Black forest (Titisee and Triberg) Travel Guide

Blackforest (Titisee and Triberg)
Country	:Germany
State	:Baden-Württemberg
Language	:German
Trip Category	:Daytrip Or Weekend trip

Heidelberg Travel Guide

Heidelberg
Country	:Germany
State	:Baden-Württemberg
Language	:German
Trip Category	:Daytrip Or Weekend trip
Get in
By Train
Train Search Websites
DB (Germany)	http://www.bahn.de/i/view/DEU/en/index.shtml
Note: Don't forget to select 'local transport'
Tickets
Option 1	Baden-Württemberg Ticket (BW Ticket)							Comments: ·   BW ticket – 29€ for five persons ·   BW single – 21€ for one person
Option 2	SW ticket from Other states of Germany							Comments: ·   SW ticket only on weekends
More on Tickets
Baden-Württemberg Ticket						http://jeevanhebbalu.blogspot.com/2011/09/regional-tickets-in-germany.html
SW ticket						http://jeevanhebbalu.blogspot.com/2011/09/schones-wochenende-ticket-sw-ticket.html
Where to Buy?
BW Ticket or SW Ticket				DB Vending Machine Online (DB website Ref: Train search website section)
City Pass
Heidelberg  Card					One Day (11€) (Not really necessary since public transport is covered in BW ticket)
More on Pass
Info on Price, Free Entrance and Reductions						http://www.e-heidelberg.com/attractions/
Where to Buy?
Heidelberg Hbf (Tourists Info Counter)
Sleep
Not applicable
Places visited
1.          Altstadt – Old City 2.          Old bridge and the Pepper pots 3.       Castle (Große Weinfass in Heidelberg) 4.          Bismarckplatz
See
Day 1
General
Start from Stuttgart early morning to Heidelberg, once you come out of Hbf you will see tourist info counter. Collect necessary information & maps. Catch Bus to Altstadt. Take a walk in the Altstadt to Universitätplatz and move on till you reach entrance to the old bridge. Spend some time in old bridge and come back to Universitätplatz and move towards Bergbahn entrance (Kornmarkt). Take a kombi ticket to Entrance to the Castle + berg bahn(to & fro) costs 5€ p.P. Visit castle and park. While coming back get down at Bismarckplatz, if you are interested in doing some shopping..
Useful links:
Heidelberg			http://wikitravel.org/en/Heidelberg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidelberg http://www.heidelberg-photo.com/English/Heidelberg_engl.html
Gallery:
Source:		Personal Experience

Regional Tickets in Germany

Regional Tickets in Germany

Attention: Prices have been changed for Regional tickets

Find the new prices in the following Website

http://www.bahn.de/p/view/angebot/regio/laender_tickets.shtml

Country: Germany

This ticket is called as Länder Tickets or Regional Tickets. Regional or Länder ticket will be valid for particular region. In Germany following regional tickets are valid. 

Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg-Ticket Package price: 29 EUR if you buy your ticket online or at the ticket machine. 31 EUR if you purchase your ticket at the Reisezentrum. This ticket is valid from Monday to Sunday for one day of your choice from 9 a.m. until 3 a.m. of the following day on Saturday and Sunday and bank holidays from 0 a.m. until 3 a.m. of the following day. It can be used on all local trains (Interregio-Express, Regional-Express, Regionalbahn, S-Bahn) and the entire transport system of the Verkehrsverbünde Baden-Württemberg, with some exceptions. Also available: Baden-Württemberg-Ticket Single 1st class and Baden-Württemberg-Ticket night.

Schönes-Wochenende-Ticket - (SW Ticket)

Schönes-Wochenende-Ticket

Update (Feb 2015)

Attention : Prices have been changed 

Check this website

http://www.bahn.de/p/view/angebot/regio/schoenes_wochenende_ticket.shtml

Country: Germany

Offer:

This ticket is valid for group up to 5 people travelling together on Saturday or Sunday(Any one day) from midnight to 3am on the following day.

This ticket is valid within Regional trains like RE, RB, IRE, S- bahn and Buses.

Indian = German

INDIAN = GERMAN

I will dedicate this post to my wife and neighbors who have made research and shared their knowledge.

Ok ok, you will be thinking what this post is about?  

In this post we will try to give you ideas of some Indian food items or some consumables which we can find in German super markets... 

Please try this at your own risk!!!!!

Slno.	Indian Name	German Name	Used for making..
1	Rave/Sooji	Weich weizen Griess/Greiß	Upma
2	Chi roti Rave (fine Sooji)	Weich weizen Griess/Greiß (fine)	Kesari Bath/ Rava Dosa/Kesari
3	Puff Sheet	Frischer Bläatterteig	Vegg/Egg Puff
4	Maida or All purpose flour	Weizen Mehl  Type 405 or 550	Naan, Roti etc…
5	Atta or Wheat flour	Weizen Mehl Type 1050 or wiezen vollkommehl	Chapathi, Phulka etc…
6	Corn flour	Korn Mehl	Gobi etc…
7	Butter	Deutsche – Marken Butter	Ghee
8	Noodles	Spaghetti	Noodles
9	Pasta	Penne Rigate, Fusisli	Pasta
10	Cashew	Cashew kerne	Sweets
11	Curd	Joghurt	Multi purpose
12	Milk	H-Milch	Multi purpose
13	Soya sauce	Soja-Sauce	Gobi-Noodles
14	Rice	Milch reis or spitzen reis or Paraboiled rice	For Dosa or Idli batter (not for normal rice)
15	Lemon juice	Zitrone bottle	Multi purpose
16	Sunflowe oil	Sonnen-blumenöl	Multi purpose
17	Coconut powder	Kokosraspalen	Multi purpose
18	Beans	Bohnen	Vegetables
19	Bread	Brot	Multi purpose
20	Cauliflower	Blumenkohl	Vegetables
21	Apple	Apfel	Fruit
22	Eggplant	Aubergine	Vegetables
23	Egg(Eggs)	Ei (Eier)	Multi purpose
24	Strawberries	Erdbeeren	fruit
25	Cucumber(s)	Gurke(n)	Vegetables
26	Chicken	Hähnchen, Huhn	Non -VEG
27	Honey	Honig	Multi purpose
28	Cabbage	Kohl	Vegetables
29	Cake	Kuchen	Vegetables
30	Carrot	Karotten or Möhren	Vegetables
31	Potato	kartoffel	Vegetables
32	Ice Cream	Eis or Eiskrem	Dessert
33	Meet Beef Pork	Fleisch Rindfleisch Schwienefleisch	Non -VEG
34	Mustard	Senf	Multi purpose
35	Mint	Minze	Vegetables
36	Nut Peanut Hazel nut Walnut	Nuss (Nüsse) Erdnuss Haselnuss Walnuss	Multi purpose
37	Onion	Zwiebel(-n)	Multi purpose
38	Pepper	Pfeffer	Multi purpose
39	Salt	Salz	Multi purpose
40	Spinach	Spinat	Vegetables

List will be updated on case to case basis...

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