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Travel Tips For European Vacations For Senior Citizens

Wherever you might be going, there are some constant features you
should think about because they would help you to have a good time and
solve unwanted burdens. These features concern your luggage,
accommodation, electronic devices, season, and seniors' discounts.

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Travel around the world!!!

Travel Tips For European Vacations For Senior Citizens

These people give a bad name to dust. Boring!

As I've sad earlier, write to were you want to be, in care of the Office
of Tourism, ask for a list of accommodations (be prepared to stay
saturday to saturday) and they will send you a list of very reasonably
priced rentals, then check the interesting one for the dates available.

If you go on a packaged tour, it will be an exhausting go, go , go. The
trip will be a blur and you will barely have a memory of were you have
been. Spend three or four days in Paris (justifiably the number one
tourist destination in the world) and, then go on to your other sites of
interest.

When you get there, check in to your hotel, relax and then go walk your
hinnie off. This will get rid of jet lag. (Do not use sleeping pills,
they just put the problem off.) Have a good dinner and, go to bed.

The biggest charge you will have is the transportation to Europe. The
longer you are there, the less you spend per day for transportation. Get
a copy of "Let's Go" to where ever you are going. (The list of
laundromats is worth the price.)

If you can lease a car, it is cheaper than renting. If you are prepared
to buy a used car, you can sell it before you leave. Check into European
deliveries, if you can afford to by a new car. Sometimes they will ship
it back to the States for free.

The above will save you more than any travel agency can.

If you are going to Germany let me suggest Bad Ems.

(Circa 1999)

Lying 6 miles East of Koblenz, nestled in the verdant Lahn Valley, the
small town of Bad Ems retains the charm that made it a summer residence
to European High Society at the end of the 19th century. The glitterati
included kings of Germany and Sweden , the Czar of Russia and his
family, Goethe, Pagannini, Dostoevsky, Franz Liszt, and Jacques
Offenbach are among the vacationers and adventurers who came for the
restorative powers of the thermal springs by day and the chance to
gamble by night in Germany's oldest casino.

The thermal springs were first discovered by the Romans around 90 AD.
when Bad Ems was a garrison town patrolling the "Limes", a great wall
that was built to hold back the wild Teutonic tribes. Parts of this
historic wall still stand today and the waters continue to draw visitors
seeking to improve their health.

Undeniably, the most striking feature of the town is it's imperial
concert hall and casino which stand on the northern bank of the Lahn
River which traverses Bad Ems. A dazzling structure in white with golden
accents.

Beginning at the concert hall, large globe lights border both banks of
the Lahn, which permit night-time strolls along the popular promenade
which extends to the west from the casino to through flower gardens and
the large open park beyond . The gardens and park offer benches where
one can rest from one's walk or just sit and appreciate the view and,
watch the ducks and swans that populate the river. The small Russian
Orthodox church, built for the convenience of the czar, with it's white
facade and blue, onion-top dome, dominates the right bank of the Lahn.

Bad Ems, a town of some 11,000 people, is easily accessible by foot.
From one end of the bustling village to the other is about a mile.
For the more adventuresome walker, the region abounds with wanderwegs
(hiking trails) which offer the amenities of benches and the occasional
hut and barbecue area.

The nearest major urban center to Bad Ems is Koblenz which sits at the
confluence of the Rhine and Mosel Rivers. At this juncture is the site
of the majestic monument of Deutsches Eck with it's mounted rider rising
high above the trees of the adjacent park.

World renowned, the wine regions of the Rhine and Mosel Rivers offer
more in the way of excellent, as well as inexpensive, wines than a
visitor can hope to appreciate. Photographers find themselves faced with
so many opportunities for that quintessential definitive picture, that
they must eventually resign themselves in frustration from trying to
capture all of the must-have scenes that present themselves. Bad Ems'
proximity to the Rhine and Mosel permits easy access to these two world
famous wine regions, each of which lies only thirty minutes from the
charm of Bad Ems and it's bucolic surroundings. The Rhine, Deutsches Eck
and the Mosel may be seen by excursion boat from Bad Ems.

Driving, or walking via the wanderweg, up stream from Bad Ems leads the
traveler to the little village (dorf) of Dausenau where you can still
see the old town towers and wall. A little further brings you to Nassau
with it's beautiful fachwerk (half timbered) buildings, and equally
beautiful castle, formerly the residence of the Dukes of Nassau.

Three kilometers more brings you to the winery of Hans Joachimin
Roßdeutscher in Obernhof where the wines vary in quality from good to
great! Presently, for twelve dollars (22.50 Marks) he offers a 1997
Pinot Noir that any Burgundian winemake would be pleased to call his own
and which could sell in the US for thirty to sixty dollars.

An hour's drive upstream from Bad Ems brings you to the city of Limburg
and it's imposingly beautiful cathedral on the Lahn River. A walk over
it's cobblestone streets, through it's altstadt (Old Town), is an
education in the variations of footwork . Every bend in the narrow
streets temps you with another inviting restaurant or shop, and the
constant desire to shoot another roll or memory chip of film.

The region immediately around Bad Ems offers it's own charm. Whether it
is Miehlen, Obentiefenbach, or Montabaur the traveler will find view
after view for their enjoyment.

Getting around the region can be done by bus, train, and boat but the
most flexible and recommended means of travel is by car.

There are accommodations for all travelers, ranging from The Bad Ems
Camp Ground, to inexpensive vacation apartments (40 - 85 Marks/day), to
hotels which range from sixty to one hundred and fifteen
Marks/person/day . Further information in English can be obtained from
the Bad Ems Gästsezentrum, Römerstraße 1, 56130 Bad Ems, BDR, tel.: 0 26
03 94 150 or 0 26 03 19 433, e-mail: , or
http//www.rhein-lahn-info.de/bad-ems

Bad Ems lies about an hour and fifteen minutes up the A3 Autobahn via
Montabaur from the Frankfort airport or about an hour and forty-five
minutes driving along the Rhine in the direction of Koblenz.

Our recommendation is to come and stay as long as you can and learn why
Bad Ems was selected by the royalty of Europe as the place to go to
refresh themselves.

Gute reise,
- Bill
Cloribus gustibus non disputatum (mostly)