Ribeauvillé, Les Vosges Mountains, in Autumn

We had a grand view from the vineyards. Don’t forget to bring a picnic basket. And a cork screw.

sunny-view-over-ribeauville

The main road is lined with mostly half-timbered houses.

Sitting in St.Ulrich, Ribeauvillé

Sitting in St.Ulrich, Ribeauvillé

And yes, I still like rainbows.

rainbow-over-ribeauville

With tourism centered around the wine industry, there are some interesting corners to discover around this small town.

wine-barrels

We had rented this one-bedroom apartment via fewo-direkt.de. The first floor apartment is in a quiet side street off the main road. It was perfect for the two nights we spent there.

One thing to look out for is unlocking the door. The lock is a bit tricky, so I would advise practicing unlocking the door in broad daylight. Do not try to open the door in complete darkness, at least not the first time. Unless you don’t mind cursing on the door steps. 🙂

Ribeauvillé Apt

 

Online Booking and the Cheapest Days to Fly

If you reside in Germany, then the cheapest days to fly are Tuesdays (going) and Wednesday (returning). If you can do your booking 34 days in advance, this will save you some additional money.

In addition to watching your booking date and departure/arrival dates, we have found that the internet online travel agency Opodo is more straightforward than billigfluege.de .When we booked our son’s return trip from the UK with Opodo for euro 130,52, all that showed as an extra charge – just before you push “book now”- was the credit card surcharge of euro 4,09.

When it came time to book another flight for the same route Frankfurt – Birmingham, my travel companion forwarded another internet online travel agency link, because of an even lower price, and this time it was with billigfluege.de.

The same flight was advertised for euro 114, but just before you click “book now”,  the VAT of 19% and a credit card fee of euro 8 p.p. are added on the very last page.

Having entered all our information, we proceeded and in the end, we even paid euro 10 more per person. The slightly higher price is no problem, I just don’t like the way billigfluege.de got us on this one.

We will stick with Opodo from now on.

Booking Korean Air Flights on Facebook

From today’s issue (15 May 2012) of the Global Edition of the New York Times:

Yesterday, Korean Air stated that passengers could book tickets now through its Facebook fan page. In addition, starting May 31, the airline counts baggage by piece, instead of by weight, which would allow for more weight in most cases.

I flew Korean Air on my last trip to Asia four weeks ago. I had the best customer service experience with the airline – both on ground and board.

Visit Korean Air on Facebook for more information.

 

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