3,500Km ED Road/Train Trip Planning
01-01-2016, 07:07 PM
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3,500Km ED Road/Train Trip Planning
After many years of wanting to, I will finally be doing ED on a new Q7 early next year! I'm looking for general thoughts on my itenerary to make sure I'm not going to miss anything.
I already have places to stay identified but recommendations would be great, since I haven't booked anything yet. There are a few days/items I am not flexible on, and they are in Bold. Everything else is open to suggestions/changes. A big change may be to skip the Ring, since I won't be taking the Q7 out and dropping that would save a full day of backtracking, which would allow for slowing things down.
Even if you don't have any major suggestions, I would really appreciate any cool sites to see, places to go, or specific foods to get in any of the places I have in my itinerary below. Also, if anyone has any fool-proof thoughts on European-wide SIM cards, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for the help!
I already have places to stay identified but recommendations would be great, since I haven't booked anything yet. There are a few days/items I am not flexible on, and they are in Bold. Everything else is open to suggestions/changes. A big change may be to skip the Ring, since I won't be taking the Q7 out and dropping that would save a full day of backtracking, which would allow for slowing things down.
Even if you don't have any major suggestions, I would really appreciate any cool sites to see, places to go, or specific foods to get in any of the places I have in my itinerary below. Also, if anyone has any fool-proof thoughts on European-wide SIM cards, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for the help!
- Day 1 - Germany
Arrive in Frankfurt, Germany
Spend evening in Neckarsulm, Germany - Day 2 - Germany
Factory Tour and Delivery of vehicle at Audi Forum
Spend evening in Frankfurt - Day 3 - Germany
Drive to and participate in activities at the Nürburgring
Spend evening in either Baden-Baden, Germany OR Würzburg, Germany - Day 4 - Germany
Drive either Route 500 from Baden-Baden OR the Romantic Road from Würzburg
Visit Neuschwanstein Castle
Spend evening in Füssen, Germany - Day 5 - Germany - Austria - Italy
Drive through Dolomite Mountains
Spend evening in Venice, Italy - Day 6 - Italy
Spend day in Venice - Day 7 - Italy - France
Spend day in Venice
Drive to and spend evening in Nice, France - Day 8 - France - Monaco
Spend day in Monte Carlo, Monaco for Grand Prix
Spend evening in Nice, France - Day 9 - France
Drop off car in Nice
Take train from Nice to Paris, France - Day 10 - Paris
- Day 11 - France - England
Take train from Paris to London, England - Day 12 - London
- Day 13 - London
01-01-2016, 07:39 PM
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Can I come?
Seriously, isn't the GP of Monaco Memorial Day Weekend? Says you are going early next year. Is that 16' to 17'?
Seriously, isn't the GP of Monaco Memorial Day Weekend? Says you are going early next year. Is that 16' to 17'?
01-01-2016, 07:41 PM
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Well, apparently I enjoyed NYE a bit too much last night and forgot that it is already 2016! I'll edit my first post to clarify, but yes, this will be a May 2016 ED.
01-02-2016, 09:29 AM
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01-04-2016, 07:40 AM
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If your mobile phone service is with T-Mobile, your phone will work in Europe.
Voice is 10 cents per minute, free text, and free data at 3G speed (good enough for email).
Voice is 10 cents per minute, free text, and free data at 3G speed (good enough for email).
01-05-2016, 02:22 PM
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My At&T guy said all I have to do is pick up a "pay as you go" sim card in Germany and I'll be golden throughout Europe. Guess I have something else to research.
01-11-2016, 10:52 AM
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AT&T charge me $0.99/min during my last ED (no data - just a phone)
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