Martina Diel

* Wierd Travelers <[email protected]>:

    > Only thing I would ponder about is the 2.5 days in Rothenburg. Even
    > with Master Draught, Rothenburg is a one day/one night city.

You took the words right out of my mouth.

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oneofcold

Skip Bacharach and see Wurzburg and Bamberg instead.

One day and one night in Rothenburg is enough, and you should also cut
Munich down. Add the extra days to Vienna and Berlin.

Jesper Lauridsen

On 2005-04-11, Claim Guy <[email protected]> wrote:
    > "bugsy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:[email protected] oups.com...
    >> May 24 Train (3.5hr) to Vienna sleep Vienna
    >> May 25 Tour Vienna sleep Vienna
    >> May 26 Train (5.5hr) to Nuremberg sleep Nuremberg
    >> May 27 Tour Nuremberg sleep Nuremberg
    >> May 28 Train (2.5hr) to Frankfurt sleep Frankfurt
    >> May 29 Fly Home sleep in my own bed..

I would consider dropping Nuremberg, adding those days to Vienna. Take
the train from there to Frankfurt. It's just 7 hours and you don't need
much time in Frankfurt anyway.

    > One thing that caught my eye was taking a 7 hour train trip on only your
    > second full day.

That trip takes less than 6 hours.

    > That could be tiring, but since it;s not the most scenic
    > part of the country, sleeping on the train is an option. You might want to
    > go first class on that leg to ensure the space to rest.

Unlike planes, trains have enough room even among the cheap seats.

Dgs

bugsy wrote:

    > I'm looking for some advice and comments about an itinerary I'm
    > putting together for a Germany/Austria trip May 4 through May 29.

Like others who've commented, I'd say it's ambitious but do-able.

    > Goals for the plan,
    >
    > 1. Maximize places that have Hiltons(I can get rooms free with points)
    > but not limit my self with this, so where it is convenient I'll stay in
    > a Hilton where it is not I'll get local accommodations.

You can find decent local accomodations for good prices. If you succeed
in getting Hilton rooms, it will be in the big cities. No Hilton in
Rothenburg, for instance.

    > 2. Have fun... I guess that is really it
    >
    > [...]
    > May 12 Tour Dresden sleep Dresden
    > May 13 Train (5.5hr) to Rothenburg sleep Rothenburg
    > May 14 Tour Rothenburg sleep Rothenburg
    > May 15 Master Draught Show Rothenburg sleep Rothenburg

And like others have said, I don't think you're going to want to
spend that much time in Rothenburg. It's worth a day, maybe an
overnight stay, then elsewhere in the morning. One recommended
stop instead, between Dresden and Rothenburg, would be Bamberg.
But then, I like Bamberg quite a lot. You can find decent
accomodations in that city for reasonable prices.

    > [...]
    > May 25 Tour Vienna sleep Vienna
    > May 26 Train (5.5hr) to Nuremberg sleep Nuremberg
    > [...]

Too bad none of the budget carriers fly VIE-NUE (or at least none
I could find). It would knock considerable time off your journey.
If you were to substitute Cologne for Vienna, you could fly VIE-
NUE on Germanwings, which has three daily flights on that route.
You'd still have a reasonably short ride back to Frankfurt, and
could high-speed it on the ICE if you wanted to.
--
dgs

Jesper Lauridsen

On 2005-04-12, dgs <[email protected]> wrote:
    > Too bad none of the budget carriers fly VIE-NUE (or at least none
    > I could find). It would knock considerable time off your journey.

Replacing a 5 hour direct train journey with a flight, isn't going to
save much time, and will cost flexibility.