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I am flying into Frankfurt and then have 10 days with a rail pass. Anyone make suggestions on itnerrary? I was thinking 2 days Frankfurt, 1night Weimar/ 3 nights Berlin/ 2 nights munich/ last night back to Frankfurt. I want to see so much, but just don't know where to really begin, Dresden/ Leipzig/ Postdam/ Black forest/ Baden Baden anyone been there can help? Thanks

Your itnerrary needs a little adjustment. First, what do you want to see? Your headline says WWII but your intnerray does zig zag a bit. Berlin and Munich were completely destroyed in WWII. Berlin is almost a new city minus the old East Berlin. There isn't much left of old Munich. Frankfurt is just about the same. Pre-WWII doesn't exist. The Black forest and Baden Baden are in different directions from Dresden Leipzig and Postdam.

I would drop Frankfurt. Potsdam is a pleasant outing from Berlin on the S bahn. Weimar would require more than one day if you want to visit Buchenwald, and Munich would require more than two nights if you take an outing to Dachau. I am assuming a WWII (not 11) interest. For background information, read some of the Jorge Semprun books about his experiences in Buchenwald.

Although the center of Berlin was bombed extensively there is still much in the way of WWII-related sites, from Wanssee (where a conference took place that discussed the mechanisms of the Holocaust) to Potsdam (last meeting place of the Big Three), and in the center of the city the Air Ministry is now the Finance Ministry, the Topography of Terror (site of the former Gestopo headquarters), Plotzansee (where many of the July 20th conspirators were executed), the Reichstag (although this is largely a re-construction), the Propaganda Ministry, Tempelhof, etc.

I would skip Frankfurt also. I lived in Germany and go there frequently and have never been into Frankfurt and never had anyone tell me I missed anything. Another large town.<BR><BR>Head to Bavaria. Garmisch, Berchtesgaden, Munich, Salzburg...all great areas with plenty to see and do. Your current itinerary seems to have you on the train quite a bit. Great if you like riding trains, not so great if you want to see Germany in person.

The Remagen Bridge Museum in Remagen is quite good - plenty of interesting documents and artifacts that chronicle the battle for the bridge and its demise. Remagen is between Frankfurt and Cologne along the Rhine, and the museum, housed in the old bridge supports, is about 20 minutes' walk south of the Remagen station.<BR><BR>www.bruecke-remagen.de<BR><BR>I'd skip Frankfurt as well.

If you want undestroyed cities:<BR><BR>Suggest Gorlitz on the Polish border East of Dresden. What Berlin used to be!!<BR><BR>Celle near Hanover for a look back at the 1500's<BR><BR>Wittenburg where Luther pastored and taught.<BR><BR>And Jueterbog just north of Wittenberg where Tetzel set off the reformation by selling indulgences to Luther's parishoners. (my ancestral home)<BR><BR>All small +- 10,000 towns small enough ot grasp.<BR><BR>Ron

Was I sleeping when the WWIII thru WWX were fought?