Driving in Germany
Feb 10th 2003, 5:33 pm
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Re: Driving in Germany
"Juliana L Holm" skrev i meddelandet
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> walter wrote:
> > There are no mountains on the way there. Just hills. Germany is almost
> > flat until 10 minutes distance from Austria. It goes up gently from
> > sea level to about 1800 ft 5 miles north of austrian border.
> Gee, you've never been in the Harz have you. While much smaller than the
> Alps, they are still mountains, and are, well, mountaneous. This is like
> saying the US is flat except for the Rockys. Just because the Alps are
> spectacularly high does not mean that there are not other mountain regions
> in Germany.
> Julie
And to add on: Taunusgebirge,Vogelsgebirge, the Eifel mountains, Thüringer
Wald,
Schwartzwald, Bayerischer Wald and so on.
Flatlands are rather the exception in the North.
Just wonder where Walter have been? Germany, probably not.
L.P
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> walter wrote:
> > There are no mountains on the way there. Just hills. Germany is almost
> > flat until 10 minutes distance from Austria. It goes up gently from
> > sea level to about 1800 ft 5 miles north of austrian border.
> Gee, you've never been in the Harz have you. While much smaller than the
> Alps, they are still mountains, and are, well, mountaneous. This is like
> saying the US is flat except for the Rockys. Just because the Alps are
> spectacularly high does not mean that there are not other mountain regions
> in Germany.
> Julie
And to add on: Taunusgebirge,Vogelsgebirge, the Eifel mountains, Thüringer
Wald,
Schwartzwald, Bayerischer Wald and so on.
Flatlands are rather the exception in the North.
Just wonder where Walter have been? Germany, probably not.
L.P
Feb 10th 2003, 5:52 pm
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Re: Driving in Germany
"tandp" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> walter schrieb:
> >
> > > i just look for
> > > stripes on the pavement to know where to park.
> > No stripes used to indicate parking / no parking areas in Germany.
> > There are signs.
> >
> > > gravel roads "the grid" of a township. Am I going to see gravel roads?
> > I've never seen a public gravel road. Even most of private farm roads
> > are blacktop.
> >
> > > divided highways?
> > Yes. And look twice into the mirror before you change to the left
> > lane. Cars approaching with 120 mph or more are quite common.
> >
> I thought the OP was talking about non-autobahn roads. There are a lot
> of divided highways
> which are not autobahn, and they have speed limits.
> Tom
Nope. Divided highways with 4 or more lanes (i.e. 2 in each direction)
outside city borders have no speed limit - as long there is no sign
indicating something else. As most of these highways are near big cities
there will be a speed limit (anything between 70 and 130 kph) - but close to
big cities most autobahns have speed limits as well.
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> walter schrieb:
> >
> > > i just look for
> > > stripes on the pavement to know where to park.
> > No stripes used to indicate parking / no parking areas in Germany.
> > There are signs.
> >
> > > gravel roads "the grid" of a township. Am I going to see gravel roads?
> > I've never seen a public gravel road. Even most of private farm roads
> > are blacktop.
> >
> > > divided highways?
> > Yes. And look twice into the mirror before you change to the left
> > lane. Cars approaching with 120 mph or more are quite common.
> >
> I thought the OP was talking about non-autobahn roads. There are a lot
> of divided highways
> which are not autobahn, and they have speed limits.
> Tom
Nope. Divided highways with 4 or more lanes (i.e. 2 in each direction)
outside city borders have no speed limit - as long there is no sign
indicating something else. As most of these highways are near big cities
there will be a speed limit (anything between 70 and 130 kph) - but close to
big cities most autobahns have speed limits as well.
Feb 10th 2003, 6:27 pm
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Re: Driving in Germany
In article , Juliana L Holm
wrote:
> walter wrote:
> > There are no mountains on the way there. Just hills. Germany is almost
> > flat until 10 minutes distance from Austria. It goes up gently from
> > sea level to about 1800 ft 5 miles north of austrian border.
>
> Gee, you've never been in the Harz have you. While much smaller than the
> Alps, they are still mountains, and are, well, mountaneous. This is like
> saying the US is flat except for the Rockys. Just because the Alps are
> spectacularly high does not mean that there are not other mountain
> regions
> in Germany.
I'll say! It's flat near the North Sea in a pretty wide swath, but from
there southwards there are plenty of "bumpy" areas. Walter must have a
funny idea of "flat".
--
Mary Loomer Oliver(aka erilar)
Erilar's Cave Annex:
http://www.airstreamcomm.net/~erilarlo
wrote:
> walter wrote:
> > There are no mountains on the way there. Just hills. Germany is almost
> > flat until 10 minutes distance from Austria. It goes up gently from
> > sea level to about 1800 ft 5 miles north of austrian border.
>
> Gee, you've never been in the Harz have you. While much smaller than the
> Alps, they are still mountains, and are, well, mountaneous. This is like
> saying the US is flat except for the Rockys. Just because the Alps are
> spectacularly high does not mean that there are not other mountain
> regions
> in Germany.
I'll say! It's flat near the North Sea in a pretty wide swath, but from
there southwards there are plenty of "bumpy" areas. Walter must have a
funny idea of "flat".
--
Mary Loomer Oliver(aka erilar)
Erilar's Cave Annex:
http://www.airstreamcomm.net/~erilarlo
Feb 10th 2003, 6:47 pm
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Re: Driving in Germany
Lennart Petersen wrote:
> > Gee, you've never been in the Harz have you. While much smaller than=
the
> > Alps, they are still mountains, and are, well, mountaneous. This is =
like
> > saying the US is flat except for the Rockys. Just because the Alps a=
re
> > spectacularly high does not mean that there are not other mountain re=
gions
> > in Germany.
> > Julie
> And to add on: Taunusgebirge,Vogelsgebirge, the Eifel mountains, Th=FCr=
inger
> Wald,
> Schwartzwald, Bayerischer Wald and so on.
> Flatlands are rather the exception in the North.
> Just wonder where Walter have been? Germany, probably not.
I was wondering about that myself. Having been to Germany on three differ=
ent
trips, touring once by train and twice by car, the impression I had was t=
hat it
was relatively hilly, not always mountains, but a lot more rolling hills =
than
flat lands.
> > Gee, you've never been in the Harz have you. While much smaller than=
the
> > Alps, they are still mountains, and are, well, mountaneous. This is =
like
> > saying the US is flat except for the Rockys. Just because the Alps a=
re
> > spectacularly high does not mean that there are not other mountain re=
gions
> > in Germany.
> > Julie
> And to add on: Taunusgebirge,Vogelsgebirge, the Eifel mountains, Th=FCr=
inger
> Wald,
> Schwartzwald, Bayerischer Wald and so on.
> Flatlands are rather the exception in the North.
> Just wonder where Walter have been? Germany, probably not.
I was wondering about that myself. Having been to Germany on three differ=
ent
trips, touring once by train and twice by car, the impression I had was t=
hat it
was relatively hilly, not always mountains, but a lot more rolling hills =
than
flat lands.
Feb 11th 2003, 11:53 am
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Re: Driving in Germany
[email protected] (Luca Logi) wrote in news:1fq6acz.1ay0zw41dfpex2N%
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> walter wrote:
>
>> > The one "touristy" thing I do want to accomplish is to drive south
to
>> > Rothenburg for christmas ornament shopping, and see the Ludwig
castles
>> > while I am in that region.
>> It not the same region, it's some hours driving in between, which is a
>> lot in a country which you can cross in a day.
>
>
> BTW, there is no need to drive to Rothenburg to buy Xmas ornaments.
> Kathe Wohlfahrt (the large and overpriced Xmas shop in Rothenburg) has
> two large branches in Oberammergau, and a smaller one in Garmisch -
both
> places quite close to Ludwig castles.
Not to mention "http://www.wohlfahrt.com/", so they can even "rob"
tourist outside of Germany ;-)
> Oberammergau has another big Xmas paraphernalia store and is the
closest
> town to Linderhof castle, so it could be a sensible place to drive by.
>
> -- -----------------------------------------------------
> Luca Logi - Firenze - Italy e-mail: [email protected]
[email protected]:
> walter wrote:
>
>> > The one "touristy" thing I do want to accomplish is to drive south
to
>> > Rothenburg for christmas ornament shopping, and see the Ludwig
castles
>> > while I am in that region.
>> It not the same region, it's some hours driving in between, which is a
>> lot in a country which you can cross in a day.
>
>
> BTW, there is no need to drive to Rothenburg to buy Xmas ornaments.
> Kathe Wohlfahrt (the large and overpriced Xmas shop in Rothenburg) has
> two large branches in Oberammergau, and a smaller one in Garmisch -
both
> places quite close to Ludwig castles.
Not to mention "http://www.wohlfahrt.com/", so they can even "rob"
tourist outside of Germany ;-)
> Oberammergau has another big Xmas paraphernalia store and is the
closest
> town to Linderhof castle, so it could be a sensible place to drive by.
>
> -- -----------------------------------------------------
> Luca Logi - Firenze - Italy e-mail: [email protected]
Feb 12th 2003, 9:41 am
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Re: Driving in Germany
Hi!
walter wrote:
> There are no mountains on the way there. Just hills. Germany is almost
> flat until 10 minutes distance from Austria. It goes up gently from
> sea level to about 1800 ft 5 miles north of austrian border.
The alps are not the only mountains in Germany. The Harz mountains
in northern Germany are more than 1000 meters high.
Regards
Gunter
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Gunter Herrmann
Naples, Florida, USA
walter wrote:
> There are no mountains on the way there. Just hills. Germany is almost
> flat until 10 minutes distance from Austria. It goes up gently from
> sea level to about 1800 ft 5 miles north of austrian border.
The alps are not the only mountains in Germany. The Harz mountains
in northern Germany are more than 1000 meters high.
Regards
Gunter
--
Gunter Herrmann
Naples, Florida, USA
Feb 12th 2003, 1:40 pm
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Re: Driving in Germany
Gunter Herrmann wrote:
> Hi!
> walter wrote:
>> There are no mountains on the way there. Just hills. Germany is almost
>> flat until 10 minutes distance from Austria. It goes up gently from
>> sea level to about 1800 ft 5 miles north of austrian border.
> The alps are not the only mountains in Germany. The Harz mountains
> in northern Germany are more than 1000 meters high.
And they are an incredibly interesting and beautiful part of Germany that
we Americans don't even know about!
Julie
Who recently spent five days in the Harz this fall.
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> Hi!
> walter wrote:
>> There are no mountains on the way there. Just hills. Germany is almost
>> flat until 10 minutes distance from Austria. It goes up gently from
>> sea level to about 1800 ft 5 miles north of austrian border.
> The alps are not the only mountains in Germany. The Harz mountains
> in northern Germany are more than 1000 meters high.
And they are an incredibly interesting and beautiful part of Germany that
we Americans don't even know about!
Julie
Who recently spent five days in the Harz this fall.
--
Julie
**********
Check out my Traval Pages (non-commercial) at
http://www.dragonsholm.org/travel.htm
