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I love, love, love Germany! Is the airfare you found on Lufthansa? They have some awesome deals.

The times I've been there, I've flown into Frankfurt as well. It's a great starting point for exploring Germany because it's really central. Although I don't think the new part of Frankfurt is that great, the old part is so beautiful.... very old-Germany with the gingerbread looking buildings, cobblestone streets, etc.

The other thing about flying into Frankfurt is that from there you can easily get to the main cities like Berlin and Munich by train. I'd recommend exploring the smaller towns around Frankfurt too... namely Wurzburg, Rottenberg, and Heidelberg. They're beautiful! And since you asked, Germany in general is an amazing starting point for getting around other countries in Western Europe. From Munich you can easily get to Austria (Innsbruck isn't far at all), and from Austria you can get to Switzerland and northern Italy if you have time. Whenever students come to me for advise on where to begin their European adventures, Germany is always one of my first picks because of it's central location and cheaper flights than places like Paris, Italy, etc.

As far as shopping goes, Berlin and Munich both have great shopping cultures! I love their artsy boutiques so much... they're so fun and the things they have are so unique that you could never get here in the States. Oh, and Germany is very safe... no worries there!

HTH!

My DH and I went to frankfurt last year and stayed for a week. Fantastic city and a amazing country!!!

-The people are super friendly
- Best Ice cream in the world (gelato, and it totally kicks paris gelato's ass)
-city is safe. There are some areas known for hard core bondage homosexual bars, and at night they seem a tad scary.
- beautiful buildings.
- We stayed at the meridian, and it was amazing. Flat screen tvs, huge rooms, nice bathrooms, super modern furnishings in a really old building.
- Shopping was great. We walked everywhere. They have a shopping area equivilant to NY 5th avenue with all the big designers.
- Fantastic holocaust memorial muesem. I spent 6 hours there, it was very moving.
-The older part of the city has tons of boutiques.
- Down by the river each night tons of locals gather and hang out and drink. You meet a ton of people and so many speak english.

We also took the train and traveled to luxomberg (about a 5 hour train ride) and it was one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen. We stayed there for a few days also. This is considered a country and they mainly speak french here. It is built with so many castles and they still have royal family.

Pm me if you have any questions!

Here are some pics of our trip ---

Frankfurt pics








-- Edited by AllieGurl at 20:24, 2007-02-25