35min to change flights??? is it enough?

I am catching a lufthansa flight from paris to new york in early January, and have to change planes at Munich. However, when I check my ticket, there is only a 35min gap to change planes. Is this enough time, or am I likely to miss the flight? I have been told by my travel agent that it is a connecting flight.

|||

If the airlines knowingly ticketed such a connection you probably will be fine. At least the airlines will be responsible for your completing your journey, not you. If your flight from Paris is delayed before departure and you will miss the connection, try to have them put you on a direct non-stop flight from Paris to NY with one of their partner airlines. With possible weather delays, it%26#39;s impossible to predict what will actually happen in your case when you travel in January.

|||

Seeing that it can take 15 minutes or more just for people to exit the aircraft I hope your connecting flight is at a gate close by.

|||

-:- Message from TripAdvisor staff -:-

This topic was inactive for 6 months and has been closed to new posts. We hope you'll join the conversation by posting to an open topic or starting a new one.

To review the TripAdvisor Forums Posting Guidelines, please follow this link: http://www.tripadvisor.com/pages/forums_posting_guidelines.html

We remove posts that do not follow our posting guidelines, and we reserve the right to remove any post for any reason.

Removed on: 9:18 pm, August 16, 2009

Prague, Berlin or Amsterdam?

I have 3 days in March, 2007 and I have to decide between Prague, Berlin and Amsterdam... London and Paris are already in my plans. Which of these 3 cities would be the best to visit on my fisrt time in Europe? Help...

|||

Hi,

Berlin is certainly the best choice if you%26#39;re interested in modern history (3rd Reich, cold war etc.), if you%26#39;re looking for culture (more than 50 theatre shows every day, more than 170 museums etc.) and maybe some nightlife.... another option would be Barcelona which is actually one of my favourite cities in Europe.

:-)

|||

I agree with Solid 8 that Barcelona would be another good choice, precisely for the reason that I said Amsterdam or Prague in my reply to your other post on this question. All are smaller scale than London/Paris/Berlin and so in three days you get a good overview.

Berlin is my favourite to keep going back to, because of the culture, hsitory etc. 3 days is nowhere near enough in my view. Also both Berlin and Prague would have better weather April-Sept.

|||

-:- Message from TripAdvisor staff -:-

This topic was inactive for 6 months and has been closed to new posts. We hope you'll join the conversation by posting to an open topic or starting a new one.

To review the TripAdvisor Forums Posting Guidelines, please follow this link: http://www.tripadvisor.com/pages/forums_posting_guidelines.html

We remove posts that do not follow our posting guidelines, and we reserve the right to remove any post for any reason.

Removed on: 9:18 am, August 20, 2009

New Year

We are three couples approaching sixty but who are still very fit and are going to Berlin for New Year, We are staying at a hotel beside the Zoo and would like suggestions as to what the best thing to do is as midnight approaches. Should we book in for a meal or enjoy the outside festivities?

|||

I am there for Xmas but sadly not for Hogmannay, the street party sounds fun if a bit daunting for the sheer number of people. The Intercontinental has a restaurant with a view of it all but the price is a bit insane. You could always get a clubfloor room there for the night with the same view and have a private party there.

|||

-:- Message from TripAdvisor staff -:-

This topic was inactive for 6 months and has been closed to new posts. We hope you'll join the conversation by posting to an open topic or starting a new one.

To review the TripAdvisor Forums Posting Guidelines, please follow this link: http://www.tripadvisor.com/pages/forums_posting_guidelines.html

We remove posts that do not follow our posting guidelines, and we reserve the right to remove any post for any reason.

Removed on: 1:19 pm, August 17, 2009

Sambdman

Interested in contacting relatives with the last name Sambdman.

|||

Sambdman ???

Is there a typo in this name? Doesn%26#39;t sound German too me. Esp. the %26quot;mbd%26quot; letter combination is not pronouncable in German at all. Either typo or missing vocals. Or not German. Danish minority in Schleswig-Holstein?

-man

the common German equivalent is

-mann

This was however in not few cases changed to -man when people emmigrated to the US. But such name changes were more common in the times before your father emmigrated.

You could check in the phone book

http://www.telefonbuch.de

|||

Thanks Abalada.

Spelling now is correct. Appears originally the name did have an extra (n) on the end. Documents indicate my grandparents were born in Landkirchen or Landkiechen - two different spelling.

|||

Landkirchen

which is in the middle of the Fehmarn island

With old-style German handwriting an %26quot;r%26quot; can be easily taken for an %26quot;e%26quot;.

map of Fehmarn

fehmarn-ferienwohnung.de/karte/pickarte-a.JPG

|||

Well, it%26#39;s almost a year later and my brother %26amp; I are looking at visiting the area next summer. I am mostly looking for basic accomocations with access to a few pubs. If anyone has suggestions I would be most appreciative. Thanks, David.

|||

-:- Message from TripAdvisor staff -:-

This topic was inactive for 6 months and has been closed to new posts. We hope you'll join the conversation by posting to an open topic or starting a new one.

To review the TripAdvisor Forums Posting Guidelines, please follow this link: http://www.tripadvisor.com/pages/forums_posting_guidelines.html

We remove posts that do not follow our posting guidelines, and we reserve the right to remove any post for any reason.

Removed on: 2:17 pm, August 17, 2009

Leaving airport in Frankfurt with passport

I will be arriving in Frankfurt Germany (with an 8hr layover)... wondering if it will it be possible to leave the airport to sight-see with just a valid passport? I appreciate your help!

|||

%26gt;wondering if it will it be possible to leave the airport to sight-see with just a valid passport?

It depends very much on what country this passport was issued by.

US, Canadian or Australian citizens don%26#39;t need anything except a valid passport to enter Germany.

|||

You have to go thru imigration when you arrive at Frankfurt airport...if you pass that you are free to go wherever you wish.

|||

-:- Message from TripAdvisor staff -:-

This topic was inactive for 6 months and has been closed to new posts. We hope you'll join the conversation by posting to an open topic or starting a new one.

To review the TripAdvisor Forums Posting Guidelines, please follow this link: http://www.tripadvisor.com/pages/forums_posting_guidelines.html

We remove posts that do not follow our posting guidelines, and we reserve the right to remove any post for any reason.

Removed on: 2:17 pm, August 17, 2009

driving from/to munich airport

I am looking into renting a car to drive to Tirol(Mayrhofen) from Munich airport. Is it relatively easy to get out of the airport and on a highway? I am also supposed to pick somebody up at the airport two days later. Do they have one Internationa terminal and parking? I am just trying to figure out what I am doing ahead of time, since I never drove in Germany.

Thank you in advance for any information.

|||

mayrhofen.at/fileadmin/…anreise_skizze.gif

%26gt; Is it relatively easy to get out of the airport and on a highway?

Yes.

%26gt; I am also supposed to pick somebody up at the airport two days later.

Mayrhofen - Munich Airport and back is 400 km (and will also need 4 hours).

%26gt; Do they have one International terminal and parking?

No.

http://www.munich-airport.de/EN/index.html

It makes no sense in Germany to have a domestic terminal. Maybe an EU terminal. But it%26#39;s rather common to group airlines/alliances together.

Things you have to consider:

a) Munich

which is between the airport and Mayrhofen.

Traffic jams also on the autobahns around Munich are normal during rush hours. In the holiday season there can be also traffic jams towards the Alps.

b) winter

Rent a car with winter tyres. To drive into the Alps without winter tyres is insane in winter. Will cost extra however.

c) Autrian autobahns

You need a sticker (vignette) to drive on the Austrian autobahns. Can be bought at the rest stops before the border.

It makes however no sense to avoid the autobahns. And don%26#39;t use the route via the Achenpass. Shorter but not faster. And considerably more winter related sticks than to drive on the autobahns to Innsbruck (no need to use a pass to reach Mayrhofen).

|||

thank you! do you have any suggestion about an interesting place to see on the way back from airport to mayrhofen - i am trying not to waist a day just driving back and forthy. thank you again!

|||

ilsf06

Rent a car with GPS it will save you time and your mind looking at a map. poplew

|||

You could take the route via Mittenwald and Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

Mittenwald is one of the nicest towns in the Alps.

www.mittenwald.de/index.shtml?en_mittenwald

Not a detour, but more country roads, this will add some travel time.

If you use the autobahn route you could make a small detour to Prien at Lake Chiemsee to visit Herrenchiemsee New Palace.

http://www.herrenchiemsee.de/

|||

Thank you all! I really appreciate your help!

|||

If you have not driven in Europe before, or in Germany, you may wish to check out

gettingaroundgermany.home.att.net/verkehr.htm

It is an extremely well written site covering everything from traffic laws, customs, signage etc in Germany, and by extension, most of Europe. Covers also the use of trains, buses, S-Bahn, U-bahn, the different types of parking payment methods etc. It%26#39;s pretty easy to navigate and warns you about some of the bad driving habits tolerated in the US that are illegal in Germany and may get you fined (passing on the right, tailgating, %26quot;rude%26quot; driving etc)

If you are going to Mayrhofen via A8 to A93, then a short side trip to Prien and a ferry to Herrenchiemsee is certainly warranted. Beautiful palace. If you go by A95 through Garmisch and Innsbruk, then you definitely want to stop and walk around Mittenwald. You may also, depending on the weather, take a short detour at Oberau (just north of Garmisch) to the Ettal Abbey (beautiful church) and the town of Oberammergau. Oberammergau has some beautifully painetd buildings and a lot of pleasant shopping.

Munich airport is very easy to get in and out of. The only problem that I have ever had is in trying to get the right road to the car rental return after filling up the tank at the airport gas station. It is not as clearly marked as it could be but it still is only a minor problem.

As you walk through the Munich airport on arrival, look for some kiosks with green leaflets with a big capital M. These are the airport guides and are very through, including outside roads, etc. Car rental desks are in Terminal 1, so if you arrive in 2, you will have to hump your luggage across the central plaza to Terminal 1. If in winter, have a jacket in carryon, the plaza is covered from rain, but wide open to the temperature!

Give yourself plenty--plenty --of time if using the A9 or A99 anywhere near morning or afternoon rush hours. The traffic jams (stau%26#39;s) there can make all the traffic problems caused by the Big Dig look like picnics!

|||

-:- Message from TripAdvisor staff -:-

This topic was inactive for 6 months and has been closed to new posts. We hope you'll join the conversation by posting to an open topic or starting a new one.

To review the TripAdvisor Forums Posting Guidelines, please follow this link: http://www.tripadvisor.com/pages/forums_posting_guidelines.html

We remove posts that do not follow our posting guidelines, and we reserve the right to remove any post for any reason.

Removed on: 8:16 am, August 25, 2009

Good Tattoo parlor?

Hi,

We%26#39;re going to Berlin for a weekend. My husband would like to make a couple of (more) tattoos. Could you please recommend any good ones?

Thanx.

|||

Hi,

you could try....

http://www.nopain-nobrain.de/home.html

:-)

|||

-:- Message from TripAdvisor staff -:-

This topic was inactive for 6 months and has been closed to new posts. We hope you'll join the conversation by posting to an open topic or starting a new one.

To review the TripAdvisor Forums Posting Guidelines, please follow this link: http://www.tripadvisor.com/pages/forums_posting_guidelines.html

We remove posts that do not follow our posting guidelines, and we reserve the right to remove any post for any reason.

Removed on: 5:39 am, August 17, 2009