...and don´t forget to visit Trier. It is the oldest city of Germany (2016 years old) with big roman ruins and a big roman gate called Porta Nigra =The Black Gate. If you drink wine, visit the smal wine towns all over Rhineland-Pfalz... visit the Rhine valley and Mosel valley with so much old castles. If you want to check archive ask us and we give good answers. Enjoy it ! god bless you Werner >Robert & Karen Fay, > > Good Morning, Janice, > Your trip should be a great one. Enjoy!! I cannot speak about Sweden, I > have not been there, but in Germany, there will be many "zimmer frei" signs > which mean room and board is available there. Also, in many places, we > found that there are sign boards on the edge of town with a map showing the > available places to stay. This is great if you are renting a car to travel. > We found we preferred staying in the homes or smaller establishments, as we > were afforded a personal welcome greater than in the hotels, and learned a > lot more about the area than in the hotels. We have such wonderful memories > of our visit three years ago. Their autobahns have fast moving traffic, and > the right lane seemed to be always full of semis, but it was still a smooth > way to travel. They really are the same thing as our interstate system. It > was their autobahn that Eisenhower used to initiate the interstate system we > have when he was our president, based on his WWII experience. > If you get a chance, visit Rüdesheim. It is a charming city on the > Rhine just west of Wiesbaden. Or, visit Bernkastel on the Mosselle. We > though Rüdeheim and Rothenburg were the two most fun places, closely > followed by the time in Austrian Tirol area. We loved Innsbruck and > Garmish, too. Oh I could go on and on about all the great places, the Black > Forest, the castles, it is a wonderful country to visit. I will look > forward to hearing about your trip. > Karen Teichmann Fay