Discussion of the reunion can take place in its forum.

All details, when finalized, will also be published here.

So join in and make plans now!

I would also remind those Rimbachers who did not attend DLI that this reunion is for them also and is NOT limited to DLI graduates. It serves the same purpose as all our reunions: to get together and see one another again, and relive the great old days!

Charlie’s plan:

I have worked out a program for the 2009 Reunion.

There has been alot of talk about what to do when in Rimbach. If you’re are going to spend your money to come over for the reunion you might as well spend a little bit more and see something more than just Rimbach.

I did listen to the commits about the last reunion, and hope I can help to make the 2009 event even better.

I do not know how much intrest there is going to be in this program, but I am just going to put this up for discussion, and we will see what happens.

To make any kind of overnight trips we will need at least 20 people. This is the bottom number here for group rates and brings the price down a lot for everyone.

If the trip comes about, I will have to collect two-thirds of the price at least three months in advance.

I have decided to start the trip on a Tuesday because last time most people coming over started their trip to Rimbach on Saturday, Sunday or Monday.

A lot of people said the trip to Prague and Plzeň was nice, but it was too rushed, and one overnight stay was not so good because there was no time to go out on your own buy souvenirs and so forth. This time the trip would be on weekdays so that more shops would be open. I have allowed for time to shop and look around on your own.

So here we go:

Tuesday, June 9, 2009: Leave Rimbach around 9 a.m. by bus to Marienbad and Karlsbad, CZ. Included is a guided tour of both towns with a English-speaking guide. Leave Karlsbad at the latest around 6 p.m., then on to our hotel in Ustí-nad-Labem, a small town on the border between CZ and what was East Germany. All overnight stays are with breakfast and a set-menu dinner.

Wednesday, June 10: After breakfast, we take the bus into what used to be East Germany, with a trip to Castle Konigstein, about 45-minute drive. In the afternoon we go on to Elbsandsteingebirge National Park. There are a lot of beautiful sandstone rock formations there, with short or long walks to different view points. Afterward, back to our hotel in CZ.

Tuesday or Wednesday: A Folklore evening at the hotel similar to the one we had in Prague during the 2004 reunion.

Thursday, June 11: After breakfast, on to Dresden with a guided walking/bus tour of the city with a English-speaking guide. Dresden is a beautifully rebuilt old city. They used a lot of West German tax money to do that. We will stay in a hotel in or around Dresden.

Friday, June 12: After breakfast it’s back to Rimbach, a trip of about 3 1/2 hours. We should be in Rimbach at the latest by 2 p.m., which would give everyone time to freshen up before we join the march into the beer tent around 6 p.m.

Why did I choose this trip? Everybody seemed to have liked going into CZ the last time, and Kalsbad is worth seeing. We were all in Rimbach, but how many of us have been in what used to be East Germany? Why stay in the hotel on the border in CZ? Because its a lot cheaper with breakfast and dinner than in Germany, and not far from the places we would visit.

Prices will be for a four-day, three-night trip per person in a double room that will include all of the above and the bus for about 350 euros per person. Not included are entrance fees to parts of the castle and some of the places we may or may not visit in Dresden.

I am thinking that on Friday evening we would be in the beer tent; on Saturday, June 13, up “The Hill” by ski lift to visit the old sites and the Schonblick or the lift restaurant; in the evening into the beer tent or find a place of our own. On Sunday, lunch togeather and maybe a trip to Cherhov in CZ.

Please get this info to as many people as possible, and let us start really working on the reunion 2009.

Ami Charlie

There you have it, a great beginning. A huge thanks to Charlie (and Jim) for putting together what sounds like an exciting program of events for this reunion.

Jump in and discuss these plans in the “Rimbach Reunion, June 2009” forum.

This list will be updated whenever new information is available, so if situations change, just post the latest information.

PLANNING TO ATTEND & WHERE THEY’RE STAYING

1. Bill Lamb — Bayerischer Hof
2. Hal Toye — Kollmerhof
3. Jim Menzie — Viechtach
4. Hildegard Menzie — Viechtach
5. Bob Eubank (Brother Eu): 2
6. Bill Witney — Kollmerhof
7. Ed Miller - Canceled
8. Christa Miller - Canceled
9. Les Fulsome: (2-4 people) — Beckendorf
10. Dave Vaughan — Kollmerhof
11. Chuck Russell — Furth im Wald
12. Maria Russell — Furth im Wald
13. Steve (Pivo) Locke — Kollmerhof
14. Charlie Hess — Rimbach
15. Pineapple Layne — Bad Kötzting
16. Annemarie Layne — Bad Kötzting
17. Larry Conner — Cafe Frank
18. Melody Conner — Cafe Frank
19. Steve Bringle — Bayerischer Hof
20. John Campbell — Kollmerhof
21. Cindy Campbell — Kollmerhof
22. Doug Lindberg — Cafe Frank (Planned)
23. Dick Dishman — Furth im Wald
24. Hanalore — Furth im Wald

WOULD LOVE TO ATTEND, BUT CAN’T

1. John Kelliher
2. Glenn and Janet Miller
3. Phil Wetzel
4. Rose Faughnan
5. Bill Blaisdell
6. Neil Harder
7. Dave and Sandy Sampson

WOULD LOVE TO ATTEND, BUT AREN’T SURE YET

1. John Burfete
2. Harold D. “Buzz” Hemmings