PAGE 8 CIMARRON TRAIL MEMBER ARTICLE By T im & Per r i B l ake A WEEK IN BAVARIA It all started with those full page ads in the Porsche magazines about going to Europe and driving around in a 911 seeing sights and driving the Alpine roads. Every month those roads and mountain peaks captured our imaginations. But by the time we added up the costs and pile on airfare, we were nearing $30,000. Add to it that some of the days are wasted on museum tours and the like. Why stop and visit museums when you can be in a 911 slipping through curves on a mountain road? The desire was too strong, but our pocketbook was too light. But then it occurred to us that perhaps we could put together a similar trip for something considerably less than $30,000 and be on our own timeline. THE PREPARATION So the internet research began. First we needed to map out the road. Once we figured out that there is a road called the Alpenstrasse (Alpine road) that links all the Alpine villages together, the route sort of figured itself out. But where to start? The closest major airport was Munich so that became our starting point (and our ending point). We mapped out a route that started in Munich, took the Autobahn to Salzburg, then dropped into the beautiful Bavarian countryside to begin our official driving part of the journey. Once we figured out the route, we set about finding hotels along the way. We relied on TripAdvisor ratings and just sort of picked hotels a little bit randomly…which worked out well. We also used the Expedia ‘bundled deal’ feature and booked our roundtrip airfare through United…upgrading our seats for more legroom. Now for the difficult part…securing a 911.
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