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Saulius · « **Reply #60 on:** March 15, 2017, 05:34:06 PM »

Quote from: world2see on March 15, 2017, 02:31:24 PM

Thank you!
I reached out to the Shaliach there, he suggested ordering food from one of the locals in Wolfsburg. I am a bit uncomfortable doing that....

Thanks!!!

There is a shul there in Wolfsburg, http://www.zentralratdjuden.de/de/topic/59.gemeinden.html?gemeinde=107 ..

Aren't you first landing in another city like Frankfurt or Berlin, where you can easily stock up?

world2see · « **Reply #61 on:** March 23, 2017, 03:50:10 PM »

Quote from: Saulius on March 15, 2017, 05:34:06 PM

There is a shul there in Wolfsburg, http://www.zentralratdjuden.de/de/topic/59.gemeinden.html?gemeinde=107 ..

Aren't you first landing in another city like Frankfurt or Berlin, where you can easily stock up?

Firstly thank you!
Yes I landed in Frankfurt however I had to leave directly from airport to a meeting so no time to stop locally. For anyones future reference the email address to the Chabad Shaliach in Hanover is info@chabadhannover.de . They put me in touch with a Jewish local in Wolfsburg who offered to provide kosher food for any travelers there. Her contact info is below:

Towa Harety

towa.harety@googlemail.com

Landesverband der Jüdischen
Gemeinden von Niedersachsen K.d.ö.R

Haeckelstraße 10

30173 Hannover

Tel: 0511 81 27 62

Fax. 0511 84 45 90

Live N Learn · « **Reply #62 on:** May 25, 2017, 06:31:39 AM »

Any recent info on Kosher food?

Live N Learn · « **Reply #63 on:** May 25, 2017, 10:26:32 PM »

Quote from: User6669 on May 25, 2017, 06:31:39 AM

Any recent info on Kosher food?

*in Berlin.

Dan · « **Reply #64 on:** July 03, 2017, 09:37:50 AM »

Anyone do the 3 hour Porsche rental recently in FRA?
Recommended places to visit?

luckyluck · « **Reply #65 on:** July 03, 2017, 12:42:12 PM »

I'd go to Strasbourg

Bit of a drive tough, but beautiful and plenty of kosher restaurants

Saulius · « **Reply #66 on:** July 03, 2017, 03:24:50 PM »

Quote from: luckyluck on July 03, 2017, 12:42:12 PM

I'd go to Strasbourg
Bit of a drive tough, but beautiful and plenty of kosher restaurants

Strasbourg wouldn't work - as the 3 hour Porsche rental is limited to 150km. (Think one gets an hour grace period if you have Amex Platinum)

One can go visit Baal Shem Michelstadt though, about 72km away. (Am Stadion 1, 64720 Michelstadt, Germany )

Dan · « **Reply #67 on:** July 03, 2017, 06:10:28 PM »

Quote from: Saulius on July 03, 2017, 03:24:50 PM

Strasbourg wouldn't work - as the 3 hour Porsche rental is limited to 150km. (Think one gets an hour grace period if you have Amex Platinum)

One can go visit Baal Shem Michelstadt though, about 72km away. (Am Stadion 1, 64720 Michelstadt, Germany )

Source for grace period?
Wish there was a way to go over the 150. Can eat through that in no time cruising the autobahn at 200kph.

Any reason to go to the rebuilt Rashi's shul? Could pull off Sohar and that in 150kms.
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Frankfurt+Airport,+Frankfurt,+Germany/Worms+Synagogue,+Synagogenplatz,+67547+Worms,+Germany/Sohar's+Kosher+Restaurant+GmbH,+Savignystra%C3%9Fe,+Frankfurt,+Germany/Frankfurt+Airport,+Frankfurt,+Germany/@49.872319,8.2341647,10z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m26!4m25!1m5!1m1!1s0x47bd0b745442f979:0x8a74d84d21f8f331!2m2!1d8.5621518!2d50.0379326!1m5!1m1!1s0x47962c8017167e17:0x88bad5c9bd28787d!2m2!1d8.3664456!2d49.6339236!1m5!1m1!1s0x47bd09513d45eddd:0x349e3a1c001532a!2m2!1d8.66001!2d50.11411!1m5!1m1!1s0x47bd0b745442f979:0x8a74d84d21f8f331!2m2!1d8.5621518!2d50.0379326!3e0

Dan · « **Reply #68 on:** July 03, 2017, 06:15:45 PM »

Bah. http://sohars-restaurant.com/en/
"From 14.07.2016 until 06.08.2016 our restaurant is closed due to holidays."

So there's no place to eat in FRA it seems.

Saulius · « **Reply #69 on:** July 03, 2017, 08:04:54 PM »

Quote from: Dan on July 03, 2017, 06:10:28 PM

Source for grace period?
Wish there was a way to go over the 150. Can eat through that in no time cruising the autobahn at 200kph.

Any reason to go to the rebuilt Rashi's shul? Could pull off Sohar and that in 150kms.
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Frankfurt+Airport,+Frankfurt,+Germany/Worms+Synagogue,+Synagogenplatz,+67547+Worms,+Germany/Sohar's+Kosher+Restaurant+GmbH,+Savignystra%C3%9Fe,+Frankfurt,+Germany/Frankfurt+Airport,+Frankfurt,+Germany/@49.872319,8.2341647,10z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m26!4m25!1m5!1m1!1s0x47bd0b745442f979:0x8a74d84d21f8f331!2m2!1d8.5621518!2d50.0379326!1m5!1m1!1s0x47962c8017167e17:0x88bad5c9bd28787d!2m2!1d8.3664456!2d49.6339236!1m5!1m1!1s0x47bd09513d45eddd:0x349e3a1c001532a!2m2!1d8.66001!2d50.11411!1m5!1m1!1s0x47bd0b745442f979:0x8a74d84d21f8f331!2m2!1d8.5621518!2d50.0379326!3e0

You could go over 150km, you then just pay €0.99 euro per km.

No reason to visit the shul, other than it being the sight of the miracle as it's the building that bowed in for Rasi's mother while he was in her womb. A German wanted to run her over with his horse, and the wall miraculously bowed in so she could save herself with her unborn son.

What's worth visiting there is the cemetery: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Cemetery,_Worms

Maharam M'Rottenberg and the Maharil are buried there.

Dan · « **Reply #70 on:** July 03, 2017, 08:07:06 PM »

Lol, is there anything worth visiting within 100kms of FRA that isn't a kever?

Saulius · « **Reply #71 on:** July 03, 2017, 08:08:41 PM »

Quote from: Dan on July 03, 2017, 06:15:45 PM

Bah. http://sohars-restaurant.com/en/
"From 14.07.2016 until 06.08.2016 our restaurant is closed due to holidays."

So there's no place to eat in FRA it seems.

Lufthansa First Class - you will be extremely well fed - no need for a restaurant.

Dan · « **Reply #72 on:** July 03, 2017, 08:10:44 PM »

Quote from: Saulius on July 03, 2017, 08:08:41 PM

Lufthansa First Class - you will be extremely well fed - no need for a restaurant.

Looking at an 8 hour layover plus a 2 hour flight to FCO after that.
Maybe I'll just do the 2.5 hour layover and skip the Porsche.

Saulius · « **Reply #73 on:** July 04, 2017, 02:10:48 AM »

Quote from: Dan on July 03, 2017, 08:07:06 PM

Lol, is there anything worth visiting within 100kms of FRA that isn't a kever?

Heidelberg -- http://wikitravel.org/en/Heidelberg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidelberg_Castle

PlatinumGuy · « **Reply #74 on:** July 04, 2017, 07:10:36 AM »

Quote from: Saulius on July 03, 2017, 08:08:41 PM

Lufthansa First Class - you will be extremely well fed - no need for a restaurant.

-1

Dan · « **Reply #75 on:** July 04, 2017, 11:43:39 AM »

Quote from: Saulius on July 04, 2017, 02:10:48 AM

Heidelberg -- http://wikitravel.org/en/Heidelberg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidelberg_Castle

Looks cool, so Heidelberg castle or Worms to visit the Rashi House/Museum/Shul?

Saulius · « **Reply #76 on:** July 04, 2017, 12:11:06 PM »

Quote from: Dan on July 04, 2017, 11:43:39 AM

Looks cool, so Heidelberg castle or Worms to visit the Rashi House/Museum/Shul?

Extend your layover, get a 24 hour Porsche rental, go to Heidelberg and then Worms. I see people that fly in from
New York to Frankfurt, they go to Baal Shem Michelstadt's kever, and then a few hours later right back to the airport to
fly back to New York.

The Rashi shul was destroyed on Kristallnacht, and was rebuilt in 1960s. So it's not the original 1000-year old shul, just
the cemetery there is the heimishe attraction.

Ploni3 · « **Reply #77 on:** December 14, 2017, 08:55:41 AM »

Anyone have a reliable Driver to recommend from DUS for a day? Thanks

Luvtotravel · « **Reply #78 on:** December 14, 2017, 08:12:12 PM »

what is not to miss in hamburg/altuna?

ludmila · « **Reply #79 on:** December 14, 2017, 09:48:20 PM »

Quote from: Luvtotravel on December 14, 2017, 08:12:12 PM

what is not to miss in hamburg/altuna?

1. The Rathaus (City Hall) - probably one of the most beautiful buildings you will ever see.
2.Elbphilharmonie -large concert hall.
3.Reeperbahn (night life district) NOT FOR EVERYONE
4. Planten un Blomen park
5.Bar Le Lion” at Rathausstr for the best bar in Germany
6.Luicella’s for best ice cream
7. St. Pauli -walk around and many nice cafes to have a coffee or a beer.
8.Europes longest open air market - Isemarkt