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Originally Posted by bagekko
Oh cool, she flew into Nuremberg last time, Munich before that. Her office is in Erlangen. She cant ship stuff to the office cuz they have crazy restrictions, but hotel is an option. A coworker of hers suggest the Amazon.de ship option.
I am supposed to go with her on a future trip when the weather is nicer. BMWs & tools would keep me very busy.
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Ok, cool. You should have no trouble finding some German tools for yourself. The weather gets better here around late March or April.
Globus in Forcheim is very close to Erlangen. But like I said before... Hornbach is "my fav" hardware store in Nurnberg, just a few more minutes South down the A73 Autobahn.
Erlangen is a nice city. It rivals Heidelberg, for a
very high population of bicycles to car ratio. Probably something like 500 bicycles for every one car! lol Always look in your review(side) mirror before opening your car door(!) when you are in Erlangen.
A little side note...
Near Erlangen is
Herzogenaurach, this is where the "Herzo Base" use to be. It's where the Luftwaffe had an airbase. I've heard stories that from that base is where the Luftwaffe launched it's fighter to start WWII's invasion of Poland. I also head that the airfield's runways were intentionally flooded(with a few inches of water to make the runways look like lakes!) after the fighters launched operations... so Allied bombers couldn't find the airfield. IF that's true that's pretty cool. I have also heard that there were secret underground tunnels that went from Herzog Base over to Nuremberg's Zeppelin Field - where Hitler gave his speeches from. There is an interesting Museum on the Nazi Reich near there - see my last link bellow...
Herzog Base...
https://www.google.de/maps/place/Her....9094533?hl=en
Nuremberg's Zeppelin Field - where Hitler gave his speeches from...
https://www.google.de/maps/place/Zep....1234561?hl=en
Dokumentationszentrum Reichsparteitagsgelände
https://www.google.de/maps/place/Dok....1114022?hl=en
Today the
Herzog Base is the corporate home for
Adidas & Nike shoes. The Luftwaffe's airfield and former US Army(post WWII up until the '90's) is long gone from there. But it's something interesting to go see. I believe there is a civilian air field there that many small planes and gliders still use today. And there is a nice swimming pool called:
Freizeitbad Atlantis - that is pretty nice.
take care,
Dackel