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Getting Psyched about my upcoming trip |
| Posted by John White on 2007-06-19 13:17:10 |
| Pottenstein is a good option. It is a mix of train and bus, but the bus journey is through spectacular countryside. The following is the travel itinerary for the journey, from my trip handout for the small group I am taking there on Thursday, the 26th of July. From Bamberg, we get the 10.09 train (Platform 3), which gets to Forchheim at 10.28, the stop before being Eggolsheim, at 10.23. In Forchheim, we get a 10.35 train, from Platform 5, to the train's end destination, Ebermannstadt, where it arrives at 10.55 (the stop before is Pretzfeld at 10.52). From Ebermannstadt, we get a number 389 bus to Pottenstein, with direction indicator Pegnitz; it leaves Ebermannstadt station at 11.05, and arrives in the centre of Pottenstein, at the stop named Pottenstein Gästezentrum (Tourist Information Office) at 11.48. Pottenstein has two breweries, with taps to sample their beers in, and there are numerous other bars, including the tap of a fairly recently closed brewery, Wagner Bräu. I have a Web page covering Pottenstein: http://www.whitebeertravels.com/pottenstein , and a Pottenstein map will be a trip handout. Do not be put off by the nature of the journey; the bus travels through particularly spectacular scenery; the area is called Franconian Switzerland (Fränkische Schweiz), http://www.fraenkische-schweiz.com ), and Pottenstein ( http://www.pottenstein.de , http://www.stadt.pottenstein.de ) is a really lovely town, which is full of interest. Therefore, I heartily recommend that you don't sidestep today's trip. There are return buses to Ebermannstadt leaving at 15.05, 16.05 and 17.05, the latter being the last one. I suggest that we target the 16.05. This gets to Ebermannstadt station at 16.48, but I plan to get off at the Kirchenplatz stop, at 16.45, to check out the town's two brewery taps, which are close to this bus stop and both are less than 600 metres/yards from the railway station: Schwanbräu (http://www.schwanenbraeu.de ), at Marktplatz 2; and Sonnenbräu, at Hauptstrasse 29; both breweries have a distillery. Steve Thomas suggests that the Schwanenbräu Brewery may be next to its Keller, at Ramstertalstrasse 1; no doubt someone on the trip will be checking this out! A map will be provided, which locates all the places mentioned. The train that connects with the bus from Pottenstein is the 17.03, which gets to Forchheim, its end stop, at 17.23. There are trains at the same time past the hour until 21.03, these all leaving from Platform 1, with the station before Forchheim being Pinzberg. As per Tuesday's Annafest trip, there are frequent return trains from Forchheim to Bamberg, up to beyond 11pm, leaving from Platform 2, for example, at 17.31 (arrives in Bamberg at 17.51), 17.48 (arrives in Bamberg at 18.05), 18.13 (arrives in Bamberg at 18.31), 18.28 (arrives in Bamberg at 18.49), 19.05 (arrives in Bamberg at 19.22), 19.31 (arrives in Bamberg at 19.51), 20.13 (arrives in Bamberg at 20.31), 20.28 (arrives in Bamberg at 20.49), 21.19 (arrives in Bamberg at 21.36), 21.35 (arrives in Bamberg at 21.57), and 22.17 (arrives in Bamberg at 22.32). The stop before Bamberg for these is Hirschaid. |
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 Getting Psyched about my upcoming trip by Uncle Jimbo on 2007-06-19 15:53:04 |
| Getting Psyched about my upcoming trip by Nick B. on 2007-06-19 23:38:30 |
| Getting Psyched about my upcoming trip by John White on 2007-06-20 01:11:10 |
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