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So, going to Frankfurt this Friday.

Started by The Good Reverend Roger, December 31, 2013, 03:12:12 AM

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GrannySmith

#15
January 01, 2014, 08:56:28 AM
I'm not so familiar with Frankfurt but I heard the Senkenberg museum is worth visiting if you're into natural history. They have dinosaurs, a geopark etc:
http://www.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?page_id=5256

If you're willing to travel, there's Heidelberg about 20 minutes south, which is a famed to be really beautiful:
http://www.heidelberg.de/english,Len/Home/Visit.html

If you're willing to travel even further, there's the volcanic area 2 hours northeast:
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/environment/earth-sciences/global-geoparks/members/germany/vulkaneifel-european-geopark/

If I hear anything else about the area there I'll post.
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The Good Reverend Roger

#16
January 01, 2014, 05:47:31 PM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on December 31, 2013, 06:08:03 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on December 31, 2013, 03:12:12 AM
Spending a week in Germany on the company dime.  Specifically, Frankfurt.  I will have about 5 days of Roger time while I do this, as this trip is basically a junket.  I will have a rental car and no intention of driving on a different side of the street or whatever people do in Europe.  And essentially unlimited credit, provided I can shoehorn it into "entertainment expenses".

What do I need to do and see?

I have major envy.

You got to go to Nashville.

I'm pretty sure there's no Music Row in Frankfurt.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

The Good Reverend Roger

#17
January 01, 2014, 05:48:11 PM
Quote from: GrannySmith on January 01, 2014, 08:56:28 AM
I'm not so familiar with Frankfurt but I heard the Senkenberg museum is worth visiting if you're into natural history. They have dinosaurs, a geopark etc:
http://www.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?page_id=5256

If you're willing to travel, there's Heidelberg about 20 minutes south, which is a famed to be really beautiful:
http://www.heidelberg.de/english,Len/Home/Visit.html

If you're willing to travel even further, there's the volcanic area 2 hours northeast:
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/environment/earth-sciences/global-geoparks/members/germany/vulkaneifel-european-geopark/

If I hear anything else about the area there I'll post.

Thank you.  Heidelberg has been on my list.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Ben Shapiro

#18
January 01, 2014, 08:11:28 PM
Have fun man, and take lots of pictures.

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#19
January 02, 2014, 03:25:20 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on January 01, 2014, 05:47:31 PM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on December 31, 2013, 06:08:03 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on December 31, 2013, 03:12:12 AM
Spending a week in Germany on the company dime.  Specifically, Frankfurt.  I will have about 5 days of Roger time while I do this, as this trip is basically a junket.  I will have a rental car and no intention of driving on a different side of the street or whatever people do in Europe.  And essentially unlimited credit, provided I can shoehorn it into "entertainment expenses".

What do I need to do and see?

I have major envy.

You got to go to Nashville.

I'm pretty sure there's no Music Row in Frankfurt.

I feel like A WHOLE OTHER CONTINENT trumps visiting anywhere in Tennessee.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

The Good Reverend Roger

#20
January 02, 2014, 07:43:58 AM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on January 02, 2014, 03:25:20 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on January 01, 2014, 05:47:31 PM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on December 31, 2013, 06:08:03 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on December 31, 2013, 03:12:12 AM
Spending a week in Germany on the company dime.  Specifically, Frankfurt.  I will have about 5 days of Roger time while I do this, as this trip is basically a junket.  I will have a rental car and no intention of driving on a different side of the street or whatever people do in Europe.  And essentially unlimited credit, provided I can shoehorn it into "entertainment expenses".

What do I need to do and see?

I have major envy.

You got to go to Nashville.

I'm pretty sure there's no Music Row in Frankfurt.

I feel like A WHOLE OTHER CONTINENT trumps visiting anywhere in Tennessee.

Well, yes and no.  I've been in Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America, and spags are spags wherever you go.

But Germans build some kickass castles.  I can't deny that.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

GrannySmith

#21
January 02, 2014, 07:29:54 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on January 02, 2014, 07:43:58 AM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on January 02, 2014, 03:25:20 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on January 01, 2014, 05:47:31 PM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on December 31, 2013, 06:08:03 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on December 31, 2013, 03:12:12 AM
Spending a week in Germany on the company dime.  Specifically, Frankfurt.  I will have about 5 days of Roger time while I do this, as this trip is basically a junket.  I will have a rental car and no intention of driving on a different side of the street or whatever people do in Europe.  And essentially unlimited credit, provided I can shoehorn it into "entertainment expenses".

What do I need to do and see?

I have major envy.

You got to go to Nashville.

I'm pretty sure there's no Music Row in Frankfurt.

I feel like A WHOLE OTHER CONTINENT trumps visiting anywhere in Tennessee.

Well, yes and no.  I've been in Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America, and spags are spags wherever you go.

But Germans build some kickass castles.  I can't deny that.

If you like castles and if you're planning to visit Heidelberg anyway (by the way I typed something wrong i think, Heidelberg is a bit less than an hour south of Frankfurt, not just 20 minutes), anyway, you should consider visiting Hornberg castle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornberg_Castle

That's about an hour to the east of Heidelberg but it's on the Neckar valley, which apparently is every castle lover's dreamland:
http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2008/mar/01/germany.walkingholidays
QuoteMost of these villages were fortified. The Neckar valley was like a corridor of castles. It wasn't just a question of a few walls and a big door. Each of these bastions was a stupendous, almost Disneyesque creation. Neckarsteinach had three of these fortresses, all built by thugs with names like "The Grand Wrecker of the Country". Hirschhorn had only one fortress but it was a particularly virulent orange, and dangled off the top of a hill.
and
QuoteI spent my last night at Hornberg Castle, as Twain had. It was once the home of robber barons (their family shield, I noticed, depicted a wolf devouring a sheep) but is now a hotel.
(Hornberg is also a museum - pardon the badly written article, it's just to give an impression of the area)
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Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#22
January 02, 2014, 07:40:21 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on January 02, 2014, 07:43:58 AM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on January 02, 2014, 03:25:20 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on January 01, 2014, 05:47:31 PM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on December 31, 2013, 06:08:03 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on December 31, 2013, 03:12:12 AM
Spending a week in Germany on the company dime.  Specifically, Frankfurt.  I will have about 5 days of Roger time while I do this, as this trip is basically a junket.  I will have a rental car and no intention of driving on a different side of the street or whatever people do in Europe.  And essentially unlimited credit, provided I can shoehorn it into "entertainment expenses".

What do I need to do and see?

I have major envy.

You got to go to Nashville.

I'm pretty sure there's no Music Row in Frankfurt.

I feel like A WHOLE OTHER CONTINENT trumps visiting anywhere in Tennessee.

Well, yes and no.  I've been in Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America, and spags are spags wherever you go.

But Germans build some kickass castles.  I can't deny that.

The only places outside of the US I've been able to visit are Agua Prieta for about ten minutes, and various places in British Columbia, which barely counts.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

Sir Squid Diddimus

#23
January 04, 2014, 04:28:02 AM
20 minutes west of Frankfurt is the land of Squiddy birth.
Interesting little town with a quite excellent market platz.

Also, don't miss out on THIS bitch right here!
http://www.neuschwanstein.de/index.htm

http://www.youwall.com/papel/neuschwanstein_castle_wallpaper_9729b.jpg

The Good Reverend Roger

#24
January 05, 2014, 07:14:53 AM
Quote from: Sir Squid Diddimus on January 04, 2014, 04:28:02 AM
20 minutes west of Frankfurt is the land of Squiddy birth.
Interesting little town with a quite excellent market platz.

Also, don't miss out on THIS bitch right here!
http://www.neuschwanstein.de/index.htm

http://www.youwall.com/papel/neuschwanstein_castle_wallpaper_9729b.jpg

That's on my list.  For reals.

DOUR,
Like Pappenhiem up in this bitch.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Junkenstein

#25
January 05, 2014, 12:52:10 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on December 31, 2013, 03:39:42 AM
Also, Mike wanted to arrange two rental cars, because there's four of us.

Translation:  He wants to rent a Porshe.  NOT HAPPENING ON MY WATCH.  We're going to rent a KIA or something.

Because a Canadian with a Mexican and two Americans from a South African company driving a South Korean car on the autobahn is COSMOPOLITAN AS FUCK.
,
:mittens:

Well played.

Also, if you're making a day of Heidelberg, I should mention the Philosopher's way, good walk, great views, liable to put the other 3 through hell if they hate movement under their own power.
Nine naked Men just walking down the road will cause a heap of trouble for all concerned.

The Good Reverend Roger

#26
January 05, 2014, 02:43:52 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on January 05, 2014, 12:52:10 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on December 31, 2013, 03:39:42 AM
Also, Mike wanted to arrange two rental cars, because there's four of us.

Translation:  He wants to rent a Porshe.  NOT HAPPENING ON MY WATCH.  We're going to rent a KIA or something.

Because a Canadian with a Mexican and two Americans from a South African company driving a South Korean car on the autobahn is COSMOPOLITAN AS FUCK.
,
:mittens:

Well played.

Also, if you're making a day of Heidelberg, I should mention the Philosopher's way, good walk, great views, liable to put the other 3 through hell if they hate movement under their own power.

See dispatches thread.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

The Good Reverend Roger

#27
January 07, 2014, 10:31:49 PM
Annnnd I just scored another trip here.

:banana:

DOUR,
Off to bed.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Ben Shapiro

#28
January 07, 2014, 10:44:24 PM
I STILL WANT HITLER'S DOG!

Reginald Ret

#29
January 07, 2014, 11:25:00 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on January 07, 2014, 10:31:49 PM
Annnnd I just scored another trip here.

:banana:

DOUR,
Off to bed.
Congrats!
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