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I have seen them every time they have come to KC. The first time- Bon Jovi was opening for them on his first tour out- 1984, I think. 5th row on the floor and they rocked.

I think Klaus has one of the best voices in rock- ever. Mathias is so underrated as a guitarist- his sound is amazing and unique.

I wonder if the Scorpions are Chief's fans? :hmmm: They said they like Kansas City because we really know how to party!! I wish they would come to sing our National Anthem before the game!!

I'm driving from Innsbruck to Garmisch to Ehrwald to Munich next week. :)

Recommendations appreciated! Gonna be pretty cold on top of Zugspitze I think.


edit: and from my last trip to Regensberg...

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If the NFL allows it the Scorpions would never say no.

Small world - I learned to ski in Garmisch.

Yep. They are one of the ones I grew up with. My big 5 of proto-metal are Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, and UFO (featuring Michael Schenker). I'm a big fan of the Uli Jon Roth years.

Dude, if you don't mind going 30 minutes or so out of your way, you're only a few kM from Schwangau, to the northwest of Garmisch.

It's the home of Neu Schwanstein (the most famous castle on earth probably, and the inspiration for Disney's Magic Kingdom) but to me, Hohenschwangau is the more interesting of the two castles there.

IIRC, you have to reserve a spot in a guided tour so you might have to call ahead though.

I know the castles are there. But this trip is less sight seeing and more "four people getting hammered from Rome to Munich".

I'll be in Rome and Florence and I have a degree in Art History focused on Italian Renaissance and I can't get my party to go to any cathedrals other than St Peter's. We won't be going on any tours, unless they're bar tours.

I'll have to reserve my sight seeing for another trip. I'm staying in Trento as well and that place looks amazing along with Bolzano.


edit: and I forced everyone to come back on Saturday so I can be back in time for the Super Bowl. Don't let me down, Chiefs.

If all you want to do is drink beer, just pull over. Granted I lived in Germany about the time the Chiefs were in their last AFCCG but there were like 1400 breweries at the time. Every little town not only has its own beer but it's subtly different from the beer hall in the next town over.

BTW, the same is generally true of sausage (würst) as well. Every town has a little different twist on it. Pork, beef, spices, boiled, fried, yep.

I went to Germany for the first time a few years ago. Regensberg, Nuremberg, down the Danube to Vienna and then eventually Budapest.

My favorite place was Passau. Awesome college town. Two rivers meet, one is a different color from the glacier.


http://www.passauer-land.de/wp-conte...ftaufnahme.jpg

Southern Germany is my favorite place on earth. Some day I will go back for good.

This thread makes me happy.

Glad to have all of you guys here.

On the tour in Passau they said that Americans can attend college there for super cheap.

Then again the city has a penchant for flooding BAD.


Also my girlfriend and I at the Gottweig abbey. Beautiful place that is still functional. Someone when I was there barfed on the lawn. People can't hold their apricot liquor I suppose.

3.5 years in Fulda / Bad Hersfeld, but numerous trips over to Graf, Hohenfels, Munchen, Frankfurt, Berlin, Hamburg, etc.

70km south of Stuttgart... beautiful Bayern. I was in Oberammergau in early December.

My home is Lansing, Kansas.

I went to college for a bit at Universität Stuttgart.