On a sort of the primary activity – administrative consultation and teaching in business the school – me should deal with great volumes of the information. Its most part is rather easily accessible, reception another demands frequently remarkable efforts and an ingenuity. Accordingly, the aspiration to receive malorasprostranennuju information earlier unknown to me already became my essence. As has predetermined also the main vector of our travel, and accent of my travelling notes.
They should be divided on two parts. The first is devoted actually to travel. The second reflects the luggage of knowledge saved up during travel. So, the first part.
We of gathering have begun with the decision of two questions: for what term to go, and than to reach. And if the first question has dared taki easily enough, on the second we – I and my family (the wife and the son) – have got stuck. My offer to go on the car did not find support of the majority of voices. As a result we have come to the compromise: to Europe we fly by plane, and across Europe we go on avto. And have settled.
With the visa of problems was not. The invitation have received from a family of my brother, and for simplification of the decision of some organizational questions have charged registration of questionnaires and reception of the term of the company «the Master Round». I can tell, that as a whole I remained is happy with their service though last strokes have greased all picture: concerning behaviour during interview they answered my questions nervously and with an anguish, than, actually, and have grieved me.
avia flight have decided to reserve with the help the Internet. How much I can judge, online from the Ukrainian companies provides booking only MAU, and date of their starts there and back approached us. However, to carry out payment and to receive guarantees, that with tickets all will be okej to us it was not fated. As a result tickets has reserved and my brother has paid to us and has sent me a mail acknowledgement. It it has appeared quite enough that in the end of July we have arrived to Borispol and were safely registered on our flight. Here and Europe under a plane wing, and is literally through two and a half an hour we in Frankfurt. Should note very high level of service onboard Боинга-737: stewardesses MAU all are very schooled and affable, meal at level, and drinks and binge assortment simply had no equal among cases which I "dug" in the memory throughout last 3-5 years. I recommend to choose MAU if there are alternatives.
After some days of acclimatisation, have started working out of the program of travel. Two pivotal preferences have demanded coordination: the first is a visiting of Aachen to the north from Zintsiga, earth Rejland Pfalts where we have stopped, and also survey of sights in the district, the second is a visiting of capitals of Benelux countries, Paris, a trip to the well-known dark woods of Schwarzwald and not less well-known Baden-Baden. Separate point of the program was so-called flomart – a flea market or in our opinion a second-hand market. Actually, all preferences have been satisfied within this month.
The first negative experience – to obey opinion of the majority and to agree on excursion by the bus. Such offers it is possible to find set in Germany. Nevertheless, even the best excursion provider "Gallery-rajzen" provides rather mediocre service. Among the most significant lacks:
• Long gathering of group on different cities (sometimes 2-3 cities) within 2-3 hours
• Poor-quality support of group by the guide
• Persuasive "requisitions" in the end of travel «to thank the guide»
Such organised order we have visited Strasbourg, Schwarzwald and Baden-Baden. But further travelled independently.
Strasbourg – the modern European city which has fine saved a historical appearance, one their three capitals of the European Union, it is direct taki fantastically beautiful channels, colours and houses in style "fahverk". It is a unique city in the world in which the contradiction between Protestants and Catholics was happily resolved century: in him there is a church in which two domes are decorated by a Protestant cockerel and a Catholic cross. The well-known cathedral I Notr-will give in Strasbourg not simply amazes, and shakes by the magnificence.
Rest and supper in small hotel «At falls sacred» in Schwarzwald was the pleasant termination of the first day of travel. By the way, for data: residing at a double room in such hotel with a breakfast will manage in 40-45 euros depending on a floor and an exit of windows of number. So it was pleasant to us, that we plan to have Christmas holidays in it.
And in the morning, after a breakfast, vigorous lifting on falls top on beautiful slopes of mountains on height almost 700 m.
Entrance to Baden-Baden conducts through a tunnel in length about 4 km, in even which there is one crossroads. A city well-known, of course: small, pretty and roskoshnenky. Here already more than hundred years it is decorated by park ensemble «Rosary Brennera», named so in honour of the burgomaster who has broken park. Two basic sights are known for all: this building of the well-known casino And terms.
Further our travel have been constructed under such scheme: early in the morning we left on avto in a direction interesting us, surveyed the city necessary to us, had dinner or had supper depending on that, excursion was how much fascinating, and towards evening came back got tired, but happy to itself in Zintsig. More low - info about some of such travel is concise.
I will begin with sew an apartment staff. Small town Zintsig small and provincial. It is located in a bend of two rivers - Rhine and Ar. The river Ar forms in these places the unique natural landscape called «red wine Paradise». In Zintsige liked to stop German emperor Fridrih I – Barbarossa.
It is interesting to visit small town Mari Laah located on the bank of huge lake of a volcanic origin, and well-known with the same name operating monastery, an inn and a winter garden.
Small Arvajler it is well-known for the practically completely saved fortification And simply fantastic beauty of the areas and small streets.
Bud-Noenar, as well as it is necessary to resort small town, amazes with an abundance of colours and the big hotels and Kohem – an abundance of small restaurants and otelchikov. By the way, a rare place where we could put our car within an arrangement of sights. Usually are the organised parkings in the distance from the basic places visited by tourists and having a rest. It I recommend to mean at planning of time and a place for travel, also as well as parking cost (depending on a place 1-2 euros at an o'clock), and also ubiquitous policemen (cost of the penalty for parking in not put place – from 30 euros).
Getting to such conditions, besides autotravel there is a desire to do a bit of travelling on the blest earth and on a bicycle. Thus accessible become even such kruchi on which at all desire you will not get even on an off-road car. And what the kind on glinisto-muddy after recent plentiful rains Rhine opens.
Separate sensations – from visiting flomarta. It always the big event for a local bulk. One of such and enough the rare passed in Linz, small and ujutnenkom small town on the right coast of Rhine where we were forwarded on the ferry (one and a half euros for avto with the driver and 75 cents for each passenger).
The perfect small town hospitably met the small restaurants of visitors of a second-hand market (fine roasted hunting shnitsel with stewed cabbage yes under beer will manage in 7-8 euros). And enterprising participants flomarta sold not only things, but also something is more edible, for example, the well-known Swabian sausages zharennye on a grill (only 2 euros for a portion)
It is interesting, that on flomarte the whole table sets and studies are accessible to the buyer not only different trifles, but also unique carved cases on a tree.
As a result of comparison of impressions of the "organised" excursions and individual trips, we have come to conclusion, that, at least in our case, independent movement «on» is much more attractive four both under the maintenance, and under the budget. For comparison: cost of the two-day permit on bus excursion fluctuates around 130-170 euros on the person, including residing and a breakfast, while expenses for a four at travel on distance of 350-400 km. Make about 200 euros only. Even more evident are following figures (the truth, already not in advantage avto - and aviatravel, but besides – individual): cost of the two-day permit to Paris by the bus makes 160 euros, and our expenses on avia flight Bonn-Parizh-Bonn with "Lufthansa" and residing in 3-zvezdnochnoj to hotel in Paris around Northern station has managed to us 410 euros for three. Well and benefits of fast flight in comparison with the 7-sentry moving by the bus cannot have term of money at all.
The second part of my notes is devoted those facts which to me managed to be collected during all travel. The part from them is laid already out on a site of my tour agency. Interested persons can read the photo-report on this page. The second part devoted to Charles Velikomu and a city, its promoting launch – to Aachen – is laid out on the same site.