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From: citrin@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU (Wayne Citrin)
Newsgroups: net.travel
Subject: Re: Europe in September
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Date: Sat, 18-Jan-86 18:22:27 EST
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The last half of the month of September is the off-season in Switzerland.
If you like hiking in the mountains, the weather is generally good, and
what few hotels are open in the resort towns that can be used as a base
for the hikes generally have plenty of rooms -- no reservations necessary.
The grocery stores, butchers, and bakeries are generally open, but except
for the largest resorts, like Davos, many restaurants are closed, and there
is unfortunately little to do at night.  However, if you like uncrowded
mountains, this is definitely the time.  I would recommend the small town
of Murren, in the Bernese Oberland.  Unfortunately, not much folkloric goes
on there at that time (not much goes on at all there at that time).

As for the Munich Oktoberfest, I'm glad I experienced it, but I can't say I
enjoyed it.  Too loud and crowded, and impossible to get a seat in the beer 
halls.  Give me a Munich beer garden any day.  The rest of the city, on the
other hand, was great at Oktoberfest time.  

If you get down to Italy, it's the grape harvest time.  The various festivals
associated with this are known as Vendemmia.  The hill towns south
of Pavia are especially nice.  I don't know how easy it would be to find
hotel accommodations. (I was staying with Italian friends.)

Wayne Citrin
(ucbvax!citrin)