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Subject: poland/germany

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Heaves

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Date Posted: 05:18:59 04/16/13 Tue

I assume the wife's extended family is taking care of the Poland part of the trip, but I just wanted to note that I hear a lot of good things about Krakow. The city is on the top of my places to visit in Poland.

As far as modes of travel go, there may be a point where it's better to fly rather than taking the train from a cost perspective. But from a logistics point of view, nothing beats getting to the train station 20 minutes before departure and jumping on the train without having to lug bags and kids through security. Trains can get really expensive when you closer to the travel date. So my advice is to book early (now or as soon as they know the travel dates). I did a mock search for travel from Wilhelmshave to Munchen on this site ( http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query2.exe/en?rt=1& ) for July 2 for 2 adults and 2 kids ages 6-14. I was surprised to find a ticket for 1st class with certain seating/cancellation restrictions for 79 EUR. This is a fantastic price for 4 people!

I am ashamed to admit that Hafer might actually have more information on touristy things to do in Munich from his time spent here during his baby making voyage. I kind of find Munich boring from a tourist perspective, but I can recommend a few things.

*Mike's bike tour of Munich could be good, especially for the kids. http://www.mikesbiketours.com/
* Neuschwanstein Castle - it's about an hour to an hour and a half south of the city. There are day passes available for the train to get there and back (for 4 people, it would be about 34 EUR total). Apparently, Mike's also provides tours for this.
*Glockenspiel and Frauenkirchen in center city (Marienplatz) - by far the most popular tourist attraction in Munich.
*Zoo - I've never been but seems to have good online reviews. I've heard it's decent.
*Deutsches Museum is a technology museum. If you look closely enough to the eagles on the roof of the building, you will find these came from the Nazis (cute!). I plan on going this spring/summer, but Hafer has been here and could chime in if he likes.
*BMW factory tour - neat if you like factories. The kids might like it. The tour is about 1.5-2 hours long. The factory is right at Olympia Park too, home of the 1972 Olympic games.
*Nymphenburg Palace - the summer home of the Bavarian monarchy. I hear, as far as palaces go, it's boring.
*Munich Residenz - the every day palace of the Bavarian monarchy. It's ok. It depends how excited they get about palaces. It's in the center of the city though, making it close to the Glockenspiel.
*Other museums that Hafer has been to but I haven't. Some art museums.
*Beer garden - it's a must. There is the Chinese Tower beer garden in the English Garden (largest public park in Europe). It's the most touristy of all beer gardens. There's also the Hirschau beer garden in the English Garden that has a playground for the kids. Or they can take a day trip to the Andechs Monastery and drink delicious beer there. Again, 34 EUR train day pass would be the best option.

There's some more information on some of the aforementioned places on trip advisor.
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g187309-Activities-Munich_Bavaria.html

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