Help dadpad and mumpad plan a European tour

Dadpad,don't forget to keep us posted on your photo thread when you set it up.We would all love to see the folks you bumped into

Here endeth the lesson.

we made it home and have had an excellent adventure.

Oh.. and its raining and cold here.

Yay!! Home safe!!!

Welcome back, dapad & mumpad.
I suppose you're both suffering from jet lag now?
Yep, & it's freezing, too.
Bet you both wish you'd stayed away longer!

Well, their German was improving a lot .... that wouldn't have been the problem

Be sure to visit our neighborhood next time, heh?

Just in general - I've had success staying at B&Bs throughout Europe. Depending on the time of year (if it isn't a high travel time) and if you are more adventerous - I'd wing it while I was there. We traveled by train and when we arrived at a destination, we would go right to the Travel information station and they would book us with a B&B.

This worked very well in England - they seemed to be able to size you up and place you with a B&B that worked well. You could also tell them your preferences of the types you like.

And how far from the train station. I usually booked my close to the station for convenience, because more often then not, public transportation was readily available.

I travel quite a lot, mainly in Europe.

Good b6b's usually aren't to be found close to train stations. And outside the UK, France and major regions in Italy, you don't find a huge number of b&b's at all .... besides in rural areas. And that's even more pleasant. (In France, I really like it e.g. to stay with just a few other guests and with interesting hosts.

(I do think that mumpad and dadpad found a rather nice b&b in Germany, though some hundred miles away from the ferry port )(But just 15 mins or 35 mins from the next airports ...)

Walter, I should have mentioned that my stays near the train stations were always hotels and not B&bs, but they can most often find them within your requested price range.

That all depends, I think.

When we were in Munich a couple of days ago, I got a four+ star hotel for the price of a b&b there (80€ including breakfast) ... and only 100m away from the next suburban train station.

In Rome and Nice I stayed in some quite luxury b&b's at a price, you had to pay for a 2* hotel ... (And in Paris we usually stay in b&b's farer outside)

Walter, As a regular traveler around Europe, I'm sure your knowledge about all things related to travel is second to none. I will not challenge anything you say, and will even seek your advise the next time I'm planning an independent trip to Europe, because I "know" you and trust your judgment.

In my experience I've found that there usually is a tourist information or lodging help right within the train station or right outside. As far as where to stay - you can always ask for a preference to be close to the train.

Yeah - I found the nicer ones in more remote areas, however, if you are more concerned about location and cost than how nice the B&B is - you can often times stay walking distance. Really a matter of what is important to you.

As a matter of fact, that's what I used when I did a two week independent travel by Eurail many years ago.

Dadpad, I'll let you have a day or two to recuperate, but then I'll be expecting some more pix!

Pics coming. We've got something like 2000 to sort through.

Egads!

how many with the lens cap on?

None (any more) I think i've deleted those. Also deleted the nude hotel room shots that mumpad took.