I am booked on LTU Airlines ( new German airlines..) for July 20 back on the 29th.


M-F days of this will be business the rest I will be looking for any cool things to do or see.

ANy suggestions on travel to Germany, or do I have to go to tother countries?

AA

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'87 924S
'81 280SEL

Sold ->

81 300SD -
93 300E w/ 3.2
85 300D-
79 300SD
82 300CD
83 300CD - CA
87 190E 5 spd
87 Porsche 924S

"..I'll take a simple "C" to "G" and feel brand new about it..."

Where are you staying ??

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FLying into Dusseldorf; WIll stay there a couple if days & I think we then will stay in Essen. Basically arould the Dusseldorf to Hamburg area....

I hope to have time for some butternut squash soup at The Soup Kitchen though.....







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'87 924S
'81 280SEL

Sold ->

81 300SD -
93 300E w/ 3.2
85 300D-
79 300SD
82 300CD
83 300CD - CA
87 190E 5 spd
87 Porsche 924S

"..I'll take a simple "C" to "G" and feel brand new about it..."

You will have a great time there....very liberal..........

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1984 300SD.. White/Chrome Bunts..Green

1997 2500 Dodge Ram 5.9 Cummins 12 Valve 36 PSI of Boost = 400+hp & 800+tQ .. ..Greenspeed

2004 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4 Quad Cab Cummins 5.9 H.O "596hp/1225tq" 6 spd. Man. Leather Heated seats/Loaded..Flame Red....GREENSPEED

Global warming...Doing my part, Smokin da hippies..

Fight the good fight!......

I have two suggestions right off the bat.

As a Mercedes Benz fan, I would definately go to one of the Mercedes Benz Niederlassung ("Super Store") and cruise through the new car showroom and get a pile of brochures and then into the parts department and accessories botique, and maybe pick up one of those hard to find euro parts, and a couple of neat souvenirs (little model car, keychain, drinking mug, ball cap, etc)

Hamburg Niederlassung:
http://www.hamburg.mercedes-benz.de/content/germany/retailer-2/niederlassung_hamburg/de/home/passenger_cars/home/about_us/location.html

Dusseldorf Niederlassung:
http://www.rhein-ruhr.mercedes-benz.de/content/germany/retailer-4/niederlassung_rhein-ruhr/de/home/virtuelle_bu/home/about_us/rep_niederlassungen_rhein_ruhr/rep_niederlassung_mercedes_duesseldorf.html


Above all, though, ..
I'd go see C F Mirbach, it is like a museum of classic cars for sale, they have a store right in Hamburg.

They have some of the rarest and most beautiful collector historic and special interest cars, Maseratis, Gullwing 300SLs, the best of the best.

http://www.mirbach.de/main.asp?lng=en

You should have no problems as lots of people speak good English.

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1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

Sounds like fun. Wish I was going. (were?)

Tom W

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Huh...!?

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Why don't you go down South to Munich, it's 'Biergarten Season'. Have a Weisswurst, a Weizen and a Brezn' on me ....
Check out this short video clip:

http://travel.discovery.com/video/video.html?videoRef=ebb3306ce165aeffade3c104be797f7953dc3ba9

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Take a look at King Ludwig's Schloss Neuschwanstein, close to Fuessen.

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Not much in Dusseldorf nor Essen to do I'm afraid, except maybe shopping in Dusseldorf. Essen is even pretty dreadful...

Nearby Cologne is one of the cultural centres of Germany, and the Dom cathedral is well worth a visit:
Dom Cathedral - Cologne >>
http://www.koelner-dom.de/

When in Cologne, try the local 'Kolsch' pilsener served in these really funny tiny glasses. A well known 'brauhaus' in Cologne: Zum Paffgen, Heumarkt 62 (serve typical German food aswell). Also, do the cable car ride across the Rhein river aswell, starts near the zoo, and the 'hop-on-hop-off' double-decker bustour to see the city's highlights in 90 minutes.

If you're in the mood, there's a big American war cemetary (8,000 graves) just across the nearby border in The Netherlands>
Margraten War Cemetary, near Maastricht - The Netherlands >>
http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries/cemeteries/ne.php

Go see a car museum if you have a day to spare >>
http://www.cometogermany.com/ENU/culture_and_events/german-cars-museums_8921.htm
The new Mercedes museum is really a MUST (designed by HG Merz)
Take the highspeed ICE train, takes just 2,5 hours to Stuttgart from Dusseldorf (reservations aren't cheap)

Berlin is the place to be these days, but maybe too far away.

Tschuss und viel Spass,
V.

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Now come on, Vronsky....

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True. I was thinking more like

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'87 924S
'81 280SEL

Sold ->

81 300SD -
93 300E w/ 3.2
85 300D-
79 300SD
82 300CD
83 300CD - CA
87 190E 5 spd
87 Porsche 924S

"..I'll take a simple "C" to "G" and feel brand new about it..."

...oops sorry, didn't mean it like that
Still worth a visit though

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I just flew a few weeks ago with Condor (cheaper than LTU, plus they flew directly to FRA).
What to see, will depend on where you are going (as Vronsky asked).
Landing in Munich or Duesseldorf?

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09 Jetta TDI
1985 300D

BenzDieselTuner(amsoil300CDT) just went back to germany on Condor.. pretty cheap tix.. I'm looking into them so I fly out sometime