Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Don, let me know when you plan to be there, Frauke and I could easily hop on a train and meet you for lunch in Berlin. I'm already planning to nip down to Wetzlar to meet David Young (and possibly Alex Hurst) and their better halves. Douglas Don Dory wrote: > Nathan, > Thank you for your considered options. I don't really want to rent a > car, > but the trains can get us to all of your suggestions so I have one more > option for SWMBO which would be take a train to the areas you > mentioned and > see what there is. Berlin and Amsterdam would both also be of > interest but > I suspect that SWMBO will favor Berlin for no apparent reason. > > Don > don.dory@gmail.com > > > On 5/20/06, Nathan Wajsman <nathan@nathanfoto.com> wrote: > >> >> I was incredibly remiss in forgetting to mention that you can get from >> Frankfurt to Amsterdam in about 3 hours or from Cologne to Amsterdam in >> 2 1/2 hours on the ICE train. The BeneLUGgers will be pleased to show >> you a good time in Amsterdam :-) >> >> Nathan >> >> Nathan Wajsman wrote: >> > Hi Don (and others who have spare time): >> > >> > I will give you a few options for spending a few extra days in early >> > October in that area: >> > >> > 1) Go down to Bonn and Koblenz and then take a drive south along the >> > Mosel river. Koblenz is one of my favorite towns in Germany. It is >> > located where the Mosel and Rhine rivers meet and is very pictoresque >> > in itself. As you follow the Mosel, you pass through a wine-making >> > area which produces some of world's best Riesling and sweet wines and >> > has some very beautiful towns such as Bernkastel. October is harvest >> > month, so there will be a lot of activity and perhaps even various >> > harvest festivals (although I am not sure if they do them in Germany). >> > You can also take in the city of Trier, which, like Koblenz, dates >> > back to Roman times. All this of course requires a car. >> > >> > The above makes most sense if the weather is good. We are talking >> > early October in northern Europe, which means that the weather can >> > range from wind and rain and 5C to a burst of Indian summer. If the >> > weather is bad, then a big-city trip is better, since there will be >> > things to do indoors (museums, shopping, exhibitions etc.). From >> > Cologne you can easily get to: >> > >> > 2) Berlin (about 4 1/2 hours by train). This has become a truly >> > amazing city since reunification. Old buildings have been restored and >> > enhanced, like the Reichstag, and some of the world's must stunning >> > buildings have sprung up all over the place, particularly in what used >> > to be no man's land. The cultural life of Berlin is also incredibly >> > vibrant, and regardless of whether you and your wife like modern art, >> > punk rock, traditional art or whatever, you will find it in Berlin. >> > >> > 3) Paris obviously needs no introduction, and you can get there by >> > high-speed train from Cologne in under 4 hours. >> > >> > 4) If the weather is truly horrible, you can also escape down to the >> > sun for a few days. Air Berlin is one of Europe's largest low-cost >> > airlines, and they will fly you from Frankfurt to, say, Malaga, for >> > under 300 EUR. Have a look at www.airberlin.com. >> > >> > Hope this gives you some possibilities to consider. >> > >> > Nathan >> > >> > Don Dory wrote: >> >> All, >> >> I would like to spend three or four days after the LHSA meeting >> >> breaks up in >> >> Europe. Specifically from October 3rd to the 7th, is there anythig >> >> really >> >> special that I and SWMBO should do or see? The starting location >> >> will be in >> >> Frankfort so a driving trip to Sicily would probably not work but >> what >> >> interesting ideas do you all have? My only real restriction is that >> >> I don't >> >> want to spend a huge percentage of the time traveling. >> >> >> >> Thanks for taking the time to consider, and I expect there will be >> >> more than >> >> one of us contemplating finishing the week enjoying the fall. >> >> >> >> Don >> >> don.dory@gmail.com >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Leica Users Group. >> >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> -- >> Nathan Wajsman >> Almere, The Netherlands >> >> SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUY DANISH PRODUCTS! >> >> General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com >> Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >> Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com >> >> Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman >> http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 >> Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com >> >> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >