[Rickster]

Given the relatively early time of the match, it looks doable to me to stay in Munich and take the train to Nuremberg for the game. Does that make sense or am I missing something?

[dfb547490]

I'm doing that as well.

[Shibb]

Seems to make sense to me... what's accomodation availability like in Munich?

[El-Professor]

I got tickets in the first FIFA draw for match 37 (which thank the soccer gods is Argentina v. Holland) a day before the US game in Nuremberg. We're planning to attend in Frankfurt then hop an overnight train to Nurenberg and then back to our base in the countryside hopefully on a one-day pass so we don't have to use two days.

[strawberryfields]

Originally Posted by Rickster

Given the relatively early time of the match, it looks doable to me to stay in Munich and take the train to Nuremberg for the game. Does that make sense or am I missing something?

bltleo should have the answer.

[NBlue]

I'll be taking the train from Heidelberg in the morning and back to Heidelberg in the evening after the match. Then its off to Frankfurt the next day to catch my departing flight at noon.

[Shibb]

Originally Posted by El-Professor

I got tickets in the first FIFA draw for match 37 (which thank the soccer gods is Argentina v. Holland) a day before the US game in Nuremberg. We're planning to attend in Frankfurt then hop an overnight train to Nurenberg and then back to our base in the countryside hopefully on a one-day pass so we don't have to use two days.

If it helps, about four years ago I took a train from Frankfurt to Nuremberg just to go shopping for the day. I also ate some sausages and drank some beers. I think it was an ICE train, although I can't be certain, and although it was a full day it wasn't too bad. Do they even have overnight trains to Nuremberg from Frankfurt? It's only a 2 hour ICE ride.

On a different note: I built a spreadsheet in May that shows the WC cities and a lot of different info. I've not looked at it in a long time. I now see that I did a "mock draw", just for grins, back then. In my mock draw I had Italy as the seed in the E group and USA as the E3 team in that group. Which is exactly what happened. Should have played the lottery that day I suppose.

[Hosscat]

Last time I checked, there's still rooms left at the Nuremberg Holiday Inn City Center (it's in the red light district too). I hear Nuremberg is actually a really cool/interesting place- despite it's "reputation" problem.

[eissman]

Originally Posted by Rickster

Given the relatively early time of the match, it looks doable to me to stay in Munich and take the train to Nuremberg for the game. Does that make sense or am I missing something?

Yes. 1.5 hours tops is the ICE train to Nuremburg.

Here is the train I am looking into:
22-Jun
Train #: ICE 728
From Munich HBF
Departs: 9:10 am
To Nuremberg HBF
Arrives: 10:28am
Total time: 1h 18m

[El-Professor]

The train doesn't take all night from Frankfurt, I just meant that after the late Aregentina v. Holland game it would be late at night when we caught the last train out, which right now says just after midnight, arriving in N'berg at 3am. Then we plan to catch a few winks in the park before partying for the US game then head back to our base near Idar-Oberstein that same night. PHew.