Germany away (2 September 2006) - all info in this thread

**wooman** · 19/07/2006, 9:39 PM

im gettin to frankfurt from london then driving up to stuttgart on the friday night

**galwayhoop** · 20/07/2006, 9:46 AM

Originally Posted by bennocelt

im heading over via london, probably the bus eurolines thingy
will i have any problems with this?

also i really dont know what ye guys are on about with accomodation
can you stay in the pubs all night?

if you're travelling over by bus and not booking accomodation and planning to stay in pub all night i hope i don't stand on your toe on sunday morning .................. bear sore head springs to mind

**Superhoops** · 20/07/2006, 10:15 PM

Originally Posted by galwayhoop

if you're travelling over by bus and not booking accomodation and planning to stay in pub all night i hope i don't stand.....

down wind of you!!!!

**Shamrock** · 21/07/2006, 11:42 AM

Hi I have my tickets, scarf, jersey, and absurd hat... but....
I still need a place to stay in Stuttgart. Unless some attractive lady that lives in Stuttgart and visits this forum can offer me a place im afraid im going to need to book a bed for the night.
So I was just wondering where all the irish would be in Stuttgart. Any particular hotels or area where we are all going to be clustered???

**Paulie** · 21/07/2006, 12:17 PM

Howaya. There's a thread in Fan's Forum in the Ireland section called Germany away. In there you will find information about accommodation etc. There are a lot of pages to it though so I'd start at the last page as any hotels which were recommended on the first few pages would more than likely be booked up by now.

**casso36** · 21/07/2006, 12:28 PM

Originally Posted by Shamrock

Hi I have my tickets, scarf, jersey, and absurd hat... but....
I still need a place to stay in Stuttgart. Unless some attractive lady that lives in Stuttgart and visits this forum can offer me a place im afraid im going to need to book a bed for the night.
So I was just wondering where all the irish would be in Stuttgart. Any particular hotels or area where we are all going to be clustered???

Shamrock,

Try A Google search for The Brita Hotel stuttgart thats where were staying and few others. Had few rooms during the week and only 4 1/2 kils from stadium
and €70.00 each for 2 nights.

**Kempes1-0** · 21/07/2006, 1:05 PM

Originally Posted by RichieM

Kempes 1-0
I hired a car from there (Baden Karlsruhe) during the world cup. Europcar, Hertz and other desks in airport. Airport is off the beaten track but is well signposted from autobahn. I was charged $75 for diesel cos it wasnt full. Car is best option from here. I travelled to outskirts of Stuttgart and got S-Bahn to city centre. City Centre looked great during 3/4th play off.

Thanks for that Richie,
got done myself previously on the fuel costs for the france away match. complained to hertz when i got back and got �20 off!

**green army** · 21/07/2006, 9:15 PM

we are staying in munich and getting the train up and returning in the early hours of the morning. that could be another option for you.

**sandra** · 22/07/2006, 9:17 AM

Originally Posted by Schumi

Anyone else on the hlx flight direct from Dublin on the Friday afternoon (arriving at 3-ish)?

Yes 2 of us on that flight. Anyone staying at the astropark hotel

**supasparx** · 22/07/2006, 9:49 AM

Try Hotel Keinath on www.lodging-germany.com 4 of us stayin there may be some rooms left

**mjpcc** · 22/07/2006, 4:55 PM

Originally Posted by setanta1966

I have been living in Germany for 15 years now,I have just acquired 4 tickets on Ebay , can anyone guess how many Irish will be at the game, heard that blocks 61-61 are the official allocated areas for us. My tickets are in 65 and 67, Any clues guys as to whether there will be a majority of us in sections 61 thru 70.

I've been considering buying tickets on e-bay myself and was wondering if
it was safe to do so. ? Anyone got any advise.

Thx

**gspain** · 22/07/2006, 5:02 PM

I'd advise holding off for a few weeks. There are still 5,000 Irish tickets to distribute and many of the fans who get these will have German spares then.

**paul_oshea** · 22/07/2006, 5:31 PM

hotel etap has rooms left if you are interested they charge per room. so its like 43 euro for the room for two - 3 ppl.

just booked it there. they are generally not central though.

**mjpcc** · 23/07/2006, 12:41 AM

Thanks guys ..... I'll wait for a while.

**Gather round** · 23/07/2006, 8:09 PM

That ETAP hotel in Stuttgart is about three miles north west of the centre (two stops on the s-bahn train). The stadium is about the same distance north-east of the centre.

**green army** · 24/07/2006, 8:06 AM

Does anyone know what a "sparpreis 25" and "sparpreis 50" is.

**paul_oshea** · 24/07/2006, 8:11 AM

how much in a taxi from the centre and also from the main train station in stuttgart?

what is the name of the stop on the s-bahn?

**Bluetonic** · 24/07/2006, 8:11 AM

Originally Posted by green army

Does anyone know what a "sparpreis 25" and "sparpreis 50" is.

It means your making a saving of X

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**Istabraq** · 24/07/2006, 9:03 AM

I took a big risk when buying my 4 tickets. 2-3 weeks ago the tickets were selling for much, much less on ebay.de. However, because my ebay account was set up before ebay.ie was around I was registered under ebay.co.uk. Therefore I wasnt allowed to but football tickets over the internet dut to British laws. So I ended up contacting a german seller privately, telling him my problem. He told me to send my address and lodge the �212 to his account. He supplied his iban and details. I wasnt sure about it, as I had no come back if he ripped me. I couldnt go to ebay as they were left out of it. His feedback record was excellent, so I decide for 50 quid a ticket it would be woth the risk.
Fair play to him, I got my tickets in the post last week. Section 67C.
I see that tickets are going for crazy money now. I deffo wouldnt pay more than a ton for 1.
But anyway, buying tickets through ebay is very safe, just not the way I did it.

**PaulB** · 24/07/2006, 9:20 AM

When booking train tickets on bahn.de, i can get return from Frankfurt to Stuuugart for 340 Euro for 5. Is this ticket flexible does anyone know, so if we miss the train we originally booked, is it transferable to the next train ..