i finally remembered my password! posting again finally...
matt and i have been planning our german/austria/switzerland trip for a little while now. we've come up with our basic itinerary:
frankfurt
cologne
freiburg
basel
berne
zurich
uelm
munich
salzburg
frankfurt
pretty much in that order. what we're in the middle of putting together now is a bit of a beer tour of bayern, though not an extensive one. mostly we'll be trying weisses Bier though we're very excited to be heading to the city of Bamberg for a visit to the Aecht Schlenkerla beer tavern which has been around since 1405. you can view the full contents of our planning process at matt's yahoo travel page. if you've been to germany and have any tips for us on breweries and sights to see in bayern or baden-wuertenburg, switzerland, or austria please chime in.