Thanks to all for your kind words.

Hope this report helps others plan their trips.

Now I can start planning for next year.

((I))

wow, Ira,

a "plateau royale" each.

i am very impressed.

regards, ann

Great report, both funny and useful. How wonderful to have a spouse with whom you travel so well.

I loved reading of your adventures.

Happy planning for next year!

Byrd

Congrats on and thank you for yet another wonderful trip report, ira.

So, what are the plans for next year?

my favorite watch phrase will now be 'and so to bed'!! excellent report - thank you

Thanks Ira.
I enjoyed your report and got a lot of good information that I will use on our upcoming trip. Thanks so much for sharing!

Marvellous, Ira.
Thank you.

M.
(and so to work)

Ira, you are not the only one who has had difficulty getting to the Musee Ecole de Nancy. I actually DROVE there (parked by the public swimming pool, which in summer took some doing). I drove around in circles until some French guy led me there in his car. Another kindness of strangers episode.

And, yes, the map showing it only a short distance from Place Stanislas LIES. Do not try and walk it. Follow Ira's advice and take the bus. After my experience with driving, I wouldn't advise that either. Personally, I enjoyed the Musee de Beaux Arts (not "libre" on the day I went) better than the Ecole de Nancy, but, then I am not so much into Art Nouveau.

Thanks again for taking the time to post your wonderful trip reports. It brought back memories--both of things pleasant and of being lost.

Thanks for the nice words, folks.

TA,

Roberta fell in love with Lake Constance and Alsace.

Our next visit will be:
Fly into Munich 2 nights, train to Lindau 4 nights, train to Strasbourg and rent car for a week, train from Strasbourg to Paris for a week.

That way, we won't have to buy any maps or guide books. :)

((I))

Ah, Lake Constance aka the Bodensee. I did a home exchange in the Black Forest once and was all over the lake. I almost drove into Switzerland without my passport! Opps! Did a quick turn around there.

Then a year and a half ago, I had a home exchange in Bavaria and saw some of the Lake again from the other end.

Can't go wait for this year's trip to Vienna and Budapest! Coming up soon! I don't think I will get into Germany this trip, but I will have a nice long exchange in Vienna and sort of beat that area to death with day trips--in addition to a 3 day excursion to Budapest. Budapest is an entirely new city (and country) for me. Can't wait!

Enjoy your visit, F.

I hope I have as much fun as you did, Ira. When I home exchanged in Bavaria, I learned a lot of German cuss words and words for car parts. I call that one my home exchange from hell. This was the first time anything like this happened in 33 exchanges. They left me a car that didn't run and the house was dirty. The piece de resistance, however, occurred on the first day when I tripped and broke my left ankle. Believe it or not, with all that going on, I did manage some fun on the trip albeit very slowly (in place fracture put in a brace not a cast) and via the bus not the car.

Stuff happens sometimes and you either sit there depressed for two weeks or try to make something of it. While I was in a small town, there were these bus day tours you could take and I sure did take a lot of them. I am really glad I saw the "Ludwig II" musical in Fuessen. It has unfortunately closed. While it may have not gotten the audience it merited, I thought it was terrific.

This time, I hope for nice weather, a car that runs and no trips to the emergency room. By the way, I learned a lot of German words for body parts as well and that German medicine is very good and very inexpensive if you don't have German insurance. I had 3 visits to the doctor in the local hospital, several x-rays and a brace. For the last visit, I looted my bank account and they presented me a bill for $160. I couldn't believe it. Then they said, "You can submit the bill to your insurer for reimbursement." I looked at them and said, "It would cost me more than $160 to have it translated." I said I was going to forget about it and I did.

If you ever get to Lake Constance again, be sure to check out the zepplin museum in Friederichaven. It is very state of the art and very interesting. Also, there is a marionnette theater in Lindau where they do marionette operas. Don't miss that either! Hobbling around, I saw two of those on the Bavarian exchange. I will be going to the marionnette theater for "The Magic Flute" at the Schoenbrunn Theater on the up coming trip.

I will try and give everyone a run down when I return. Hopefully, there will be no need for all the cuss words from last time.

ira, Good report. By the way, you missed ((I)) in the last post :) Ira without the ((I)) is not the ira I know. Wait I don't "know" you. Still, get your mojo back, Man. Unless you are trying to tell something (like the poor, pathetic guys who all of a sudden start growing beards because they are sleeping in the dog house!).

Ira:

Such a fine detailed report. Your mention of the Chagall windows in Sarrebourg triggered some shots I took their last spring. I don't want to step on your toes, so I hope I hope you don't mind my sharing these. The outside shot brings out the enormous size of the window.


Stu T.


http://picasaweb.google.com/stuartto...Sarrebourg2006

sorry...try this...for Chagall windows

http://picasaweb.google.com/stuartto...dowsFrance2006

Hello ira,

I have a couple of questions about Herrenchiemsee (and thanks for the tip about the parking lot at Prien!). Do you recall how often the boats leave Prien for Herrenchiemsee? Also, do you recall the approximate price of the boat ride and the parking fee?

Due to a work conference DH cannot miss, it looks like our plans for Greece next May are out so we are thinking long and hard about returning to Germany and Austria. Your trip report has been a great help in giving us so many ideas for places we have not yet visited.

Obviously I'm not Ira but you can view the boat schedule here

www.chiemsee-schifffahrt.de

Thanks for the schedule, Dukey.

Very helpful

Loved your report, ira...and all the added comments from everyone.

Question about Haus Am Moos...do they take credit cards or are they cash only? Just curious.