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We completed our trip recently and it was really great. Thank you everyone for your input and help making this trip successful.
We ended up modifying our trip slightly and here's how it ended up:
Day 1: Arrived late in Munich (LAX->MUC)
Day 2/3: Munich activities (Marienplatz, Hofbrauhouse, BMW Museum)
Day 4: Drive to Inglostadt, Pick up RS3, Factory tour, Food. Drive to Salzburg, Mozart performance + dinner
Day 5: Eagle's Nest tour (boys), Sound of Music tour (girls) + Salzburg city walk / food
Day 6: Drive from Salzburg to Schloss Linderhof to Fussen largely via Alpenstrasse (vindaloo's GPS points came in real handy!).
Day 7: Neuschwanstein castle visit in the morning then long drive to Nurburg (6 hours), (Dorint Am Motor-racing hotel)
Day 8: Two laps on the Nürburgring Nordschleife (late afternoon) then drive to Brussels
Day 9: Brussels city tours, chocolate tour, etc.
Day 10: Drive to Amsterdam (with a detour at Dreilandenpunt)
Day 11/12: Drop off RS3 at Amsterdam terminal, Amsterdam canal & city tours, late flight back to Munich
Day 13: Morning flight from Munich back to LAX
RS3 odo at drop off: 1865km (~1160mi)
The main change from our original plan was to get to the Nürburgring earlier due to the fact that our ideal day there would have been Saturday but the track was not open to the public that Saturday. That decision forced us to skip Switzerland and then split the remaining time with Brussels and Amsterdam. Otherwise, we were pretty much as we planned.
We didn't run into too many problems either. A little bit of rain in Munich limited our activities but otherwise things went pretty smoothly. There are too many other details for me to list but if you have specific questions please let me know.
Again thanks for everyone's help making this a success!
@vindaloo thanks again for the tips on the Alpenstrasse. Those GPS points worked like magic in google maps. I didn't use all of your point but I did use quite a few. I've created a summary of your list here:
B20 Konigssee Parking 47.5930167,12.9873461
B305 Aussichtspunkt Wachterl 47.638730, 12.853776
B305 Aussichtspunkt Ramsau 47.619742,12.878759
B305 Inzell 47.748883,12.749650
B305 Ruhpolding 47.739922,12.658786
B305 Reit im Winkl 47.6770838,12.471276
B305 Bernau am Chiemsee 47.8116752,12.373994
R014 Aschau im Chiemgau 47.7803951,12.3208972
R05 Samerberg 47.781298,12.212777
R09 Nussdorf am Inn 47.742963,12.155252
St3259 Flintsbach 47.723791,12.125015
St2089 Oberaudorf 47.651422,12.169255
Schloss Linderhof Parking Lot 47.569362,10.956710
@Bluesmoke, Where is your car now and ETA for arrival?
According to the tracking that Audi provided me, the ship transporting our RS3 is in the middle of the Atlantic. It's scheduled to arrive in San Diego on 9/8, and then it will take some number of days (up to two weeks?) before it reaches our dealership.
On the slowest boat ever. The boat hasn’t moved in days.
I could be wrong but my assumption is that the ship is moving but when it's in the middle of the Atlantic it actually looses its internet connection. So we have to go for a few days without seeing any movement. One of the reasons that I suspect this is if you look at the maps you don't see *any* ships out in the middle of the Atlantic. All the ships you see are near land, presumably connected to the internet.
Besides, the estimate for San Diego is 9/8 so I'm just counting on that schedule anyways.
Honestly, it's weird to think that our European trip is over. We waited a long time just to get our car at the factory, and that was like a month ago for us now.
I could be wrong but my assumption is that the ship is moving but when it's in the middle of the Atlantic it actually looses its internet connection. So we have to go for a few days without seeing any movement. One of the reasons that I suspect this is if you look at the maps you don't see *any* ships out in the middle of the Atlantic. All the ships you see are near land, presumably connected to the internet.
Besides, the estimate for San Diego is 9/8 so I'm just counting on that schedule anyways.
Honestly, it's weird to think that our European trip is over. We waited a long time just to get our car at the factory, and that was like a month ago for us now.
The waiting is the toughest part. Mine took 11 weeks from drop-off to arrival at my dealer. I’m guessing yours will only take six or seven weeks.
Anticipation builds excitement!
08-14-2018, 09:26 PM
Back from Germany
