Trip to Germany

[chittychattykathy]

Scoop,
Thanks for responding. Still not really set on regions, or even our route, so info like yours is really going to help in making some of our choices. After talking with some folks at a wine event today am now looking at maybe: Munich-Zurich-Strasbourg-North Italy. A bit of a change from my original route. Can add stops here or there within that basic route. Maybe even fitting in Austria as I have an importer that tells me they are "the" nicest folks in Europe. Have opportunities for staying in Champagne as well, but think that is too far West. We've 14 days to fit it all in and want a fairly slow pace. My last trip, to France, was 9 days and covered all the main wine regions, a true working trip! Rheingau would be nice to spend some tourist time in as I do not want to be "working" the whole trip. My next question is would you, (meaning all of you, all ideas considered) rather spend more time in Germany or Northern Italy? I do speak (three years of classes) some German, and my gal-friend is fairly fluent in French. So I am hoping we'll do fine for most of the trip, in even the smaller villages. Italy is another thing though! Please, let the ideas flow as I need to buy tickets and set dates up this week. Many thanks to all, Kathy

[This message has been edited by chittychattykathy (edited 08-28-2000).]