Oktoberfest 2004

PStuyvsant

Eagle's Nest 2003

My old friend and traveling pardner Larry can always be found with a Bier or a camera in his hand (sometimes both). An avid traveler who is fortunate enough to make annual jaunts to Europe, he can be found cruising happily around the Black Forest, Bavaria and the Rhineland.  You can't miss him with a 'Boeing' cap and a camera stuck to his eye. Tell him you saw him at Ben's Bauernhof and he'll buy you a Bier.... :-)  The lucky lad completed his 32nd European adventure in Sep 07 with a whirlwind tour that included an Oktoberfest hookup with old buddies ...

- Check out Larry's trip reports -

"Three Weeks in 05" "Back for More in 2004" "Ben & Me in 2003" "Deutschland 2002 ~ PStuyvsant Solo" "Deutschland 2000 ~ A Tale of Two Texans" "Bier ~ Bratwurst und Bauernhöfe"

#1 Germany tourist - Good buddies for the best part of 40+ years - High School cruisers - Military warriors - Brothers in law (ex) - Vagabonds

Larry's first trip to Germany	Saving the world from Communism	Early 60s (BavariaBen & PStuyvsant)
Oktoberfest 1989	Tegelberg	- - - Another Ludwig Fan
Annual Stroh's Rum Run	Oktoberfest 1999
Mit Fritz Bärmann - Zum Sternen	Once a Soldier - always a Soldier	Another Prost...

 Accommodations (Personal Favorites)

Munich - Pension Schmellergarten (Garni)
Gmund (Tegernsee) - Schweinberghof (farm)
Grassau (near Chiemsee) - Fetznhof (farm)
Berchtesgaden - Hotel-Gasthof Salzberg
Berchtesgaden (Maria Gern) - Unterklapflehen (farm)
Berchtesgaden (Ramsau) - Grasslerlehen (farm)
Garmisch-Partenkirchen - Bichlerhof (farm)
Garmisch-Partenkirchen - Hotel-Pension Almenrausch und Edelweiß
Garmisch-Partenkirchen - Gästehäuser Sonnenblume und Kornmüller
Hohenschwangau (near Füssen) - Haus Weiher
Schwangau-Brunnen (near Füssen) - Ponyhof Fischer (farm)
Schwangau-Horn (near Füssen) - Beim Landhannes (farm)
Wies (next door to Wieskirche) - Scholderhof (farm)
Oberammergau (next door to Passion Play theater) - Haus Neu
Graswang (near Linderhof castle) - Haus Hutter
Iphofen (near Rothenburg o.d.T.) - Erlebnishof (farm)
Rothenburg o.d.T. - Gasthof zum Goldener Greifen
Dinkelsbühl (Romantic Road) - Hotel Palmengarten
Schrozberg/Schmalfelden (near Rothenburg o.d.T.) - Bauernhof Hahn (farm)
Altmühltal - Weltenberg - Bauernhof/Ferienhof Lehner-Köglmaier (farm)
Spiegelau/Oberkreuzberg (Bavarian Forest) - Bauernhof/Ferienhof Sellmayer (farm)
Berghaupten (Schwarzwald) - Lehmannhof (farm)
Gengenbach/Schönberg (Schwarzwald) - Schillihof (farm)
Gutach (Schwarzwald) - Wäldebauernhof (farm)
Gutach (Schwarzwald) - Gasthof Linde
Hausach (Schwarzwald) - Klausmannhof (farm)
Schönwald (Schwarzwald) - Gästehaus Sonnenhain
Schuttertal (Schwarzwald) - Grundbauernhof (farm)
Vöhrenbach/Urach (Schwarzwald) - Mooshof (farm)
Wolfach/Kirnbach (Schwarzwald) - Röcklehof (farm)
Meersburg (Bodensee) - Gasthof zum Bären
Hirschhorn/Langenthal (near Heidelberg) - Landgasthof Zur Linde
Mossautal/Ober Mossau (Odenwald) - Hoschbachhof (farm)
Fahrenbach (Odenwald) - Bauernhof Schork (farm)
Oberheimbach bei Bacharach (Rhine) - Weingut Sonnenhof
Annaberg (SE of Salzburg, Austria) - Bärhof (farm)
Grödig/Eichet (near Salzburg, Austria) - Gasthof Die Pflegerbrücke
Rieden/Weissenbach (near Reutte, Austria) - Gästehaus Wieland
Unterpinswang (near Reutte, Austria) - Gutshof zum Schluxen
Sulzberg (NE of Bregenz, Austria) - Lindenhof (farm)
Unken (SW of Salzburg, Austria) - Götzbauernhof (farm)
Hall In Tirol (near Innsbruck, Austria) - Hotel-Restaurant Heiligkreuz
Obsteig (near Innsbruck, Austria) - Thalerhof (farm)