Arrival In Hamburg

We have arrived in Hamburg to nice weather and a great place to stay (Generator Hostel).  We had a nice dinner at Casa Romano, because you always start your first night in Germany with Italian food!

Here are a few pics....

2012 German Business & Culture Itinerary

German Business & Culture 2012 - Itinerary

Sunday, April 29:  Leave USA

Monday, April 30:  Arrive in Hamburg

                Generator Hostel

                Steintorplatz 3,  20099, Hamburg, Germany.

Telephone: +49 (0) 40 226 358 460

                http://www.generatorhostels.com/en/hamburg/

                Group Dinner – Location to be determined

Tuesday, May 1:  Erste Mai (European Labor Day) & Harbor Day

Hamburg Hafen Rundfahrt    (no reservation – we will just go to docks and get a boat)

(Hamburg Harbor Tour)

12:00 – 14:30

http://www.maritime-touren.de/index.php

               

Group Dinner in Hamburg  at 19:00

location:  Groeninger Privatbraueri

http://www.groeninger-hamburg.de/index.htm

Wednesday, May 2:  Harbor Day (& Travel)

10:00 – 12:30 Media Lecture & Uni Hamburg Visit

                Professor Michel Clement

                Universität Hamburg

Institut für Marketing und Medien

Lehrstuhl für Marketing und Medienmanagement

http://www.imm.uni-hamburg.de/team_clement.html

13:00 – 16:00  Time to explore city

Travel to Berlin:  ICE 905    LV Hamburg: 18:06 ------ AR Berlin 19:46

                            Take S train to Alexanderplatz, then M4 Tram to hotel

Hotel:                    Alex Hotel                                  Greifswalder Strasse 3

Tel:  +49 30 4172 4172                     10405 Berlin                       

www.alex-hotel.de

Group Dinner  in Hotel Neighborhood – location TBD

Thursday, May 3:  Volkswagen World Headquarters

Travel to Wolfsburg :  Take Tram/S-train to HbF, then

ICE 944 LV Berlin 7:48 ------ AR Wolfsburg 8:54

Plant Tour and Brand Marketing Presentation at VW  (9:00 – 12:00)

http://www.volkswagen.de

Visit to AutoStadt & Car Receiving Area  (12:00 – 16:00)

http://www.volkswagen.com/vwcms/master_public/virtualmaster/en2/experience/autostadt.html

Return Travel to Berlin: no reservation – take train based on time at Autostadt (weather)

Dinner on own

Friday, May 4:  German Business & Government in Berlin

             Visit to Deutsche Bank  (10:00 – 12:00)

“Retail Branch of the Future” - The marketing/sales lab for new innovative branch concepts.

Presentation on current business/government interaction in Germany
http://www.db.com/index_e.htm

Group Lunch

Visit German Reichtag (German Capital Building)

13:00 – 16:00  (actual reservation at 13:30 – but must arrive 30 minutes prior)

Group Dinner @ ZilleMarkt  (German Specialties)

http://www.zillemarkt.de/

Reservation @ 18:00

Saturday, May 5:  Culture Day in Berlin

Fat Tire Bike Tour of Berlin  10am – 4pm.

http://fattirebiketours.com/berlin

Dinner and social activities on own.

May 6:  Travel Day

Train to Paderborn:         ICE 650  LV Berlin Hbf 10:49 ---------- AR Hannover HBF 12:28

                                      S5 Train LV Hannover 12:55 ---------- AR Paderborn 14:46

Hotel:    Campus Lounge                                                Mersinweg 2
Phone:  +49 5251 89207-0                             33100 Paderborn, Germany

http://www.campuslounge.de/

17:00 - 22:00   Group Dinner in City Center at Paderborn’s Fruhlingsfest (Spring Festival!)

Monday, May 7:  Uni Paderborn Case Competition

9:00 – 18:00

Customer Value Lecture – Dr. Andreas Eggert, Uni Paderborn

http://pbfb5www.uni-paderborn.de/www/fb5/wiwi-web.nsf/id/Dep1_Prof_Dr_Andreas_Eggert

Presenting 101 Lecture – Dr. Jim Eckert

“Case Competition”  - Teams of US & German Students and

student presentations of case (US/German student teams)

19:00 – 22:00

Group Celebration Dinner @ The Brauhaus

http://maps.google.com/maps/place?rls=com.microsoft:en-us&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=brauhaus+paderborn&fb=1&gl=us&hq=brauhaus&hnear=paderborn&cid=3546996867694338465

Tuesday, May 8:  Negotiation Course Introduction

9:00 – 16:00: Negotiation Lecture by Dr. Eckert @ Uni Paderborn + Student Team Meeting

http://www.uni-paderborn.de/en/

17:00 – 19:00 Tour of Paderborn:  City Center, Cathedral & Dinner*

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paderborn

* or dinner on your own (3^rd week students might need to meet with your group!)

Wednesday, May 9:  Boat Trip Down Rhine to Bacharach

Train to Koblenz
ERB 90060            LV Paderborn 7:51 ---------AR Hamm West 8:44

IC 2013                  LV Hamm West 9:14 ------------- AR Koblenz 12:16

Visit Deutsches Ecke & Board KD Boat for trip down Rhein (KD Boat @ 14:00 ------ AR 18:30)

http://www.k-d.com/englisch/index.html

Hotel:  Bacharacher Hof

Marktstrasse 8

D-55422 Bacharach am Rhein

Phone:  +49  06743 1422

http://www.bacharacher-hof.de/index.html

Group Dinner in Bacharach – details TBD

               

Thursday, May 10: The Romantic Rhein

Travel to Rudesheim  (trains from Bacharach to Bingen @ 9:30 and 10:30)/Ferry to Rudesheim)

http://www.ruedesheim.de/cms/index.php?lang=english

Visit Neiderwald Denkmal (German “Statue of Liberty”)

Group Lunch in Assmanshausen

http://www.rheinblick-assmannshausen.de/e.htm

KD Boat back to Bacharach (14:45 or 16:45, 30 minute ride)

Dinner on Own

Friday, May 11:  Castle Visit & Travel to Köln

                Visit the Rheinfels Ruins in St. Goar or other castle visit

                http://www.ricksteves.com/plan/destinations/germany/rheinfels.htm

                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12oTObt-i5A

                Travel to Köln

                MRB 25326          LV Bacharach 12:27 ---------- AR Koeln  15:01

                Or switch at Koblenz to IC 2024  LV 13:13 ---------- AR Koeln 14:05  (based upon on-time 1^st train)

                Hotel:  Rhein Hotel St. Martin

                Frankenwerft 31-33                        50667 Köln

Tel: +49 - 221 - 2577955/56

                http://www.koeln-rhein-hotel.de/deutsch/index.html

                Group Dinner in Heumarkt area of Köln

                                                   

Saturday, May 12:  Köln (and Bonn) Scavenger Hunt

Small Group Scavenger Hunt including….

Köln Cathedral & Allstadt tour:  http://www.koelner-dom.de/

Bonn:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonn

Final Group Celebration : 19:00 @ Früh Braueri am Dom (#72063)    http://www.frueh.de/

Sunday, May 13:  Departure Day

Depart for home, elsewhere or Paderborn ……

To Paderborn:       IC 2359              LV Koeln 11:20 ---------- AR Paderborn 13:47