Closest quaint German town to Paris
Jan 20th, 2002, 09:04 AM
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We often drive to Aachen to pick up smoked pork chops (really) and it's pleasant, but I would not call it quaint. It's a city with some nice historical bits, but just not quaint. That part of Germany is high on efficiency and suburbia, and lower on quaintness. Monschau is cute, but hard to reach without a car. How about Colmar (even though it's in France, has a German atmosphere)? Baden Baden is ok, but it's changed--there's a McDonald's right in the heart of its pedestrian shopping area and it's attracting a lot of tour bus groups. (My husband lived there as a kid and his grandparents lived there for a long time and don't like the changes).
Jan 20th, 2002, 10:28 AM
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Paris to Colmar is about 5 hours (change at Strasbourg).<BR><BR>Here's my suggestion for maximum German quaintness in one day between Paris and Venice:<BR><BR>Night train Paris-Frankfurt 22:58-7:01<BR>Train Frankfurt-Ruedesheim 7:53-9:00<BR>Cruise down Rhine Ruedesheim-Koblenz 10:15-14:20<BR>Train Koblenz-Cochem 15:16-15:49<BR>Cochem is an unarguably quaint little town--tour Reichsburg Castle and have dinner in town.<BR>Train Cochem-Koblenz 20:33-21:26<BR>Night train Koblenz-Milan 21:46-7:45<BR>Train Milan-Venice 8:05-10:57
Jan 20th, 2002, 02:05 PM
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According to the French Rail website (www.sncf.com), a 2d-class couchette on the Paris-Frankfurt train is 88.6 Euros. I couldn't get it to give me a quote on the Koblenz-Milan train, but it would be in that ballpark--probably not more than 110 Euros. For the train trips within Germany, you should be able to get prices from www.bahn.de (German Rail), and for Milan-Venice, from www.trenitalia.com (Italian Rail). You can also play with these sites to find alternate schedules, though perhaps the easiest to use for that purpose is www.sbb.ch (Swiss Rail).
Jan 22nd, 2002, 05:18 AM
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Dale,<BR><BR>I'm really impressed with all of these gentle Fodorites who continue to answer your questions with infitite patience! My own patience ran out after about your 3rd or 4th messages. I suspect you may be one of my students . . . or maybe just representative of students?<BR><BR>Anyway, get a map. Check out the rail websites that have been given to you (several times). Do some of the work yourself. The answers are right in front of you. The rewards will be richer -- trust me.<BR><BR>s
Jan 22nd, 2002, 07:02 AM
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Dale,<BR>There is absolutely nothing hateful in S's comments and suggestions to you. Pay attention to what he says! Your attitude and lack of initiative isn't going to encourage people to offer you advice. You'll find yourself blackballed here.<BR><BR>Go to the library and do some research.
Jan 22nd, 2002, 07:12 AM
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Dale,<BR><BR>I regret having offended you with my observations, but I still think you are only hurting yourself by continuing to get your information second-hand.<BR><BR>The keys to the information you want have already been given to you; the web addresses to the German train site has been given two times, to the French train site three times, and to the Italian and Swiss sites one time each. I earnestly believe that you'll be better off in the long run if you learn to get this information for yourself (remember that old Peace Corps mantra: "Hand a man a fish you and feed him for one day; teach a man to fish and you feed him forever"). So even if you've never been to Europe, you certainly have a brain, hands, and a computer. <BR><BR>Yes, my name is not real, but the e-mail address is. So you can e-mail if you wish!<BR><BR>s
