New Years Eve

We will be in Berchtesgaden from Dec 30, 2006 thru Jan 1, 2207.

I thought I once read about a special midnight celebration in the mountains, welcoming the new year.

So far, I can find no information.

If you have any insight, I%26#39;d be most grateful for the assistance.

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im in the same place new year and i also have read about the guns fire in the mountains at new year but now i cant find out where i read it did you find anything else out thank you amanda

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Beer help

My daughter and I stayed at the Tryp Hotel in Paul Heyser Strasse in October. In the minibar in our room was this realy excellent beer which I have forgotten the name of. All I remember is that it began with a %26quot;V%26quot;. I have tried asking the hotel by e mail but have received no answer. If anyone can tell me what it is called I would be really grateful. Thanks very much.

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Please help me. It was wonderful stuff and I want to see if it is possible to order it on the internet because I have never seen it in Scotland. Please I am DESPERATE-:)

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Could it be that this has been a %26quot;generic%26quot; term like

Vollbier

Volksfestbier

describing types of beer?

Volksfestbier would be the mostlikely one in October, as this is the beer of the season brewed for the beer festivals. Nearly all breweries running a tent on one of the beer festivals will have such a beer in their product list in autumn. Generally less strong than the normal beer (thus the guest can drink more, i.e. higher turnover). But otherwise quite different from brewery to brewery.

%26quot;V%26quot; is not the most common letter in Germany. From the breweries in Bavaria this could be:

Veldensteiner XY

Viechtacher XY

Valley XY

(XY for the type of beer, e.g. Lager, Pils etc.)

Than there is Veltins. One of the biggest breweries in Germany.

But this brewery is from the Sauerland. Not from Bavaria. Normally Veltins is not considered as drinkable in Bavaria. Would at least explain why the hotel won%26#39;t admit that the have Veltins in the minibar.

http://www.veltins.de

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Thanks abalda - It was definately the name of a beer rather than a generic term. Veltins is the closest to what I remember but I now have in my mind something like Veltners or Vetners. I%26#39;ll google %26quot;Veltins%26quot; and see if I can see a picture of a bottle maybe that will jog my memory. FD

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Cologne City Train

Does anyone know how much a month (30 day) city train/transportation pass costs for an adult from Ehrenfeld, to the Max Planck Institutue or the city center?

To qualify for student rates, do you have to be a student of a German institution?

Thank you!!

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A monthly ticket (calendar month - not 30 days) is EUR 70,30 for all of Cologne.

The VRS has some info in English, but not really about these types of tickets.

Monatsticket

http://www.vrsinfo.de/2_6_1.php

JobTicket

http://www.vrsinfo.de/2_7_1.php

This is a ticket a company buys for all employees at a location.

SemesterTicket

http://www.vrsinfo.de/2_7_3.php

The student ID of students at Cologne and area insitutions is also good as public transport area for one term (6 months).

Apart from this there are no discounts for %26quot;other%26quot; students.

But you%26#39;re normally not a student if working for a Max-Planck-Institute. Even if this is just a working placement or similar. Don%26#39;t know if the Max-Planck-Institute in Cologne take offer JobTickets for their employees.

JobTicket and SemesterTicket are considerably cheaper than normal monthly tickets and cover also the whole VRS area - not just one or more zones.

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Cologne - surrounding areas to visit

Will be in cologne for a week - we would like to stay for 2 days and take a train to another area - either in Germany or elsewhere. We were thinking of Paris but if anyone has other suggestions please let me know.

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There are lots of places to visit around: Luxemburg, Brussel, Amsterdam, castles - all of them are 2hrs by bus

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%26gt; Will be in cologne for a week - we would like to stay for 2 days

Are you now staying in Cologne for a week or 2 days?

I.e. do you look for day trips or places to visit after Cologne.

Paris makes only sense if you go there for the remaining 4-5 days of the week.

A classical day trip from Cologne would be the Middle Rhine Valley with its castles:

http://www.welterbe-mittelrheintal.de

Amsterdam would be a big city day trip making more sense than Paris.

koeln.de/tourismus/…uk_00.html

http://www.nrw-tourism.com/

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hostels in winter

I%26#39;m trying to decide between staying at a hostel or a hotel in early January. The hostel is David%26#39;s Cosy Hostel near the Birkenstrasse stop (in Tiergarten I think). I am traveling alone, it seems friendly and the price is definitely right. I don%26#39;t mind a hostel type accomodation as long as there is good heat and hot showers. Has anyone else had experience with Berlin hostels or this one in particular in winter? One I stayed in Ireland in the spring was chilly, but a friend said she had no problems at one in Munich in the winter.

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There is a third and cheaper option. Look at www.couchsurfing.com and www.hospitalityclub.com. I cant recommend them from personal experience but I think a lot of people would.

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Thanks -- I know about couchsurfing.com and the hotel mgmt schools aren%26#39;t always a great deal less expensive.

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Don%26#39;t know the hostel you mentioned. There are so many in Berlin.

But you won%26#39;t run into problems with

%26gt; as long as there is good heat and hot showers

From what I%26#39;ve seen personally (The Circus, EastSeven) the standard of the Berlin hostels is very high.

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Eating / sightseeing in Hamburg 27th December 3 nights

can anyone recommend italian restaurants or nice steak houses, also what sights are recomended and is there anything in patricular happening 27th to 29th december.

Thanks in advance.

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Hi Stephen

When you klick here block-house.de/bh/…standorte.html

you%26#39;ll see the addresses of the different Block House Restaurants in Hamburg. The ones in Gänsemarkt are kind of in the city centre.

I can%26#39;t really say anything about good Italian restaurants. There is one inside the Levantehaus (http://www.levantehaus.com/) which is a shopping centre, where you can good meals but it%26#39;s nothing special:

Forum Massimo

Moenckebergstr 7

20095 Hamburg

There is also one in the new shopping centre, the Europa passage but I haven%26#39;t been there yet.

For sights that are recommended, just have a look at this forum. There were already a couple of threads about sight seeing in Hamburg.

If there is anything particular happening while you are in Hamburg depends on what you are interested in :-)

There is for example

-the Caspar David Friedrich exhibition in Kunstalle and all the other exhibitions in one of the musuems

There are some concerts in one of the numerous clubs, e.g.

-Subway to Sally on 28 Dec in the Docks

-Wolga Kosaken in Laeiszhalle on 27 Dec

- Jazz in the Cotton Club on 28 Dec

-ice hockey match (Hamburg Freezer / Nuerenberg Ice Tigers) on 29 Dec

-handball match on 27 Dec

-WITZIGMANN %26amp; RONCALLI BAJAZZO (for pictures see: www.witzigmann-bajazzo.de/index.php?id=104

-The little shop of Horrors

-...

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Hi Stephen

We have just returned from a two night stay in Hamburg. There are a few nice restraunts upstairs in the Gansemarkt passage - Baan Thai, steak restraunt, an italian, a chinese and a bistro. We ate in the Italian €47 for four main courses, three beers, two cokes, a brandy and a cappucino. The first night we ate in CHA CHA a thai restraunt, there are two in Hamburg one upstairs in Europa Passage and one in Hamburger Hof.

Try and get a copy of the Hamburg Guide www.hamburg-guide.de

We were there for the Xmas markets which finish on 23rd Dec. We went to see Rathaus - city hall and St. Michaelis church which were good. Plenty of shopping. We didnt get to see Reeperbahn or the Speicherstadt, so cant comment on them. There are plenty of trains out of Hamburg, Lubeck is supposed to be worth a visit

Catherine

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First short trip

We are going to visit Germany next May (with my wife). My plan so far includes

- Frankfurt (early Sunday), Colonge (the same day just for Cathedral), night somewhere on Rhine (Koblenz or around).

- (Monday) to see Mosel Valley

- (Tuesday) to see Rhine Valley and stay in Baden-Baden

- (Wednesday) spend in Baden-Baden

-(Thursday) travel to Bavaria and stay near near Mad Ludvig castle

- (Friday) see castles and move to Minich

- (Sat/Sun) in Munich

- (Mon) go to Rothenburg and stay here

- (Tue) go to Frankfurt airport

My questions to you guys:

- where better to use train instead of car? Which pass to buy (train or train and car if somebody used it).

- where to stay on Rhine river cities and where to use boat?

- what is %26quot;must to see%26quot; near Rhine?

Thank you,

Ahuinber

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Hi Ahuinbar,

no answered your post, so I%26#39;ll try to help. Fist, May is a good time to visit Germany. If you land in Frankfurt, there is not too much to see and do, yet it is not too dull. 4-5 hours for the city is sufficient, yet no must.

As for your itinery - sounds nice, but a little bit packed, but having 10 day in Germany not too bad. With this itinery I would recommend driving a car because it will give you the flexibilitiy you need, on the other hand trains are the classic way to explore Europe. Yet especially in Germany train rides are pricy, if not booked in advance and commiting yourself to a certain train (e.g. the ICE train from Frankfurt to Cologne at 10a.m....).

For Frankfurt watch check the walking tour of MarkKHanau on tripadvisor.

In Cologne visit the cathedral (its outer surrounding is not to pleasant, though) and if you are interested the Roman Museum next to it (right at the train station).

Can%26#39;t really comment on the Rhine and Mossel Valley, both are beautiful and may be best explored with a cruise(check the numerous posts for rhine river cruise). A small and popular, but overdeveloped small town at the Rhine Valley is Rüdesheim, but some small towns along the left or right river bank might give you a better idea or the region (a car would come handy for this part).

Baden-Baden is beautiful, just stroll along this city. You may want to visit the casino and the famous old bath (forgot its name Kaiser Friedrich Therme??).

For castle Neuschwanstein it might be an idea to stay in a Bavarian %26quot;Gästezimmer%26quot; (Bed and Breakfast) in one of the villages there to get an idea of rustical Bavaria. For the most part they are inexpensive and nice and give you an idea of %26quot;old-fashioned%26quot; Bavarian Life.

On Munich I am not an expert, and any book can give better advise.

Rothenburg ob der Tauber is one of the few medival cities in Germany that give you the idea that you are in some movie scene. I have been there as a child and was amazed, but that has been quite a while.

This is the best I can help you...maybe someone else has more specific infos.

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many spelling mistakes, sorry, hope you still get the idea.

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Thank you Dudel!

I used your advices and made soem more search on Internet and here%26#39;s my updated itenerary

May 19 - flight from SFO to FRA

May 20 Sunday - Rhine Valley, St. Goar

Arrival to Frankfurt 07:20 --%26gt; Train to St. Goar or part way by boat

--- Frankfurt to St. Goar 2 hour 29 Evro

--- Frankfurt to Bacharach %26lt;2 hour 20 Evro Then by boat to St Goar

ToDo - See castle there and some places around

ToStay - Hotel am Markt - St. Goar

double room with shower,wc,tv,ph. 62.00 Euro.per night .

%26lt;info@hotel-am-markt-sankt-goar.de%26gt;

The cancellation policy is two weeks. we have garage cost 4.00 euro.

May 21 Monday - Rhine and Mossel Valley

ToDo - Go to Cologne by train, see cathedral Take a car

Orbitz/Hertz 8 days Amount due at pick-up 215.52 EUR

- drive and see Eltz Castle and some other places around

ToStay - Hotel am Markt - St. Goar

May 22 Tuesday - Rhine Valley and Black forest

ToDo - see something else around St Goar (by car/boat) then

By car from St Goar to Baden-Baden

ToStay - Hotel am Markt - Baden-Baden

Marktplatz 18 D-76530 Baden-Baden

info@hotel-am-markt-baden.de D.Jung www.hotel-am-markt-baden.de

May 22nd for two nights a double room with shower and toilet

The price per night is Euro 78.- + 5.60 spa tax including breakfast.

Please note that our reception is open till 10p.m.

There are no cancellation charges for accomomodation cancelled more

than 72 hours in advance, thereafter your credit card will be debited

with the first night charge of your accommodation.

We have some parking in front of the hotel. Cost 3.- Euro per night

otherwise is a free public parking in walking distance.

May 23 Wednesday - Baden-Baden

ToDo - Bath, Casino, promenade

ToStay - Hotel am Markt - Baden-Baden

May 24 Thursday - road to Bavaria (Constance Lake?)

ToDo - Driving Hohenschwangau, see all around

ToStay - Hotel Garni Schlossblick Hohenschwangau

Hotel Garni Schlossblick Hohenschwangau

reservierung@neuschwanstein-hotels.de Kastelic Barbara

1 double room with shower/WC including continental breakfast buffet at the rate of Euro 62,00

per room/night The local visitors tax of Euro 1.35 per person/night will be charged separately.

Please note that our reception closes at 8.00 p.m. - in case of late arrival

we would appreciate a phone call to inform us.

So we will deposit the key on the reception from the Schlosshotel Lisl

(Tel.: 08362-81649)

May 25 Friday - Castles

ToDo - See Mad Ludwig%26#39;s Royal Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau Castles

Arrival to Munich (Romantic Road)

ToStay - Hotel Uhland

Hotel Uhland Uhlandstra?e 1, D - 80336 Munchen/Germany/Bavaria

Voice:+49 (Germany) - (0)89 (Munich) - 54335-0

Fax:+49 - (0)89 - 54335 -250 eMail: info@hotel-uhland.de

http://www.hotel-uhland.de/enwelcome.html

1 double room of

comfort class with private shower and toilet for 3 nights of May, 25th 2007.

The rate of Euro 90,50 includes breakfast, service and tax, per room, per night, net hotel.

All our rooms are established with TV, telephone and minibar.

Parking-space for your car is in our backyard.

May 26 Saturday - Munich

ToDo - See Museums and city

ToStay - Hotel Uhland

May 27 Sunday - Munich

ToDo - See city and around, parks

ToStay - Hotel Uhland

May 28 Monday

ToDo - Departure from Munich, Arrival to Rothenburg by Romantic Road

ToStay - Hotel - %26quot;Zum Greifen%26quot;

Gasthof Greifen %26lt;gasthof-greifen@t-online.de%26gt;/ Ursula

a small double room for 2 persons with shower/Wc for 65.- Euros per night

including breakfast and a parking place behind the house.

May 29 Tuesday

ToDo - Drive to Frankfurt,

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