Mike:

Hamburg: Of course, Miniatur Wunderland. Go to the Baumwall station on the U-Bahn and it is a short walk. There is also supposed to be a good Spur 1 exhibit at the Hamburg History Museum near Landungsbrucken. Go to Landungsbrucken for a Bakfish sandwich along the Elbe. A number of good eateries along the river. If you get to Altona, there is a nice little gasthaus across from the Bahnhof...Eckhardt's, I believe. Good food and a cozy German atmosphere. I haunted that place regularly in the evening..it was right across the street from my hotel. If your wife is with you, you may not want to visit the dives on the Reeperbahn, but then again...I was with my son, his wife, and the grandkids so we didn't partake of those pleasures. (As the t-shirts you see all over Hamburg proclaim "Good Girls go to Heaven, Bad Girls go to Hamburg")

We spent a day in Hannover. Didn't do any railroad stuff or dining there, but if you are interested in a city tour, go to the Tourist Info office across from the Bahnhof and pick up a Red Line guide book. There is a red line on the sidewalk throughout the altstadt that you follow and the numbers on the walk correspond to the explanations in the guidebook. The inclined elevator to the top of the Rathaus is an interesting trip, too.

In Berlin, definitely go to Loxx off the Ku'Damm. Also the Deutche Tecknik museum is worth a visit. It is in the old Bw for the Anhalter Bahnhof. We also visited the ruins of the Anhalter Bahnhof...interesting. If you walk out behind it and past the Sports building, you'll find the old station platforms still there. The new Hauptbahnhof is now open. It was under construction when I was there in December. It is worth a look-see. Take some pictures for me if you go. We were there during Christkindlemarkt time so we ate most of our meals at stands in the markt.


I'll try to recall some web links for you and pass them on.

That'll be great Mike! When will you be in town?

Palle and Per,

I am traveling with my wife and daughter and
I figure we'll be in town on Tuesday-Wednesday
(November 7&8), with Tuesday being most likely -
our travels are always very dynamic in nature
We also plan to visit Odense, Frederiksborg Slot
and Roskild.

I will give you my mobile phone number and if we
can meet - that would be fantastic! Regardless,
I'll be happy to get any advise from you.

Mike
P.S. Is it snowing yet

Why, isn't Denmark part of Germany?[:o)][:o)]
Mike

That's in Berlin - an' he said Berlin was out...

Hi Luis,

you are definately right about the shop, but unfortunately not regarding the prices compared to other shops in Germany[V]

If you have some time when you are in Hamburg, consider a trip in the "mollibahn": it is a narrow gauge line from Bad Doberan (not far from hamburh) with regular steam service! Here is the link:
http://www.molli-bahn.de/

Regards
Pietro

Hi Mike,

Pietro is right, this train is worth a ride.
But it will take you about 3hrs on the train from Hamburg to Bad Doberan and another 3hrs back to Hamburgr, even if it does not look to be too far away from each other on a map.

The snow has come to Aarhus, don't know about the rest of Denmark, might be gone by the time you get to Denmark though.

Michael

I am really looking forward to the trip and I appreciate suggestions
given. Too bad my time is rather limited![xx(]

If there is only one Hamburg M* dealer I visit (as part of dealer exchange program ), which one would it be?

Mike

What is that Mike?

Too bad your visit is now. If only about a week later, you could have visited the first Märklin shop-in-shop in Denmark. 600 square meters with nothing but model trains [:p]

Also coming soon to a Canada/USA border crossing near you! [:0][:0]

Hello Mike.

Are you in Denmark

Per.

I think Mike is on trip now,He unable to access the computer.

Mike: Glad you had a good time. Welcome back.

Nice trip, Mike!

Thsnke for the photos.