SkisNH Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 I am looking to take my wife in the spring as a surprise...I know nothing about the country. Her father passed 6 years ago and in his will he asked for his ashes to be split between camp and his family town in Germany. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Steve753 Posted January 11, 2023 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted January 11, 2023 3 minutes ago, SkisNH said: I am looking to take my wife in the spring as a surprise...I know nothing about the country. Her father passed 6 years ago and in his will he asked for his ashes to be split between camp and his family town in Germany. I was just there. I didn't get to see alot because my wife got ill and we were tied up with family the first week. Hope to go again soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkisNH Posted January 11, 2023 Author Share Posted January 11, 2023 2 minutes ago, Steve753 said: I was just there. I didn't get to see alot because my wife got ill and we were tied up with family the first week. Hope to go again soon. Any recommendations from what you did see? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Steve753 Posted January 11, 2023 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted January 11, 2023 12 minutes ago, SkisNH said: Any recommendations from what you did see? Unfortunately not really, we just hung around Berlin. Went to the Maverpark on Sunday. Went to few boring museum's basically we did alot of walking, ate and drank beer. Was disappointed, but what can you do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Steve753 Posted January 11, 2023 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted January 11, 2023 @Deephaven 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSR Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 1 hour ago, Steve753 said: @Deephaven Yup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger** Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 (edited) Someone's begging for attention. Edited January 11, 2023 by Badger** 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSR Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 Here's a similar thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deephaven Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 Let me know what or where you are contemplating. Read the other thread first and ask away. Glad to help in any way I can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deephaven Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 I would be there now but convinced th Germans that meeting on a Mexican beach would be more relaxing. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Skidooski Posted January 11, 2023 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted January 11, 2023 13 hours ago, Badger** said: Someone's begging for attention. Are they in this thread with you right now? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSR Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 21 minutes ago, Skidooski said: Are they in this thread with you right now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkisNH Posted January 11, 2023 Author Share Posted January 11, 2023 1 hour ago, Deephaven said: Let me know what or where you are contemplating. Read the other thread first and ask away. Glad to help in any way I can. Thanks...I will make some notes and PM you if that's okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deephaven Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 Anytime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkisNH Posted January 14, 2023 Author Share Posted January 14, 2023 (edited) @Deephaven I decided to post here instead of PM incase anyone else could benefit from the discussion. We will likely fly into Frankfort as his will asks for his ashes to be distributed @ a sportsman's club 66km ENE of Frankfort. After that we just want to tour and "vacation" We like smaller towns and villages (not city people). Street festivals and people watching..When we travel we usually rent a car and town hop staying in small boutique hotels. If you could recommend some towns that would be great. From what I understand we can rent a car and leave that car and take the train back to Frankfort allowing us to see more...any advice is much appreciated. SkisNH https://www.anglerclub-westend.de/ Edited January 14, 2023 by SkisNH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmo Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 My son is going to be in Frankfort for a month for work in March. We were thinking about visiting. Worth the trip? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doorider Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 Cologne and Duesseldorf, cool cities, gorgeous women everywhere, great beer and food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soeaster Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 5 hours ago, SkisNH said: @Deephaven I decided to post here instead of PM incase anyone else could benefit from the discussion. We will likely fly into Frankfort as his will asks for his ashes to be distributed @ a sportsman's club 66km ENE of Frankfort. After that we just want to tour and "vacation" We like smaller towns and villages (not city people). Street festivals and people watching..When we travel we usually rent a car and town hop staying in small boutique hotels. If you could recommend some towns that would be great. From what I understand we can rent a car and leave that car and take the train back to Frankfort allowing us to see more...any advice is much appreciated. SkisNH https://www.anglerclub-westend.de/ Follow the Rhein River valley. Lots of small towns, castle, and things to see. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deephaven Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 On 1/14/2023 at 6:43 AM, SkisNH said: @Deephaven I decided to post here instead of PM incase anyone else could benefit from the discussion. We will likely fly into Frankfort as his will asks for his ashes to be distributed @ a sportsman's club 66km ENE of Frankfort. After that we just want to tour and "vacation" We like smaller towns and villages (not city people). Street festivals and people watching..When we travel we usually rent a car and town hop staying in small boutique hotels. If you could recommend some towns that would be great. From what I understand we can rent a car and leave that car and take the train back to Frankfort allowing us to see more...any advice is much appreciated. SkisNH https://www.anglerclub-westend.de/ What time of year? Old Frankfurt takes about 15min to walk through and outside of that it is new shopping. And a more obtuse question. Are you spa people? Baden baden has some killer spas....but with a caveat, no one wears clothes and not sure if you are even allowed to so if you are unwilling to be naked amongst others I'd leave that out. And sorry for the delay, was out riding... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkisNH Posted January 16, 2023 Author Share Posted January 16, 2023 9 hours ago, Deephaven said: What time of year? Old Frankfurt takes about 15min to walk through and outside of that it is new shopping. And a more obtuse question. Are you spa people? Baden baden has some killer spas....but with a caveat, no one wears clothes and not sure if you are even allowed to so if you are unwilling to be naked amongst others I'd leave that out. And sorry for the delay, was out riding... I've done some googling on the interwebs and have come up with 4 towns to ask you about...I will post them tomorrow when I can get my notes out (this is a surprise for my wife). Thanks again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deephaven Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 Flying in and out of Frankfurt then? Let me know that and time of year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkisNH Posted January 17, 2023 Author Share Posted January 17, 2023 3 minutes ago, Deephaven said: Flying in and out of Frankfurt then? Let me know that and time of year. End of April... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deephaven Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 Should be no one on vacation in your way :). How many days are you there? Depending which way you go you are close to Strasbourg France as well. Have to stay in Germany the whole time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkisNH Posted January 17, 2023 Author Share Posted January 17, 2023 Here are some towns I came up with after some googling. Gobwrinstein.. Zeil am Main Kelheim Passau Gorlitz...might be too far but looks very nice. Thanks SkisNH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deephaven Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 How many days? How often are you willing to change hotels? You picked some small towns I haven't been to and would be really amiss if I didn't say you are missing some bigger ones that you should see that are nearby. For instance Gorlitz. Missing out on Prague to go there seems very strange to me. Most of the little towns in Germany you can walk and see everything in an hour so staying for a while isn't what I'd do. Even a "town" the size of Karlsruhe which is 6x the size of Gorlitz. Strasbourg feels really small. Sure it is 300k people, but that isn't really a "city" either. Heidelberg is a classic small town in alsace. The whole strip there takes 4 minutes to walk. It has a castle that is bombed out (burg not schloss) that you can walk through. Interesting, but if you don't stop to eat I would say 3 hours max. That is another hint. You can surely go up and down the Rhine and see lots of castles and do a tour, but beware that any castle that says burg is a defensive (ie, not grandeous and somewhat boring) castle where the schloss ones are more the fairy tale of dragons and princesses in comparison. Personally I'd avoid the teeny towns unless they are stop overs on a train on your way someplace. 300k towns are even small. Let me know how long you are there and if you are going to go someplace and day trip or if you are willing to move a lot as it greatly changes the trip. For instance, in March I am taking the family (11 & 13 year old boys) to Portugal/Spain. We are going to spend 3 days in Lisbon, 3 in Seville, 3 in Granada, and 3 in Madrid. With the kiddos the wife doesn't want to move every night as well as when you travel in a train you don't have a place to put your bags if you are in transit. We are renting a car for part of it and taking the train for part to maximize that. We have day trips planned from each spot, but are picking a center of where to start from. We picked all of our hotels to be right on the most important "walking tour" of the city. That being said I would highly recommend grabbing a Rick Steve's book for 2 reasons. 1 - the walking tours of the city and 2- the walking tours of museums. The rest of the book is filled with not very good info, but those two things are HIGHLY worth it. Once you do, I would add that any city that does not have a walking tour will not really be a place worth visiting with of course some exceptions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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