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Back from ED through Germany, Austria, Italy and France
This evening I got back from 2 weeks in Europe. I thought that would have been plenty of time. I could have used a couple more weeks.  . During my trip I had the pleasure of meeting KYYUAN who also picked up his car the same day I did. Met a few more folks who did ED during the factory tour though they were not board members. It was a blast to be able drive at 100-110 mph and not be concerend about being stopped.  I need to get some sleep now but I will be posting more details and pictures about my experiences in the next few days. All the information that I gathered here on the board came in so handy and made things go more smoothly. | | Reply » Back from ED through Germany, Austria, Italy and France |
Quote: This evening I got back from 2 weeks in Europe. I thought that would have been plenty of time. I could have used a couple more weeks. .
During my trip I had the pleasure of meeting KYYUAN who also picked up his car the same day I did. Met a few more folks who did ED during the factory tour though they were not board members.
It was a blast to be able drive at 100-110 mph and not be concerend about being stopped.
I need to get some sleep now but I will be posting more details and pictures about my experiences in the next few days.
All the information that I gathered here on the board came in so handy and made things go more smoothly. |
Welcome home. Get some rest and then let us know about your trip.
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Hey Guys!
Happy to hear your trips went so well. I'm still on mine, on the last leg in Barcelona.
I was in Munich from 10/17 - 10/20 and picked up the car the 20th. Stayed at the Munich Marriott in Schwabing. While nothing special, the location nor the price could be beat. It was only a block away from the U-Bahn with a bank on the way to the station. A couple of times, my fiance and I walked down Leopoldstrasse to get to Marienplatz, stopping at Wursthaus Zur Brez'n for lunch.
My last night (the 20th), I stayed at the airport Marriott in Freising. It was a good improvement - much more modern and with some additional features. The rooms were also larger.
We flew on to Barcelona and took the metro train to the city where we caught a bus to Tossa de Mar. I was able to get to Lloret de Mar by bus a couple of days to see race preps and to see them leave town the next morning to begin the Rallye de Catalunya. I didn't get to see any real racing since we didn't have time to follow the cars into the country, but seeing them was a blast. The weirdest thing was just seeing them cruise around town the day before and the morning of the rally. Really surreal. I'm quite sure I'll be here this time next year with more time and a rental car.
Barcelona is cool. If anyone is interested in a great but reasonably priced place to stay, check out the Amrey Diagonal. The location isn't perfectly central, but like the Munich Marriott, it is a short train ride to town. The hotel is very new and extremely modern. There is even high-speed Intenet right in the room. I just plugged in my Ethernet cable and I was online. I was able to get a room for about $100 a night. Not bad for the quality of the hotel and the location.
I'd like to post pictures, but the files are too large. If interested, you can check out:
http://photos.yahoo.com/xspeedy
Check out the "Honeymoon" folder.
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Sounds like you had an excellent trip despite having fun with a few navigation glitches.  I'll bet you can't wait to go back. I know I can't. Thanks for posting the details as well -- these will be helpful for trying out Italy next time. :thumpup: I know what you mean about wanting a couple of more weeks. So many places to see, so many roads to drive, so little time. 
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Thanks for the review and information. Always a big help for those of us going over in the future.
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As had been suggested I removed the first aid kit, rechargeable flash light, triangle, and the extra front bumper trim (w/ no license plate holder).
Unfortunately I was in a hurry and was unable to figure out how to remove the license plate. It appears to have been installed with tamper proof screws. They had a plastic white cap that I could not seem to be able to remove so I gave up trying to retrieve my from license plate.  I hope I am one of the lucky ones that has the license plates make it back to the States. There was also a 325 at DCAT with both license plates. So I guess I was not the only not able to figure out how to remove the mounting screws.
I was only asked to return one key so I have the 2 other keys with me.
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