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Delta Dawn Travels

NEW!! Dates

Rescheduled to Friday, October 29 - Sunday, November 7, 2021

(Due to the Coronavirus)

email: deltadawntravels@gmail.com

Contact Connie Riley

Irving, TX
deltadawntravels@yahoo.com

Delta Dawn Details - Germany 2019

Delta Dawn

I am getting ready for our pre trip meeting on Saturday night. We will have a small group at the meeting as 14 travelers will be unable to attend. Please tell your travel buddy to check their emails!
For now, I just want to remind you of three important things.
1) Notify your bank that your credit/debit card will be going on vacation with you!
2) Remember to stop your mail; you can do this online at USPS.com.
3) Order Euros this week. Sometimes it takes 5 or 6 days to get them and banks will be closed today. Of course, many choose just to use their cards, but I never leave home without them! You never know when you would need some cash. The Euro has been steady for months--I don't see it dropping in the next week or so. We will be having lunch in the Zurich area the day we arrive. Currency there is the Swiss Franc, which is valued at one franc = one USD. So I will probably not get francs and use my card for lunch.
4) We have plugs for everyone so we will hand out at the meeting or bring on the plane.
More to come! Please email me, call (972-322-2299), or text at this same number with ANY questions or concerns. I believe everyone has gotten their info on their seat numbers for their flights except that little flight from Amsterdam to Zurich. It is an hour and a half flight and they will just assign us as I understand from Troy Butters at TSA.
Does anyone know the difference between weinerschnitzel and jagerschnitzel? Or between weisswurst and bratwurst? Or knoedel and spaetzle? I'm trying to get you "menu ready"!

Delta Dawn Details #2

Ok folks, so weinerschnitzel is crispy, breaded, thinly cut fried veal. Jagerschnitzel, or schweineschnitzel, is the same thing but it is pork. No country cream gravy is served with either. It is only served with lemon to squeeze on it. It will always be my choice on the menu!

Weisswurst is a white sausage made with very finely ground veal and native to Munich. Personally I think it is tasteless. Bratwurst is a mostly pork sausage and tastes better. Knackwurst is a larger meaty beef and pork hot dog and is named so because when you bite into it, it makes a popping sound when it pops the skin. It's my favorite.

Finally, knoedel is a round shaped potato dumpling which is boiled and served with parsley sprinkled on it. Spaetzle is a German pasta, short and squiggly shaped and the dough is pressed through the holes of a colander to make it squiggly.

So here are the details. When we arrive in Zurich, we will sight see, find a place to eat lunch and head to Rhine Falls.

#1) I am hoping that we will find a place to eat raclette, a famous and delicious dish consisting of raclette cheese. It is wonderful, and I have found two places so far and still looking. I am also hoping to find a place for rosti.

#2) When we depart Dallas, wear some shoes that will repel water (or have a pair in your carryon) on this day as we will be taking a boat ride down to the falls. It will be nothing like Niagara, but just in case, you don't want to get your feet wet! I have been to the falls before but I have never done the boat ride so I don't really know. I will be giving everyone a disposable rain poncho in their goodie bags so bring that with you on the plane for the falls...just in case.

Now, what is the difference between ausfahrt and gutefahrt? (Hint, we are going to have a gutefahrt!!!) What is an eingang?

OK.. Ausfahrt means EXIT. Eingang means ENTRANCE. and GUTE FAHRT means good trip, good ride, or in the urban dictionary it means drive safely.

Delta Dawn Details #3

#1. Please remember to bring a copy of your opened picture page of your passport to the party tomorrow night. For others, you can mail it to me, scan it and email it to me, or as a last resort bring to me at airport. I also need a copy of your insurance card. If you want us to keep a copy of your credit card you are bringing, we will keep it safe (this one optional).

#2. We will also be filling out the emergency care form at the party. If you are not at the party, we will send you an e-copy for you to fill out and return to me.

#3. Here is the big one for today! I need some input on this. Our free day in Munich is on Sunday. Unfortunately, stores are closed in Munich on Sundays. Basically, shopping isn't happening that day! My question to you is, would you be interested in taking a day trip to Salzburg, Austria?(It is 90 miles away and we would have to figure out how much the bus would cost. Salzburg is a beautiful little town with lots of options. (Sound of Music Tour, touring the Salt Mine, Berchtesgaden/Eagle's Nest. Shops are closed in Salzburg on Sundays also because of the strong Catholic influence. Tourist trinket shops would be open, but time would be more well spent sight seeing. Please let me know if you are interested in this. We can talk about it at the party as well. Also, for 'on your own' excursions, you can use Viator Tours or a newer company called Tours by Locals. Both are online.

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