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We'd being going in by train to Venice. Traffic. HA... Cake walk compared to the DC Beltway. |
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As everyone has pointed out Hohenschwangau/Neuschwanstein, but there are 2 routes to this from Munich. One is alpine back roads the other is mostly highway. Since you are in breakin anyway, might as well go the alpine back roads.
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This might sound silly, but go ahead and watch The Sound of Music. If you like the countryside depicted there, then definitely spend some time in the very southern part of Germany and Austria (I prefer south of Salzburg, myself). I also went to Lake Como, and it was beautiful. But Italy is a bit rougher around the edges that Germany/Austria. |
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My delivery specialist set it up into the GPS. I'm figuring it out and will post it.
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Coming from good ole puritan American it was awesome to be able to enjoy the sauna's and pools au naturale!
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And this is why I am hitting the gym so hard right now... I haven't told my wife yet.
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From my experience, they only people that will care what you look like are yourself and your spouse. The rest of the people there are just enjoying the spa and are quite accustom to being naked.
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LOL you made me laugh so hard at work, people outside my office thought I'm choking on something. I'm also hitting the gym, but for a different reason. I need to lose weight so I can ingest all of the chocolate I am about to purchase, and other miscellaneous food products/beers/etc.
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Another idea is do one of the Saltmine tours(Salzburgwerk) tours... they make you put on silly overalls and you ride a small 1/3 scale train deep into the saltmines... then you slide down these wooden ramps/slides miles under the salt. You will waste half a day - but its so much fun! They even take your picture as you go straight down those wooden slides. http://tours.salzburgcitytours.com/t...XG2xoCv8Dw_wcB another thing to see near Salzburg is the: Ötzi Mann – the Iceman http://www.iceman.it/en/oetzi-the-iceman Quote:
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I'm thinking I'll let the hotel tell my wife about the "no textile zone". I don't think it's a conversation I want to have on a 12 hour flight. She's a real gym rat too
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I had a rental at the time I went and it had a GPS that was entirely in German. When I was headed back to Munich I put the address in and a box popped up with two choices in German. I couldn't read them so I just picked the first one. It took us the scenic route and it was actually a great surprise. Driving through the hills and those little towns was fantastic. |
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Highline179...
If your visiting Hohenschwangau/Neuschwanstein... another cool place to visit is this new all glass foot bridge just over the border in Austria!
www.highline179.com https://www.google.de/maps/place/hig...661f103e?hl=en
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Our planned trip this time around will be part of the RS itinerary (Nurburgring/SPA/M-Festival) bracketed by 4 days in Munich in the beginning and 4 days at the end in Paris. We did consider trying to get into Belgium and/or London but as a previous poster said, stay in one place for a couple nights at least. We just started vacationing this way and it makes it so much more pleasant not having to move/travel every day or so. |
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Dacks the man so I'd follow his advice, but would differ on a few things, depending on what you want: is this a driving trip or a sight-seeing trip? Do you want to have lots of pictures of your car in cool places or YOU in cool places? If it's the later, get to a city, park, and stay awhile. If you want a drive or a mix, my 2 cents is:
(1.) I LOVE Switzerland, especially driving in the Swiss mountains. That said, I'm not as much of a fan of Geneva as Zurich. We've done a few EDs and after the last one (14 days) we decided next time we'll spend much more time in the small towns in Eastern Switzerland and do day driving trips, but this all preference of course. For me Geneva is a bit of a 'eh' but I've been there a bunch. (2.) Italy also wouldn't be high on my list for an ED. There's a bunch of awesome places to see, but for me, not in my car. Scary places with a brand new car IMO. Lugano is a trap, it's A TRAP! Italian riviera is mostly tunnels, inter-city is bland (except in the far north and far south), etc. Great for train and planes, but I won't be doing any more ED action there. (3.) In France, the route de napoleon if you want a beautiful slow cruise - and the route de vin, both fantastic |
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It all depends on what your interests are and what you want this trip to be. However, I would recommend reducing the number of big cities and adding places that are recommended by previous posters. If you're dropping off the car at Munich, then consider doing a clockwise tour |
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