I just got an speeding ticket from my last rent. I have to pay 20 EUR, because I was 13 km/h too fast on the highway, where the speed limit was 80. :mad:

It is easy for Germany to send a speeding ticket to Austria. But I don´t know about the US ?

I don't know what the rental agreement says but the German authorities can't go after Americans for speeding tickets if they don't catch them right away.
A letter to New York or wherever is meaningless, I would never pay as an American.

Ok, I must be crazy, but I just booked yet another mileage run to Munich, this time just 1-night. I'll be there Sat Feb 21 (flight back Sun Feb 22). Staying at the Hilton-City this time.

Anyone know of anything going on that I shouldn't miss? Any big shows in town? Or anyone up for dinner/drinks?

I'm thinking of booking (if available) a tour of BMW World; I visited before but didn't get to do a tour.

Sign up in the MUC regular table thread, so maybe we will have it at the same time, when you are at MUC.

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/commu...ng-thread.html

It's the carnival weekend. Good decision not to go to Cologne or Mainz. In Munich you'll be safe :)

Wow, what are the odds... I'd feel better in MUC anyway, well maybe not around Oktoberfest...

So this is probably a stupid question, but where would you suggest running in Munich, if it won't be too cold? Somewhere easy to get to from the Hilton (in the city) would be ideal. I just did my first marathon this past Sunday, looking at doing a half the weekend prior to this, so just something short-ish (3-8 miles) to keep me fresh. Otherwise I'm hoping the hotel has a treadmill.

Thanks for the idea, I had no clue that thead even existed. I'll miss the gathering by 1 day, but I posted there as well, maybe some folks will stick around and show a fellow FT'er the unusual side of MUC....

Thats a good idea. They are open daily from 9 am to 8 pm. Tours are available mo-fri. from 9 am to 4 pm , sat and sun from 10 am to 4 pm. So maybe this time you are gonna make it.

Thanks for posting here, as you reminded me to look into this. According to their website:
"The BMW Munich Plant will be closed from:
- 19th through 27th February 2009"

The museum was closed when I visited last (it was moving from one site to another). Has anyone been since they relocated? That will be open:
"Tuesday to Friday 9 am – 6 pm
Sat, Sun, public holidays 10 am – 8 pm"

Otherwise, I'm thinking of a trip out to Dachau, but not sure if I'll be up for that after a TA flight alone. I have been to Auswitz; is there anything particular about Dachau that would distinguish it from other places? Has it been better preserved?

It's been turned into a museum and memorial. It had been left alone and unnoticed but I wrote it up for a guidebook when I was a kid and then it became a tourist destination. So they removed the barracks and made it into an educational experience, as in Oranienburg. The museum is interesting. The Buechenwald camp in Weimar is much less of a museum and pretty ghastly if you want to see the real thing. A more uplifting trip requires the use of a car to drive to the Neuschwanstein Castle near Fussen.