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I have a friend who is currently in Berlin as part of his Travel & Tourism college course. He will be staying there until the end of April and has offered me lodging in exchange for the company of someone he knows in a strange place. I looked up some flights and it's only about $675 to get there (about 450 EUR).

So I may be staying in Berlin for two weeks sometime in April! My friend will be working 10:00-18:00 every weekday, so I will have some time to kill. I know there are a lot of NAOees living relatively close by. I would be willing to travel if anyone was interested in meeting. Drinks/dinner are on me! :)

The dates are not set yet, but I will update you as soon as I know. I am going to be busy spending the next month trying to learn German. ;)

If nothing else, does anyone have some words of wisdom for a traveler in that part of the world?

Berlin - Munich? Berlin - Karlsruhe?? Berlin - Swiss???

Close distance?!? Maybe in the US.
But not here.

cu, w0lf.

beards are cool. every villain has one!

It certainly seems relatively close from the perspective of a guy living in Canada. If I wanted to travel west from Toronto and go to the next capital city it would be a journey or more than 2000 km with not much in between (except some Great Lakes).

Montreal and Quebec are interesting, but those are 8 and 12 hours away by bus. The idea that traveling for that amount of time could put me into any one of several different countries is very exciting to someone like me. An overnight train ride is a price I would happily pay for a little bit of adventure.

Well, thanks to Germanwings, Air Berlin and friends you can fly there and back in less than two hours for €110-150. Mace, please do post the exact date(s)!

When life hands you a lemon, that's 40% of your RDA of vitamin C taken care of.

Well, thanks to Germanwings, Air Berlin and friends you can fly there and back in less than two hours for €110-150.

Only if you're a friend of flying. I'm rather not. Dont want my personal data spread all around the world. And most important: right now I dont have 200 euro of spare change (probably will not have for the next few months).

@mace: Anyway - come over here (Karlsruhe), enjoy some hours in the inofficial german capital of Goth with a (nearly) native guide :D

cu, w0lf.

beards are cool. every villain has one!

@mace: Anyway - come over here (Karlsruhe), enjoy some hours in the inofficial german capital of Goth with a (nearly) native guide :D

I would be honored. I hope there will be no dress code - I'm not sure I'll have anything appropriate. ;)

I just booked my flight. I arrive on April 12th and depart on the 22nd. My plans for the first weekend are to have my friend living in Berlin to show me around town. On the second weekend he wanted to drag me out to Amsterdam, but I don't know if that will actually happen.

So if it is at all possible I would love to meet any of you between the 14th and 18th. I realize it is during the week and people probably have to work. A weekend visit cannot be ruled out at this point, if that is all that could be managed. But I am perfectly willing to travel 6 hours for an evening drink or two if you're willing to have me. ;)

Just to be clear, I'm not asking for a place to stay or anything like that. My finances are fine & I wouldn't want to impose on anyone.

Just to be clear, I'm not asking for a place to stay or anything like that. My finances are fine & I wouldn't want to impose on anyone.

Well .. I wouldnt have insisted on that :D
My flat's big (~ 65 square metres), we've got both a couch and a guest bed - and I just'd have to convince my girlfriend to let a total stranger sleep here ;)

cu, w0lf.

beards are cool. every villain has one!

Travelling during the week is difficult for me, but I might be able to drive to southern Germany on the eve of Friday the 18th. For now I'm just gonna wait and watch this thread, 'kay? :-)

When life hands you a lemon, that's 40% of your RDA of vitamin C taken care of.

Where are you located, null? I will have nothing but time during that week. I don't want to inconvenience anyone; I could come to you.

I'm located at the very eastern end of Switzerland, the closest airports are Friedrichshafen/FDH and Zürich/ZRH (both 60-90 car minutes from here). I really couldn't ask you to come all the way to my front door though, especially since I'm probably busy with work anyway, so this wouldn't be much fun for you. But the general area of Munich/Augsburg would be fine for me, there's a lot more going on there in terms of sightseeing/partying/beer tasting than at my place anyway.

When life hands you a lemon, that's 40% of your RDA of vitamin C taken care of.