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Picture of Smedley
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A German coming to Wisconsin. I think you'll fit right in.
You'll have a ball at Lambeau but certainly check up on some of the German culture in the area as well.

"Smedley" Braun
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And don't assume they're all Americans. Some are from Iowa.


Priceless.
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Originally posted by Breezeman:
btw
if anybody in here has interest in german bundesliga soccer he is welcome here.
have season tickets for borussia dortmund. 80 000 people singing in the stadium is huge...
i would help you out with tickets for face value and a stay in gütersloh ;-)


now you're talkin' Smiler
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I think you need to sit down and start figuring out how much money you are willing to spend and go from there.


After you know how much money you have, you can begin to set up a budget for all expenses.


How much you starting with?
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Originally posted by Smedley:
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Originally posted by Breezeman:
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Originally posted by Blair Kiel:
I think you guys are a bunch of jerks. Breezeman I now know why the world hates Americans.


thanks...
normally i like americans. until now i met just nice people.
problem seems to be that my english is bad and its easy to write things down.
i was hoping somebody could and would help me but this hope seems not to be fullfilled...

t-online is the biggest german internet partner. in germany we have t-online, t-com and t-mobile.
why should this email adress looks fishy?
sry but there you are wrong...

i am just lookin for people who can help me in getting tickets and maybe have a chance to get a discount on tickets or hotel rooms.
where do you guys read something from paying money?

sry but what is that wrong in lookin for help. green bay is thousends of miles away from me and the easiest thing in gettin this trip come true is to learn to know some green bay people...


Ignore some of the earlier posts. This is the internet. Some rush to judgement might be expected for the type of request you're making. And don't assume they're all Americans. Some are from Iowa. You'll get help/advice/information here.
Good luck!


I used to like you
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quote:
Originally posted by Smedley:
And don't assume they're all Americans. Some are from Iowa.


Priceless.


your cute and all.....
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Breezeman,

sorry, that was an inside joke from a thread from the past. Just trying to have some fun.

I hope you make it to a Packer game. Good luck!
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Originally posted by Breezeman:
hallo over there...

first of all, i am sorry for my bad english.


Your English is one of the best on this board. Come on over. We will show you a good time.
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I think your best bet would be to fly into Chicago O'Hare, rent a car and drive to all of your locations from there. you'd have more than enough time to get from green bay to detroit in time for that game on thanksgiving. hotels may be hard to come by in green bay, you can check on orbitz or one of those sites but there are alot of motels in the area and I could help you with names of those types of places. I actually check orbitz and it appears the Regency Suites in downtown Green Bay has availability...

I'll be at the Carolina game and always tailgate in the lot so if you make it, you're more than welcome to join us for some pre-game brewskis and food.
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Originally posted by Breezeman:

yes we do...
but not with people who ask questions and are not so good at the foreign language to understand thinks like sarkasm or irony (i hope its called right).

its difficult to get this things right if you just understand the words, but not the whole context...


Ooh, burn. Good answer Breezeman.
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quote:
Originally posted by edgefour:
I think you need to sit down and start figuring out how much money you are willing to spend and go from there.


After you know how much money you have, you can begin to set up a budget for all expenses.


How much you starting with?


the best would be, as cheap as possible.
i calculate about 1000€. should be about 1300$ i think.

408€ is the flight (frankfurt-chicago, detroit-frankfurt)
150€ the lambeau ticket
100€ the ford field ticket
car would be for the week 280€ without gas (with hertz, maybe there are cheaper car rents)

i dont know if i would need a car all the time.
maybe you need no car in green bay. if i will find somebody where i can stay for 2-3 nights i need the car just for the arriving day. or is it possible to come to green bay from ohare by bus or train?
and the trip to detroit. would it be possible to do this by train or bus?

hotel rates would break my budget. maybe in detroit are kind of youth hostels or something like that...
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or is it possible to come to green bay from ohare by bus or train?
and the trip to detroit. would it be possible to do this by train or bus?



Definitely. Don't rent a car. Take the bus from O'Hare to GB to Detroit and back to O'Hare.
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Originally posted by Breezeman:
hallo over there...

first of all, i am sorry for my bad english.


Your English is one of the best on this board. Come on over. We will show you a good time.


thanks.
not easy to judge about my english. most important is, that all of you are able to understand what i want to say.
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Originally posted by Goalline:
quote:
Originally posted by Breezeman:
or is it possible to come to green bay from ohare by bus or train?
and the trip to detroit. would it be possible to do this by train or bus?



Definitely. Don't rent a car. Take the bus from O'Hare to GB to Detroit and back to O'Hare.


how much would this busses be?
how long will this busses drive?
is it easy to find the busses? are there extra prices for students?
i will fly back from detroit. so i dont have to get back to ohare after the detroit game ;-)
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Originally posted by gblinda:
I think your best bet would be to fly into Chicago O'Hare, rent a car and drive to all of your locations from there. you'd have more than enough time to get from green bay to detroit in time for that game on thanksgiving. hotels may be hard to come by in green bay, you can check on orbitz or one of those sites but there are alot of motels in the area and I could help you with names of those types of places. I actually check orbitz and it appears the Regency Suites in downtown Green Bay has availability...

I'll be at the Carolina game and always tailgate in the lot so if you make it, you're more than welcome to join us for some pre-game brewskis and food.


thanks for writing linda.
great to hear from green bay people what to do.
i hope to make it on time to green bay.
i think maybe its to fast to plan the trip last minute.
but experiences and tipps are good for every trip in the future.
if you will be at the game and we could meet this would be great.

thanks for the invitation.
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You speak english pretty well, so I assume the following does apply:



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here is the bus line in the U.S.

Greyhound Bus
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quote:


question mark?

i was lookin to contact some people in greeb bay.
i wrote to this newspaper, too and the man told me that he could post it down in a kind of green bay newspaper in an out of bounce section.
i think this is pretty great help.

ok, i found a lot of people here in the forum, but i did not know this forum when posting to the newspaper.
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Originally posted by Breezeman:
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Originally posted by Goalline:
quote:
Originally posted by Breezeman:
or is it possible to come to green bay from ohare by bus or train?
and the trip to detroit. would it be possible to do this by train or bus?



Definitely. Don't rent a car. Take the bus from O'Hare to GB to Detroit and back to O'Hare.


how much would this busses be?
how long will this busses drive?
is it easy to find the busses? are there extra prices for students?
i will fly back from detroit. so i dont have to get back to ohare after the detroit game ;-)


I am sure that you can find a bus from Chicago to Milwaukee atMegabus for about 10.00 US$ each way (to and from)
Maybe there is a Milwaukean who is going to the game who can help you out with a ride and maybe even put you up (otherwise there should be some cheaper hotels in the Milwaukee area). There are probably also charter buses that leave from Milwaukee up to Green Bay on gameday someone may know of. After the game back to Milwaukee, then Chicago to Detroit for about $20.00 on Megabus. That would be pretty cheap travel since you are flying out of Detroit.

Good Luck!!!
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Originally posted by CHEEZE:
quote:
Originally posted by Breezeman:
quote:
Originally posted by Goalline:
quote:
Originally posted by Breezeman:
or is it possible to come to green bay from ohare by bus or train?
and the trip to detroit. would it be possible to do this by train or bus?



Definitely. Don't rent a car. Take the bus from O'Hare to GB to Detroit and back to O'Hare.


how much would this busses be?
how long will this busses drive?
is it easy to find the busses? are there extra prices for students?
i will fly back from detroit. so i dont have to get back to ohare after the detroit game ;-)


I am sure that you can find a bus from Chicago to Milwaukee atMegabus for about 10.00 US$ each way (to and from)
Maybe there is a Milwaukean who is going to the game who can help you out with a ride and maybe even put you up (otherwise there should be some cheaper hotels in the Milwaukee area). There are probably also charter buses that leave from Milwaukee up to Green Bay on gameday someone may know of. After the game back to Milwaukee, then Chicago to Detroit for about $20.00 on Megabus. That would be pretty cheap travel since you are flying out of Detroit.

Good Luck!!!


sounds great...
the bus from greyhound cost 38$ for the trip to green bay.
would be the best to stay in green bay because i will visit the atrium, hall of fame and do a lambeau field tour the day after the game.
the price of megabus is pretty well...
i will just have a look at their site.
thanks for writing and for the link!!!
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quote:
Originally posted by iowacheese:
quote:
Originally posted by Smedley:
quote:
Originally posted by Breezeman:
quote:
Originally posted by Blair Kiel:
I think you guys are a bunch of jerks. Breezeman I now know why the world hates Americans.


thanks...
normally i like americans. until now i met just nice people.
problem seems to be that my english is bad and its easy to write things down.
i was hoping somebody could and would help me but this hope seems not to be fullfilled...

t-online is the biggest german internet partner. in germany we have t-online, t-com and t-mobile.
why should this email adress looks fishy?
sry but there you are wrong...

i am just lookin for people who can help me in getting tickets and maybe have a chance to get a discount on tickets or hotel rooms.
where do you guys read something from paying money?

sry but what is that wrong in lookin for help. green bay is thousends of miles away from me and the easiest thing in gettin this trip come true is to learn to know some green bay people...


Ignore some of the earlier posts. This is the internet. Some rush to judgement might be expected for the type of request you're making. And don't assume they're all Americans. Some are from Iowa. You'll get help/advice/information here.
Good luck!


I used to like you


Admit it. You got a chuckle out of that.
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I was thinking on my way home from work that you may want to check out Hostels or Hotels in Windsor Canada. I looked and could not find any in Detroit that were basically hotels for $70 per night. They were still available in Detroit. You may be able to find a Motel 6 or something like that with a better rate. Windsor is a much nicer city. Very close. More European. Good luck.