In '98, we did it differently. We rented a car from Kemwell in upstate New York, flew to Frankfurt, picked up the car hassle-free, drove to all of our intended places, returned the car at Frankfurt and flew home. It was Sep-Oct and we had no lodging or restaurant plans. We always found nice lodging and the food was great. The weather was awful. Having previously seen the cities, we visited ancestral towns and cousins, but never stayed with any of them. It was not a research trip. Bob Doerr in the beautiful Missouri Ozarks Please see http://www.rollanet.org/~bdoerr/contents.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: <MomRip@aol.com> To: <HESSE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 12:47 AM Subject: Re: [HESSE] Towns in Hesse > In a message dated 10/20/2003 9:29:33 AM Central Daylight Time, > elsavorwerk@mindspring.com writes: > > > We are planning a trip to Germany in May > First off, go to Google and enter into SEARCH the name of the town (do each > one individually). You should get many hits on most of them and if they have a > web site, that will show. > We went to Germany back in '94 and had a grand trip. I planned it and booked > it all on my own and we were completely satisfied. If you stay with the > larger Hotels, Restaurants, on the main streets, etc. you will find many that have > their menus in German and English, as well as having employees who speak > English. The German people are well educated. > We flew into Frankfurt, took the train to Munich, picked up a rental car and > drove to Austria where we had a timeshare booked for a week. At the end of > our week we drove back to Munich, turned in our car, took the train to Mannheim > and got another rental which we drove through Germany for a week, ending up in > Frankfurt, for our flight home. The hotels were thoroughly modern as far as > their amenities, etc. We had all the necessary comforts of home. We made use > of a laundromat, grocery stores, local bakeries and deli. Great Food! > Contact the Country's Visitor's/Tourist Bureau for Maps & Info. > Lea in KCMO > Researching - Ripper, VonderHaar, Cirtautas, Gerst, Blumfelder, Mueller, > > > Hoelzer > > > ==== HESSE Mailing List ==== > Going on Vacation? Longer than 4 days? Go to > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/DEU/HESSE.html > to unsubscribe > >

Hi, Bob. <<The weather was awful>> Depends on where you come from :) It's awful again right now, and will most likely stay like this for the rest of the year. But we have had the greatest summer of all times to make up for it :) Heinz