Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Francesco Sanfilippo wrote: > Yvonne and I are already eagerly planning our next photo > trip. We expect to be taking a 2-4 week trip sometime > between March and May to catch the tail end of the > winter and its natural beauty, and to avoid the summer > crowds. Our plans are to start in Munich, working our > way through Southern Germany, stopping in Vienna, > then working down through Austria, ending in either > Switzerland or Northern Italy. > > Can someone tell me where the Leica factory/HQ is? > Solms or Wetzlar? Is it feasible to make it a day trip > from Munich or is it across Germany somewhere? Is it > worth going there? I was hoping to go for an afternoon > and possibly take a tour, ramble through a gift shop, buy > a few Leica shirts, pick up the new M6 brochure, etc. Is > this how it works? > > How many LUGgers are there in Southern Germany or > Austria? Maybe we can meet for a coffee or beer and > some photography if I pass through your area! Francesco, Wetzlar, as Nathan mentioned is a long ways from Munich. It sounds like you are planning a trip south, so I wouldn't bother. Munich is filled with quite a few rather nice Leica shops and I would check out those. If you come to Zurich or Lake Constance (about four hours by train from Munich) then you should stop by. We live right on the Swiss border and Konstanz and Zurich are both about half an hour away. It's a lovely area with lots to see. Email me privately if you are interested. March is still a bit cold and wet, but April and May tend to be quite nice and definitely free of crowds. In the Alps you can still ski well until April. Keith Bingman Riedheim, Germany