TYPICAL 9 DAY ITINERARY

Monday: “jet-lag arrival day”
Your “jet-lag arrival day” in Stuttgart. Pick up your luggage and catch a taxi to our hotel outside Stuttgart, it’s about a 20 min. ride to our german hotel. You are pre-registered at the hotel so check in, take a shower and a short nap perhaps; but don’t sleep too long as you’ll do much better staying up, sightseeing or exercising out in the sunshine. We “meet and greet” at 7:00 P.M. in the “Bar Area” over in the back corner-I’m the Gordon Liddy guy with a moustache and gold name tag-so it's easy to spot me.

Day 1- Tuesday: "Site seeing begins"
A large German breakfast awaits you and you’ll need it as you'll enjoy full-day. We’ll board our GAT Motor Coach or rental cars and we are off to Untertürkheim and visit the new V6 and V8 Engine Plant of Mercedes-Benz, followed later by an organized tour of the Mercedes Museum. We’ll have our lunch at the VFB Sport Restaurant then afterwards we transfer to the Mercedes-Benz Werk in Sindelfingen and the Visitors Center. Later, it’s our VIP Tour of the Mercedes-Benz Production Facility for the S, E, and C Class cars; Who’s picking up a new car? When the Plant closes we’ll drive back to the Hotel.

Day 2- Wednesday: "Mercedes-Benz Classic Center"
After breakfast, we head for the Mercedes Classic Center in Fellbach for an in-depth look at the Mercedes Restoration/Sales Facility; then the Daimler Memorial in Cannstatt; late morning I have a BIG surprise for you (no, I’m not telling); Lunch at the ”Guest and Management Restaurant”; Visit the oldest Mercedes Store at Türlenstrasse; Short trip to M-B Forum then back to the Hotel for some “free time” and everybody meets at 7:30 P.M. for our short walk over for dinner-

Day 3- Thursday: “Black Forest/Autobahn Touring Day"
After your leisurely breakfast, 5 of you will accompany me over to the Museum Area to pick up our cars. We’ll drive back to the hotel and convoy out of Stuttgart; there will be driver change-overs into new cars about every hour so everyone will have a chance to ride in different cars through this fairy tale country side; Lunch in Triberg at the picturesque Restaurant- Hotel Pfaff with Peter, the owner. You sports types can hike up the mountain trail to Germany highest waterfall, if you like…We’ll caravan slowly back towards Stuttgart and turn in our cars at Untertürkheim.

Day 4- Friday: "Fantasyland AMG"
After fueling (breakfast), we wind our way over to AMG’s Fantasyland in Affalterbach. We’ll spend almost 2 hours looking at modifications being made to some of the world’s most treasured M-B Sedans, cabrios, G-Wagens and CLKs. Later, a visit to HWA and the DTM Cars nearby; Then it’s G. Daimler’s Birthplace in lovely half-timbered Schorndorf; you’ll enjoy my choice for lunch; Short stop over at Mercedes Lorinser ; Back to the hotel ca. 5:00 P.M.

Day 5- Saturday: “Options Day”
Have a leisurely start as this is your “Options Day” to do as you wish, e.g. spend the day shopping on 1 Kilometer long Königstasse; come with some of us to revisit the Mercedes Museum; take in one of the exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art; Walk through the gardens of the famous Wilhelma Gardens; Stroll over to the City Market for a view of “Locals” buying their breads and vegetables; Take a Tour of Stuttgart and a Wellness Center visit??? Tonight is our dressier night at Bernies Kachelofen or other place in middle of the old town.

Day 6- Sunday: "Track Day"
After breakfast it’s check-out time into our new Hotel. I added a new addition to the Tour - we will journey north to the famous F1 Grand Prix Race Track – Hockenheimring (or Note: Sinsheim as Option) and spend the afternoon enjoying their Motor-Sport-Museum and its huge exhibition area filled with racing cars & motorcycles and engines; See if you can get in some Cart Driving; When everyone’s had enough it’s back to the hotel.

Day 7- Monday: "Porsche"
Our short car ride to Zuffenhausen and our special visit to the one-and-only Porsche Production Facility, Museum, Boutique and Delivery Center. You Porsche Buffs watch out for the new 997 & 997 Turbo and if we are lucky we may see the Cayman. We’ll also stop over at Porsche’s NEWLY Opened Showroom. Maybe we’ll have time to visit Ludwigsburg Castle, hm?

Day 8- Tuesday: "Augsburg-the road to München"
Check out of our hotel and auto travel over the Danube to Augsburg and the German Baroque/Protestant Reformation. We see where the Diesel Engines originated, Roman Ruins, The Luthern Church has it’s beginnings here; This city gave King Ferdinand of Spain the money to send Columbus to find the New World. Lots to show you. Later, we’ll car pool out to our new german “Country Hotel” on the scenic Ammersee (Lake Ammer). This is very quaint and comfortable and will give you another perspective of Germany and Bavaria looking towards the Alps.

Day 9- Wednesday: "Bavarian Motor Werks"
To Munich and the new BMW Museum, R&D Area, the Olympic Complex from ’72; We’ll visit the Vitualien Market and enjoy some wonderful pastery perhaps; If time allows, I take you over to the German Museum and show you the original Benz Patent Automobile on display. Later, lovely drive back to our Hotel in Utting.

….See You In Stuttgart!