Javaman

"Franken Stein" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > I spent half a day at the Frauinsel and the Herrenchiemsee and I didn't
    > regret it. If you take a full day to visit the island and the castle,
    > you will probably enjoy it.

Thanks for the advice! Is it easily accessible by train? How far is it from
the nearest train station?
Thanks for your help!

Franken Stein

Javaman said:
    > "Franken Stein" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    >
    >>I spent half a day at the Frauinsel and the Herrenchiemsee and I didn't
    >>regret it. If you take a full day to visit the island and the castle,
    >>you will probably enjoy it.
    >
    >
    > Thanks for the advice! Is it easily accessible by train? How far is it from
    > the nearest train station?
    > Thanks for your help!
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You go to the station in Prien, then very close to the station, there is
a small train that takes you to the lake. You hop on a small boat that
will take you to the island to visit the castle.

It will cost you a few fee in euros for the train and the boat to go
from the train station to the castle.

Javaman

"Franken Stein" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected].. .
    > You go to the station in Prien, then very close to the station, there is
    > a small train that takes you to the lake. You hop on a small boat that
    > will take you to the island to visit the castle.
    > It will cost you a few fee in euros for the train and the boat to go
    > from the train station to the castle.

Excellent! Now if we can only have nice weather in mid-October!!!
Thank you for your advice and information!!!
Gerry

Jesper Lauridsen

On 2004-08-06, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
    > On 21 Jul 2004 22:50:32 -0700, [email protected] (walter) wrote:
    >>Absolutely. It's the biggest one of the mad king's castles, surrounded
    >>by a huge park with sculptures and founatins.
    > It's a half scale Palais de Versailles.

It's full scale, but unfinished.

nitram

On 11 Aug 2004 19:23:40 GMT, Jesper Lauridsen
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >On 2004-08-06, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
    >> On 21 Jul 2004 22:50:32 -0700, [email protected] (walter) wrote:
    >>>Absolutely. It's the biggest one of the mad king's castles, surrounded
    >>>by a huge park with sculptures and founatins.
    >> It's a half scale Palais de Versailles.
    >It's full scale, but unfinished.
You are correct. :-)
http://www.germanworld.com/herr.htm

Erilar

In article <[email protected]>, Jesper
Lauridsen <[email protected]> wrote:

    > On 2004-08-06, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
    > > On 21 Jul 2004 22:50:32 -0700, [email protected] (walter) wrote:
    > >>
    > >>Absolutely. It's the biggest one of the mad king's castles, surrounded
    > >>by a huge park with sculptures and founatins.
    > >
    > > It's a half scale Palais de Versailles.
    >
    > It's full scale, but unfinished.

Very unfinished 8-) But a nice boat ride on a nice day.

--
Mary Loomer Oliver (aka Erilar)

You can't reason with someone whose first line of argument
is that reason doesn't count. Isaac Asimov

Erilar's Cave Annex: http://www.airstreamcomm.net/~erilarlo

Tim Challenger

On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 04:41:54 -0700, Javaman wrote:

    > "Franken Stein" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:[email protected].. .
    >> You go to the station in Prien, then very close to the station, there is
    >> a small train that takes you to the lake. You hop on a small boat that
    >> will take you to the island to visit the castle.
    >> It will cost you a few fee in euros for the train and the boat to go
    >> from the train station to the castle.
    >
    > Excellent! Now if we can only have nice weather in mid-October!!!
    > Thank you for your advice and information!!!
    > Gerry

Very likely actually.
--
Tim C.

nitram

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 12:39:04 +0200, Tim Challenger
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 04:41:54 -0700, Javaman wrote:
    >> "Franken Stein" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    >> news:[email protected].. .
    >>> You go to the station in Prien, then very close to the station, there is
    >>> a small train that takes you to the lake. You hop on a small boat that
    >>> will take you to the island to visit the castle.
    >>> It will cost you a few fee in euros for the train and the boat to go
    >>> from the train station to the castle.
    >>
    >> Excellent! Now if we can only have nice weather in mid-October!!!
    >> Thank you for your advice and information!!!
    >> Gerry
    >Very likely actually.

The sun always shines on Chiemsee, even when I visited it once at the
end of November.

Tim Challenger

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 12:47:57 +0200, [email protected] wrote:

    > On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 12:39:04 +0200, Tim Challenger
    > <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    >>On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 04:41:54 -0700, Javaman wrote:
    >>> "Franken Stein" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    >>> news:[email protected].. .
    >>>> You go to the station in Prien, then very close to the station, there is
    >>>> a small train that takes you to the lake. You hop on a small boat that
    >>>> will take you to the island to visit the castle.
    >>>> It will cost you a few fee in euros for the train and the boat to go
    >>>> from the train station to the castle.
    >>>
    >>> Excellent! Now if we can only have nice weather in mid-October!!!
    >>> Thank you for your advice and information!!!
    >>> Gerry
    >>Very likely actually.
    >
    > The sun always shines on Chiemsee, even when I visited it once at the
    > end of November.

The Autumn often has wonderful weather round the Alps. It's the best time
to go hiking or walking, as the views can be superb.
--
Tim C.

nitram

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 12:54:08 +0200, Tim Challenger
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 12:47:57 +0200, [email protected] wrote:
    >> On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 12:39:04 +0200, Tim Challenger
    >> <[email protected]> wrote:
    >>
    >>>On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 04:41:54 -0700, Javaman wrote:
    >>>> "Franken Stein" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    >>>> news:[email protected].. .
    >>>>> You go to the station in Prien, then very close to the station, there is
    >>>>> a small train that takes you to the lake. You hop on a small boat that
    >>>>> will take you to the island to visit the castle.
    >>>>> It will cost you a few fee in euros for the train and the boat to go
    >>>>> from the train station to the castle.
    >>>>
    >>>> Excellent! Now if we can only have nice weather in mid-October!!!
    >>>> Thank you for your advice and information!!!
    >>>> Gerry
    >>>Very likely actually.
    >>
    >> The sun always shines on Chiemsee, even when I visited it once at the
    >> end of November.
    >The Autumn often has wonderful weather round the Alps. It's the best time
    >to go hiking or walking, as the views can be superb.

I agree, spring is very nice too. Did anybody mention the Sound of
Music land yet? :-)

Tim Challenger

    > I agree, spring is very nice too. Did anybody mention the Sound of
    > Music land yet? :-)

AAAARRRGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
--
Tim C.

nitram

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 13:11:14 +0200, Tim Challenger
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >> I agree, spring is very nice too. Did anybody mention the Sound of
    >> Music land yet? :-)
    >AAAARRRGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

I think I am the only person who ever visited Salzburg in the mid
sixties without having seen the film first. I remember that the
tourist office was plastered with posters from the film, over printed
with "Visit The Sound of Music Land". I didn't manage to force myself
to watch the film until last year, when I concentrated mainly on the
scenery :-)

Tim Challenger

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 13:26:06 +0200, [email protected] wrote:

    > On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 13:11:14 +0200, Tim Challenger
    > <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    >>> I agree, spring is very nice too. Did anybody mention the Sound of
    >>> Music land yet? :-)
    >>AAAARRRGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
    >
    > I think I am the only person who ever visited Salzburg in the mid
    > sixties without having seen the film first. I remember that the
    > tourist office was plastered with posters from the film, over printed
    > with "Visit The Sound of Music Land". I didn't manage to force myself
    > to watch the film until last year, when I concentrated mainly on the
    > scenery :-)

It's ironic (and lucky for me, actually) that the Austrians themselves have
never heard of TSOM, a few have heard of the von Trapp story but only very
few. Except perhaps those in the tourist industry in Salzburg.

I hate to say it, but it's a pretty good film, for that type of kitsch. The
songs are generally excellent (if not my taste). And the scenery is nice
too. Pathetic though it sounds, Austria really *does* look like that,
especially in the late Summer and Autumn.

--
Tim C.

nitram

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 13:38:11 +0200, Tim Challenger
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >I hate to say it, but it's a pretty good film, for that type of kitsch. The
    >songs are generally excellent (if not my taste). And the scenery is nice
    >too. Pathetic though it sounds, Austria really *does* look like that,
    >especially in the late Summer and Autumn.

Yes! :-)

Mimi

"erilar" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > In article <[email protected]>, Jesper
    > Lauridsen <[email protected]> wrote:
    > >
    > > It's full scale, but unfinished.
    > Very unfinished 8-) But a nice boat ride on a nice day.

Ah, but I remember a porcelain flower chandelier (Meissen?) that made the
Bohemian cut-glass ones look hulking.

Marianne