Germany 08 - The Big Plan

Planning for Germany had been quite the adventure. Basically, if you can imagine it in Germany then we're probably going there. Our apologies to the fine people of Frankfurt...it just didn't make the cut. Here's what we've got:

• Berlin - 4 days of sightseeing including the Reichstag, Zoo, Brandenburg Gate, Alexander Platz, Deutsches Technikmuseum, the new Bahnhof, Schloss Charlottenburg, Potsdamer Platz, and who knows what else

• Dresden - quick stop for sightseeing

• Nuremberg - Kaiserburg Castle

• Munich - Hobrauhaus, Marienplatz to see the giant Glockenspiel, the Residenz, Nymphenburg gardens

• Zugspitzeplatt - A day trip to the highest point in Germany

• Schloss Neuschwanstein - the Cinderella Castle

• Bodensee and the Black Forest - our day with German nature (and some cuckoo clocks)

• Heidelberg - a half day stop to see the castle and the sights

• Cologne - the cathedral, zoo, and the Rhine

• Bremen - a quick stop for lunch and the sights of the town square

• Northern Germany - visits with family, side trips to Flensburg and Sylt, cows

• Kiel - visits with family and friends

• Lubeck - viewing the sites of this beautiful old city

• Hamburg - a giant model train, some half-timbered houses

• Berlin - catch the flight back

Yep, I'm exhausted just typing it!

So far we've got the list of places to visit, a place to sleep every night we're in Germany (often we're not the same place more than one or two nights), flights, and a rental car. Yep, we're driving! I've even got my international drivers license, which sounds fancy but is nothing more than a translation of my US license.