Steven Cu wrote:
> As for the food, try the sausages and there pork hocks
> plus the local beer brands (lowenbrau etc) . I was able to get parts only at
> a local vw dealer(expensive).

Blechhh!  lowenbrau?  Sorry. <grin>  A real Lowenbrau (in Germany...not
the swill exported here) is better than most US domestic stuff but when
in Germany why drink it?  <BTW, add Grolsch to the list>  Try a Hahnen
Alt (my previous regularly available favorite... and bring me back a few
cases...grin), Henniger, or some of the smaller labels.  Many of the
factories also have cheap/free tours and better still... PRODUCT
SAMPLING!  Food?  Just go to the bakeries and load up!  I'll take a
German bakery over a french one any day of the year!  For lodging try
the small gasthauses.  They're similar to our bed and breakfast type
places.  There is plenty to see and do in Frankfurt (the Palmengarten is
nice).  BTW, take the Ubahn to the Hauptwache (spelling?).  When you get
off and go up to the 1st underground level, follow your nose.  Hopefully
the little shop that sells the crepes smeared with a chocolate/hazelnut
sauce is still there.  They cook them on a griddle just outside the
door.  If you like wine, and can drive, do a tour of the wine country
along the Rhine and Mosel rivers.  Castles are all over Germany so you
can hit those on the same trips.  If you were going in December, I'd
recommend the outdoor christmas market in Nurnburg.  For the carnivores,
they have a special sausage that you can only get during the christmas
market.  That's all I can remember at this point.  ILYK if I can't jog
my memory a little.
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