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Some Links: https://www.hofbraeuhaus.de/en/index_en.html https://www.augsburg.de/index.php?id=12307 https://www.heh.de/default.aspx?lang=en
1) The AZ Beemers "Boar Hogs" now have their flights fully confirmed: They touch down on at Munich Airport at 8:20pm on Sunday night 8/5 - British Airways Flight #956 and they fly out on Wednesday 8/15 at 7:20am aboard British Airways Flight #947.
2) As soon as Los Canuckistanis post up their flight information I will bring it to this thread location, that also goes for El Kalifornicator SacramentoMike. You folks may be able to coordinate full taxi rides rather than taking the S-Bahn train to connect.
3) Uri Schumm and Don Stanley are on totally different flights from the rest of the Alps Extreme Group. If anyone wanted to tour Berlin with me, give me a shout out and I will post up my flight information. Express train on Sunday, 8/5; Berlin to Munich.
4) Yours Truly, Papa Chuy Viejo, will lead the Alps Extreme Group on a Munich Tour on Monday, 8/6; culminating with a Riders Dinner at Der Hofbrauhaus. We will not depart on this until 10:30am, so everyone can sleep off their jet lag and flight hangover.
5) We will set out early on Tuesday, 8/7 for The Holiest Shrine of Motorcycling: The BMW Motorrad Museum. Since a number of our AZ Beemers also own Bimmers, BMW Automobiles, we will also be touring the Munich BMW Car Assembly Plant also.
https://www.viator.com/tours/Munich/Augsburg-Day-Trip-from-Munich/d487-2666AUGS Since there is the very weird chance that the non BMW Owners (Sick-Silly-Sorry Bastards!) may not want to Worship at the Shrine of all that is Motorcycling Holy, I will arrange an alternate day for you Infidels. Here is one suggestion: A $46 day tour of Augsburg, the Ancient Roman Royal Post City. I lived in this gorgeous town for two years and I still believe it to be one of the nicest Burgs in all of Deutschland.
6) All of the Arizonans are now booked at the Hotel Europaeischer Hof Hotel for Sunday, Monday and Tuesday nights; 8/5, 8/6 and 8/7 respectively. If Los Canuckistanis y SacramentoMiguel wish another lodging that is fine, but please do consider making it within easy walking distance of Der Hof; our day trips will all start from Der Hof!
"The following is what was provided on the hotel Europaeischer Hof Hotel:
https://www.heh.de/default.aspx?lang=en
The prices for a twin room for the hotel below including tax and breakfast is 92 euros ($119.25)
The prices for a single room including tax and breakfast is 71.5 euros ($92.60)."
7) When you arrive at Das Hauptbahnhof from the Munich Airport, step out of the Bayerstrasse doors on the South Side of the Main Train Station, the Europaischer Hof Hotel is right in front of you. As long as Los Canuckistanis y SacramentoMike book a hotel within the following triangle, it is easy walking distance to Der Hof Hotel:
Alter Botanischer Garten to the North, Karlsplatz to the East and Ludwig-Svorstadt to the South. Hauptbahnhof is the central location!
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ALPS EXTREME DATE CHANGE TO AUGUST 8-15, 2012!
https://www.edelweissbike.com/en/allTours/true/cont/eur/alps-extreme.html This thread, to be pinned by SkooterG, is for all interested participants in the FJR Forum Alps Extreme Motorcycle Tour during August 8-15, 2012. Any questions on this trip in particular or riding the Alps in general will see your answers posted here.
NOTE: If you wish to ask questions offline that is perfectly fine also, here is the contact information: Don Stanley, [email protected] and phone of 480-440-4666 or Uri Schumm, [email protected] and phone of 602-697-6949.
How to place your $500 deposit: Send a check for $500 to Tracy at Tri Community Travel, 910 Evergreen Road, Post Office Box 1974, Wrightwood, CA 92397-1974 USA. Tracy has a toll free number from the United States and Canada of 1-800-507-4459 and please feel free to call her. Tracy's direct e-mail is [email protected] and Tri Community Travel has a website of https://www.trict-edelweiss.com
IMPORTANT: You must mention you are a member of FJR Forum! If we book 10 participants, and I believe we will easily meet that 10 person minimum, Tracy is going to extend a 5% discount to FJR Forum Members. Tracy has a direct line of (760) 249-5825 and a FAX number of (760) 249-3857. Tracy has a Tour Booking Form you will need to fill out and she will fax it to you. ATTENTION: If you do not have a fax machine, just get your mailing address to Don Stanley, and I will mail you a Booking Form ASAP.
DEADLINES: We hope to have this Alps Extreme Tour to ourselves - FJR Forum, so Uri and I want to see two things: 1) Please give us a firm commitment that you are going by Thanksgiving, either by posting up here, calling us or e-mailing us. 2) We are firmly requesting that you get your $500 deposit in to Tracy of Edelweiss Bike Tours / Tri Community Travel by Christmas.
I mentioned you must be in Munich, Germany by Noon on Arrival Day, this is important because we must commute to the Village of Erding (30 kilometers Northeast of Munich) by 3pm on that Sunday to pick up our bikes and receive orientation!
However, I strongly recommend you plan on spending additional time in Europe either before, or after, or both before and after our 8 day Motorcycle Vacation. For example, I actually am flying into Berlin with My Girlfriend Donna. Donna and I'll sightsee Berlin; we'll then travel on to Munich on the High Speed ICE Express Train. Donna will fly home to Phoenix on the morning of Arrival Day and I will take the commuter train to Erding to meet up with you.
AIRFARE: Right now airfare is just under $1,500 roundtrip to Germany, I am going to use Priceline.com to attempt to get the best pricing possible; I will book our flights by Easter, no later than that. OUR MAP: I highly recommend that you purchase a copy of The Alps by https://www.freytagberndt.com I bought mine from Wide World of Maps in Mesa, Arizona for $15.95, but you can get them much cheaper at Amazon.com Whenever we discuss routings, this map will be the one with coordinate points. The ISBN Number of this map is 978-3-7079-0425-3
PRICING: Using a typical FJR Forum Alps Riding Couple such as Mr. and Mrs. Hot RodZilla, here is what they would pay if they were riding two up on a BMW F800GS and sharing a room together. They are considered a Twin, Duo and AJ and Carrie would each be paying $2,080: For a total of $4,160. But, if we get at least 10 participants they would be paying 5% less: For a total of $3,952.
Some Links: https://www.hofbraeuhaus.de/en/index_en.html https://www.augsburg.de/index.php?id=12307 https://www.heh.de/default.aspx?lang=en
1) The AZ Beemers "Boar Hogs" now have their flights fully confirmed: They touch down on at Munich Airport at 8:20pm on Sunday night 8/5 - British Airways Flight #956 and they fly out on Wednesday 8/15 at 7:20am aboard British Airways Flight #947.
2) As soon as Los Canuckistanis post up their flight information I will bring it to this thread location, that also goes for El Kalifornicator SacramentoMike. You folks may be able to coordinate full taxi rides rather than taking the S-Bahn train to connect.
3) Uri Schumm and Don Stanley are on totally different flights from the rest of the Alps Extreme Group. If anyone wanted to tour Berlin with me, give me a shout out and I will post up my flight information. Express train on Sunday, 8/5; Berlin to Munich.
4) Yours Truly, Papa Chuy Viejo, will lead the Alps Extreme Group on a Munich Tour on Monday, 8/6; culminating with a Riders Dinner at Der Hofbrauhaus. We will not depart on this until 10:30am, so everyone can sleep off their jet lag and flight hangover.
5) We will set out early on Tuesday, 8/7 for The Holiest Shrine of Motorcycling: The BMW Motorrad Museum. Since a number of our AZ Beemers also own Bimmers, BMW Automobiles, we will also be touring the Munich BMW Car Assembly Plant also.
https://www.viator.com/tours/Munich/Augsburg-Day-Trip-from-Munich/d487-2666AUGS Since there is the very weird chance that the non BMW Owners (Sick-Silly-Sorry Bastards!) may not want to Worship at the Shrine of all that is Motorcycling Holy, I will arrange an alternate day for you Infidels. Here is one suggestion: A $46 day tour of Augsburg, the Ancient Roman Royal Post City. I lived in this gorgeous town for two years and I still believe it to be one of the nicest Burgs in all of Deutschland.
6) All of the Arizonans are now booked at the Hotel Europaeischer Hof Hotel for Sunday, Monday and Tuesday nights; 8/5, 8/6 and 8/7 respectively. If Los Canuckistanis y SacramentoMiguel wish another lodging that is fine, but please do consider making it within easy walking distance of Der Hof; our day trips will all start from Der Hof!
"The following is what was provided on the hotel Europaeischer Hof Hotel:
https://www.heh.de/default.aspx?lang=en
The prices for a twin room for the hotel below including tax and breakfast is 92 euros ($119.25)
The prices for a single room including tax and breakfast is 71.5 euros ($92.60)."
7) When you arrive at Das Hauptbahnhof from the Munich Airport, step out of the Bayerstrasse doors on the South Side of the Main Train Station, the Europaischer Hof Hotel is right in front of you. As long as Los Canuckistanis y SacramentoMike book a hotel within the following triangle, it is easy walking distance to Der Hof Hotel:
Alter Botanischer Garten to the North, Karlsplatz to the East and Ludwig-Svorstadt to the South. Hauptbahnhof is the central location!
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ALPS EXTREME DATE CHANGE TO AUGUST 8-15, 2012!
https://www.edelweissbike.com/en/allTours/true/cont/eur/alps-extreme.html This thread, to be pinned by SkooterG, is for all interested participants in the FJR Forum Alps Extreme Motorcycle Tour during August 8-15, 2012. Any questions on this trip in particular or riding the Alps in general will see your answers posted here.
NOTE: If you wish to ask questions offline that is perfectly fine also, here is the contact information: Don Stanley, [email protected] and phone of 480-440-4666 or Uri Schumm, [email protected] and phone of 602-697-6949.
How to place your $500 deposit: Send a check for $500 to Tracy at Tri Community Travel, 910 Evergreen Road, Post Office Box 1974, Wrightwood, CA 92397-1974 USA. Tracy has a toll free number from the United States and Canada of 1-800-507-4459 and please feel free to call her. Tracy's direct e-mail is [email protected] and Tri Community Travel has a website of https://www.trict-edelweiss.com
IMPORTANT: You must mention you are a member of FJR Forum! If we book 10 participants, and I believe we will easily meet that 10 person minimum, Tracy is going to extend a 5% discount to FJR Forum Members. Tracy has a direct line of (760) 249-5825 and a FAX number of (760) 249-3857. Tracy has a Tour Booking Form you will need to fill out and she will fax it to you. ATTENTION: If you do not have a fax machine, just get your mailing address to Don Stanley, and I will mail you a Booking Form ASAP.
DEADLINES: We hope to have this Alps Extreme Tour to ourselves - FJR Forum, so Uri and I want to see two things: 1) Please give us a firm commitment that you are going by Thanksgiving, either by posting up here, calling us or e-mailing us. 2) We are firmly requesting that you get your $500 deposit in to Tracy of Edelweiss Bike Tours / Tri Community Travel by Christmas.
I mentioned you must be in Munich, Germany by Noon on Arrival Day, this is important because we must commute to the Village of Erding (30 kilometers Northeast of Munich) by 3pm on that Sunday to pick up our bikes and receive orientation!
However, I strongly recommend you plan on spending additional time in Europe either before, or after, or both before and after our 8 day Motorcycle Vacation. For example, I actually am flying into Berlin with My Girlfriend Donna. Donna and I'll sightsee Berlin; we'll then travel on to Munich on the High Speed ICE Express Train. Donna will fly home to Phoenix on the morning of Arrival Day and I will take the commuter train to Erding to meet up with you.
AIRFARE: Right now airfare is just under $1,500 roundtrip to Germany, I am going to use Priceline.com to attempt to get the best pricing possible; I will book our flights by Easter, no later than that. OUR MAP: I highly recommend that you purchase a copy of The Alps by https://www.freytagberndt.com I bought mine from Wide World of Maps in Mesa, Arizona for $15.95, but you can get them much cheaper at Amazon.com Whenever we discuss routings, this map will be the one with coordinate points. The ISBN Number of this map is 978-3-7079-0425-3
PRICING: Using a typical FJR Forum Alps Riding Couple such as Mr. and Mrs. Hot RodZilla, here is what they would pay if they were riding two up on a BMW F800GS and sharing a room together. They are considered a Twin, Duo and AJ and Carrie would each be paying $2,080: For a total of $4,160. But, if we get at least 10 participants they would be paying 5% less: For a total of $3,952.
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