Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Piettes in Germany - May 2 - 12, 2018


Wednesday, May 2, 2018
  • Leave home at 11:50
  • 12:40 Bus to O’Hare
  • Depart ORD on Finnair flight AY10  at 6:00 PM, seats 30A&C
Thursday, May 3
  • Arrive Helsinki at 10:50AM
  • Depart Helsinki on Finnair flight AY1433 at 11:30
  • Arrive Berlin at 12:25PM
  • Almstadtstraße 24 2. Hinterhaus Erdgeschoß Rechts Berlin, Berlin 10119
Friday, May 4
  • Reichstag 9:30AM Reservation made
  • Museum Island
  • Topography of Terror
  • Eat at im Podewil
  • Berlin Wall Memorial
  • Dinner at Yarok – Syrian food
    • Met a couple from Maine
Saturday, May 5
  • German History Museum
  • Markthalle Neun
    • Covered market in the SE of Berlin
  • Prater Beir Garden
Sunday, May 6 – Travel day
  • 11:19 Train to Dresden
    • Arrive 13:07
  • Neumarkt Dresden, Sachsen 01067
    • Check in after 3:00PM
  • Rick Steves Dresden walk
  • Dinner at Watzke at the Golden Rider
Monday, May 7
  • Cokkee at Dresder Kaffeestubchen
  • Royal Palace
    • Green Vault Tickets purchased
  • Laundry
  • Dinner at Altmarkteller
Tuesday, May 8 – Travel day
·         Dresden Catholic Cathedral
·         10:21 Train to Nuremburg
    • Arrive at 13:54
  • Bindergasse 7 Nürnberg, Bayern 90403
    • Check in after 8:00AM
  • Bratwursthausle bei St Sebald
    • Little Nuremberg brats
  • Barfusser for beer
  • Dinner at Istanbul restaurant
Wednesday, May 9
  • Nazi Documentation Center
  • Nazi Rallying Grounds
  • Nuremberg Castle
    • Grounds only – we didn’t go in
  • St Lawrence church
  • Albrecht Durer House
    • We didn’t go in
  • German National Museum
  • Dinner at Ganesha Royal Indian
Thursday, May 10 – travel day
  • 9:55 Train to Munich
    • Arrive 11:02
  • 4 St.-Anna-Straße Munich, BY 80538
    • Check in after noon
  • Biergarten Viktualienmarkt
    • beer
  • Big protest in the main square
  • Schneider Brauhaus
    • Snacks and beer
  • Hofbrauhaus Muchen
    • Beer
  • Haxnbauer im Scholastikahaus
    • Pork knuckle
  • La Stanza
Friday, May 11
  • Munich Residence Museum
  • Biergarten Viktualienmarkt
  • Augustiner Klosterwirt
    • Beer
  • English Garden
    • Surfers
    • Beer garden
  • La Stanza
    • Last meal of the trip
Saturday, May 12
·         Leave for Airport at
·         Depart Munich on AA flight 717 at 10:15AM
·         Arrive in Philadelphia at 1:30PM
·         Depart PHL on AA flight 455 at 3:44PM
·         Arrive in Chicago at 4:46PM
·         Catch bus to Milwaukee