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Originally Posted by mona
Doc Z ... you need to go to Germany. I was there this time last year. My favourite place in Europe. My dad was stationed in Heidelberg for a bit.. beautiful city - from the oldest University in Europe to the bridge to the Philosophenswag (Philosopher's walk) to the ruins of the castle to the Alte Brucke to the trip to the top of the nearby mountain which was the location of the eerie Thingstatte where the Nazis held rallies.
THEN you can go to the Schwarzwald.. where I'm sure all fairytales are set. Taste the original recipe Black Forest cake in Triberg (enjoy the picturesque train ride there) though the Kirsch was way strong for me. You can go to the edge of Germany to quaint little Freiburg with it's Munster and even onto the border of Switzerland at Basel or Lake Konstanz (didn't get to go to either)
Onto Munich and Bavaria (my favvvvvv), and you can see Neuschwanstein castle and just generally the beautiful Bavarian Alps. Will never forget the Dachau concentration camp. Hard to believe such horrors were carried out in such quiet little beautiful setting. We then went to Vienna and Prague and came back to Berlin which must be the most awesome city in Europe and the only place that I was sad at not being able to go out because I was with my parents (?maybe let your daughter one night on the town or you can be super cool parents and go to a jazz club with her). My parents are super cool too, in their way. We had a short visit to Koln and then to Bonn and surrounds. Bonn is Beethoven's birthplace with a great museum. Even Frankfurt has Goethe's birthplace.
Places I didn't get to go - Oberammergau and Rothenburg (typical Bavaria), Berchtesgarten - one of Hitler's headquarters plus where the Eagle's Nest (the a$$hat's 50th birthday present, beautiful views apparently but the delightful irony is that he was afraid of heights) is, Dresden, Nuremburg, The Rhine Frickin Valley!
So ummm... why would you want to go to anywhere else. To top it all off, the people are the nicest in Europe (out of the parts I've been to), only people to offer to help out of their own goodwill. Had great weather too. I love Germany!
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This is really helpful, I actually got Plans to visit munich next month (11th May)!! Me and my friends are really interested in hiking and exploring in general... I was wondering if you could recommend what's the best way to explore the Alps. We are planning on renting a car and than do some hiking. I am told that they accept Canadian drivers licence, can you confirm?
To save on time and part of hotel expenses, we are planning to take Euro rails and visit surrounding countries using over night rail. Do you think that is a good idea? Me and all my friends are recent grads and we are working full time for no longer than 3 years, so not much saving to be honest, so any tips and tricks on money saving would be highly appreciated.
Thanks to the mod for opening the thread...