[TDI-conversion] Re: [Vwdiesel] A trip to Germany, last week of Oct.

[McCanless, James]

The only correction to David's comments would be pomme frites as opposed
to fries. LOL!
Troy

-----Original Message-----
From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com]
On Behalf Of 82 Diesel Westy
Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 11:01 AM
To: TDI-conversion at yahoogroups.com; vwdiesel at vwfans.com
Subject: RE: [TDI-conversion] Re: [Vwdiesel] A trip to Germany, last
week of Oct.


Thanks David, this is more than I was hoping for, now
to get the plane tickets and make plans for that
Friday.

I will bring back some pics and new energy to complete
my westy TD restoration project by spring Westies in
the Woods event here in NW NJ.

Bryan

--- David Marshall <mailinglist at fastforward.ca> wrote:

> Bryan,
> The train system is Germany is fantastic.  To got
> from F to WOB is pretty
> straight forward.  Go to the station, go to the
> place that sells the tickets
> and ask for a ticket to WOB.  Get the ICE if you can
> as it is the fastest
> and the nicest.  The IC is good too.  You'll have to
> change at Hanover but
> it is really no big deal - tickets have all the
> transfer information and I
> am sure that you are not going to get lost.  At WOB
> the station is right at
> the VW factory- seeing how the VW Werk building is
> the largest building in
> the world, I think everything is next to it.  When
> you get to WOB everything
> is right at the station.  I usually stay at the
> hotel that is just across
> from the station.  Plan a whole day to be there.
> There is Autostadt at VW
> Werk, sort of a "VW World" theme park of sorts, this
> is also where you go to
> the factory tours.  There are English tours once a
> day, but the German tours
> are equally as entertaining.  For me Autostadt
> always involves going to the
> "Tachometer" restaurant and getting a curry wurst
> and a fries... just one of
> these things I guess. At Autostadt there is also a
> museum that has 1/2 of
> the historical VWs on exhibit is Wolfsburg.  The
> other museum is on Diesel
> Strasse and I recommend getting there as well.
> 
> David Marshall
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: 82 Diesel Westy [mailto:dieselwesty at yahoo.com]
> Sent: October 15, 2004 6:41 AM
> To: TDI-conversion at yahoogroups.com;
> vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Subject: [TDI-conversion] Re: [Vwdiesel] A trip to
> Germany, last week of
> Oct.
> 
> 
> 
> Hi all, I figured a few people on this list could
> help
> me out with some directions to the Wolfburg factory.
> OK, amoungst all the bad sh-t going on in my life I
> got some good news yesterday.  I will be going to
> Frankfurt, DE for a 3 day work meeting, leaving the
> 25th.  I hope to take an extra day on Friday the
> 29th
> and do the Wolfsburg plant tour/visitors center.
> That
> will cross 1 thing off of my "10 most important
> things
> to do before I die" list.
> 
> Is anybody familar with the public rail system or
> can
> help me figure out how to get to Wolfsberg from
> Frankfurt?  Seems like there is a train station
> right
> at the factory.
> 
> Thanks
> Bryan
> 
> Thanks.
> I am not leaving until the 25th, so I have time to
> plan.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 


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Bryan Belman, Pt Pleasant, NJ
04 Jetta Wagon TDI PD, 100hp, 5sp
Restoring 82 Diesel Weekender from my old rusty 82 Westy 1.9NA 90 Audi
200, 2.2L Turbo FWD 70 Type 1 stock Beetle
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