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Any suggestions? What about where you live, TC?

Where would this be? I think I used to know, but my memory ain't what is used to be

Germersheim, which is close to... I keep forgetting.

We're being advertised: A61687731

Midway between Mannheim and Karlsruhe, it seems

Mannheim must be a fascinating place from what I've heard.

Isn't it a great place for musicians? Or so I have heard, once, maybe.

I would love to show you all Speyer - but it's rather off the beaten track. Mannheim, however, is more accessible, or Heidelberg, which I suggested before.

Oh - simpost!

Mannheim is easily accessible from Frankfurt if anyone is flying in. It does have its own airfield, but I'm not sure if there are connections to London, and, if they are, they're probably quite expensive.

Mannheim is famous for musicians - Mozart spent some time there. Nowadays, it is the first German Pop Academy and has produced many famous names. (I can't think of any internationally famous ones off-hand, but I could look them up)

Oh, there used to be direct flights Kiel-Mannheim

My son #1 is stationed in Speyer. Train connections are fine from Frankfurt but take a while (a good two hours, I think).

Heidelberg is lovely, and not too far from Frankfurt, either.

Mmmh, I can see that I will end up driving.

(Which means that I can also pick up people on my way-ish, like in Hamburg or Hannover. Or even Kiel, which has ferry connections to Danemark *gazing towards Pierce *)

Hannover is nice, too, we've already tested it with a mini-meet...

If you book tickets early, the trains are reasonably cheap, too - I think their usual advertised price is 29€ for any connection in Germany or something.

Ah, this would be worth investigating

I paid less than 50€ for the train from Göttingen to London, too

I'll leave the planning up to you, though, since I honestly can't say yet whether I'll be able to come. Some of the jobs I've applied for were on weekends, too.

Göttingen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rajgW4Y75CQ

.. Tallinn ???

well .. around 1200 it was almost German .. ish ..


you wouldn't like to discriminate on age now, would you?

ok ok ok .. Wesenberg .. nice German name

they call it Rakvere now .. it was called Pakbepe for a while ..

How are we going to decide on a location? Because until we do, I can't book my plane, and I'd like to do that while the prices are still cheap enough for me to afford it.

Hmmm, why don't you just book a plane to Frankfurt and we'll take it from there?

Good idea. I was assuming that I would hire a car from the airport. Is car hire reasonable in Germany?