
> > Just the thoughts of how old that area is. Makes
> things today seem a lot
> > less significant
> > Very awe inspiring indeed...
> >
> > I think I need to do that agian soon actually.
> >
> > Mark
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Kent McLean"
> <kentmclean at comcast.net>
> > To: "S-Cars" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 7:41 PM
> > Subject: Re: [s-cars] Out for das Fest/What to see in
> Germany?
> >
> >
> >> Find the local castle. Some locals took me to one.
> High on a hill, you
> >> could
> >> look out and imagine 1000 years ago when the lord
> of the castle reigned
> >> over all he could see. I imagined myself a serf. 
> Germany has lots of
> >> castles.
> >>
> >> You really should postpone the trip until
> Oktober(fest), though.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Kent McLean
> >> '99 A4 Avant, w/ quattro, V6, Tiptronic, :)
> >> '91 200 TQA #1, backup car
> >> gone but not forgotten:
> >> '94 100 S Avant, "Moody", now with
> new owner
> >> '91 200 TQA #2, up in smoke 2
> >> '89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy", up in smoke
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