Hello from Zermatt

xpcdoojk · 07-03-2008

We are about a week into our European Delivery, and are having a ball. This despite being in a car free city!

Anyway, will report in full when we return.

jc

**alroumi** · 07-03-2008

Congratulations and enjoy it, cant wait for your detailed narrative and pictures of the trip.

**ir-ops** · 07-03-2008

congrats, and enjoy the tour!

best
ir-ops

**etyu** · 07-03-2008

don't forget the piccies.

**FishtailnZ** · 07-03-2008

Congrats and YES PICS!!!

XBarbarian · 07-03-2008

right on! that sounds like hella fun. I'm trying to arrange a trip to Prague later this summer.. my step brother lives there and is marrying.

cousjcc · 07-03-2008

Congratz! I wish I coulda done ED for mine but just can't happen right now. I may take a road trip to california or the chesapeake bay area though.

**Cold Shot** · 07-04-2008

Yes! A rare experience indeed. Enjoy it, and document every moment if possible!

xpcdoojk · 07-11-2008

We are back home! I am waking up at 3am still, unfortunately it is not the 10 am that my body thinks it is.

I will write a full review with 500 or so piccies, hopefully, in the next week. If there wasn't so much to do around the house I would do it this weekend. We had a fabulous time, and since it is really the beautiful wife's car, I am not in the doghouse, because I successfully drove it 2300KM and didn't put a single ding or scratch on it. The driving it was the easy part, but parking and valet parking caused me a large amount of stress!

So, when I am washing it 6 months from now and I find that door ding I can with clear conscious give her that mental look of I told you to not park next to anyone. I have been married long enough to know if you actually give the look you are dead meat!

jc

V8SLK · 07-11-2008

welcome aboard.

**richard_leeds** · 07-12-2008

Zermatt is beautiful. Did you get up the railway to Gornergrat?

.. from a very rainy Grindelwald!

By the way, how did you get your car back to the USA, how long does it take?

xpcdoojk · 07-12-2008

It was rainy both days in Zermatt, so we didn't take the mountain trains, just the one from Brig to Zermatt. Which was the only time we actually saw the Matterhorn. We didn't go to Grindelwald, but did go to Interlaken and Lauterbrunnen nearby. Beautiful.

You drop the car at an E.H. Harms office (in our case Frankfurt) and then they ship the car and eventually (I am guessing 6 to 7 weeks) it is redelivered to you at your local dealership. I will let you know when it actually shows up. (There are about a dozen spots that you can drop the car at no charge to ship it home, London, Paris, several spots in Germany, a couple in Holland and Denmark, there is a charge for drops in Italy and some other spots).

xpcdoojk · 07-12-2008

Here is a link to my pictures... It requires you to spend about 25 minutes to see them all.

jc

http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/5374687_u3k2w

Don B. · 07-12-2008

Brilliant photography...............many thanks for showing them.
Glad you're both home safe & sound.

**WhiteRabbit** · 07-12-2008

Awesome pics, thanks for sharing. Great taste in the color combo!

**-1-** · 07-12-2008

Very exciting. Fantastic opportunity, I hope to do it in the future. Beautiful pictures, thanks for sharing. Enjoy your new SLK.

**Dave54** · 07-13-2008

Looks like you had a great time. Thanks for sharing your photos with us.

mtiede · 07-13-2008

The wife and I just looked at ALL the pictures. Very nice (but there are a couple you should edit out

) I also noted your comment said HeilgenBlutt, I think, but I think it was HeiligenBlut (holy blood).

Your pictures reminded us of way back to 1972. We were returning from the Peace Corps in Ghana, West Africa and routed the plane trip home through Europe. Picked up a new VW camper there and shipped it back to US. After buying the van, we had $600 dollars left to our names. We intended to get teaching jobs in Bavarian and travel during vacations, but ended up refusing the job offered (the crummiest of the schools we interviewed at) and just touring around. We traveled 12,000 miles in 3 months on our $600! Didn't stay in such nice hotels as you

Although the campsites were really quite nice. Came home with $75 dollars to our name and the van which we eventually put 110,000 miles on.

I remember camping at Grindelwald. The showers there were sort of open air affairs. The kind where you can see people's feet and faces, but the rest, thank goodness, was screened from view. And it was COLD! You had to use tokens to fire up the gas water heater and I didn't have enough. Brrr!!!

We enjoyed Neuschwanstein and I was expecting more pictures from you there. All the driving in the Alps was fun, but not as much fun in the stick shift van as it would be in the SLK.

Maybe our NEXT SLK will be a European Delivery.

Thanks for sharing.

xpcdoojk · 07-13-2008

Yeah, I should delete several out of focus shots, but I haven't had time. I am sure that I have misspelled more than one thing. At Mad King Ludwigs castle they won't let you take photos on the inside they want to sell photos and books you know.

Most nights our hotel was from 100 to 150 $. The exception was the Kempinski Grand Hotel in St Moritz which I believe was $350. Lucerne was about $240 for a Best Western, good grief. Doing the European delivery was a lot of fun. It will make the memories associated with this car unique. Normally, when we travel we buy a lot of stuff, but with the car space issues and the prices of things in Europe it was very easy to avoid temptation!

jc

xpcdoojk · 07-22-2008

I am tracking the SLK 300 on the M/V Fedora. It looks like it just left Southampton and should be in Baltimore on 8/3 at the latest!

Could be off on 8/1...

jc

Voyage Details

Vessel: FEDORA

Voyage: EA829-FED

The sailing schedule and ports of call are subject to change without notice. Note: : Red ports of call means the vessel has already sailed.

Port Country Arrival Departure
BREMERHAVEN GERMANY16/07/2008
18/07/2008 ZEEBRUGGE BELGIUM
20/07/2008 SOUTHAMPTON UNITED KINGDOM21/07/2008

HALIFAX, NS CANADA 29/07/2008
29/07/2008 NEW YORK, NY U.S.A.31/07/2008
01/08/2008 BALTIMORE, MD U.S.A.02/08/200803/08/2008
BRUNSWICK, GA U.S.A.05/08/200805/08/2008

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xpcdoojk SLK World Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA Vehicle: SLK 300 Artic White with Red Leather Other Toys: MINI Cooper S Posts: 41 Country: Thanks: 0 Thanked 11 Times in 2 Posts	Hello from Zermatt We are about a week into our European Delivery, and are having a ball. This despite being in a car free city! Anyway, will report in full when we return. jc

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xpcdoojk SLK World Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA Vehicle: SLK 300 Artic White with Red Leather Other Toys: MINI Cooper S Posts: 41 Country: Thanks: 0 Thanked 11 Times in 2 Posts	We are back home! I am waking up at 3am still, unfortunately it is not the 10 am that my body thinks it is. I will write a full review with 500 or so piccies, hopefully, in the next week. If there wasn't so much to do around the house I would do it this weekend. We had a fabulous time, and since it is really the beautiful wife's car, I am not in the doghouse, because I successfully drove it 2300KM and didn't put a single ding or scratch on it. The driving it was the easy part, but parking and valet parking caused me a large amount of stress! So, when I am washing it 6 months from now and I find that door ding I can with clear conscious give her that mental look of I told you to not park next to anyone. I have been married long enough to know if you actually give the look you are dead meat! jc

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richard_leeds Elite SLK World Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Leeds, UK Vehicle: 05 350 Posts: 203 Country: Thanks: 12 Thanked 10 Times in 7 Posts	Zermatt is beautiful. Did you get up the railway to Gornergrat? .. from a very rainy Grindelwald! By the way, how did you get your car back to the USA, how long does it take?

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xpcdoojk SLK World Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA Vehicle: SLK 300 Artic White with Red Leather Other Toys: MINI Cooper S Posts: 41 Country: Thanks: 0 Thanked 11 Times in 2 Posts	It was rainy both days in Zermatt, so we didn't take the mountain trains, just the one from Brig to Zermatt. Which was the only time we actually saw the Matterhorn. We didn't go to Grindelwald, but did go to Interlaken and Lauterbrunnen nearby. Beautiful. You drop the car at an E.H. Harms office (in our case Frankfurt) and then they ship the car and eventually (I am guessing 6 to 7 weeks) it is redelivered to you at your local dealership. I will let you know when it actually shows up. (There are about a dozen spots that you can drop the car at no charge to ship it home, London, Paris, several spots in Germany, a couple in Holland and Denmark, there is a charge for drops in Italy and some other spots).

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xpcdoojk SLK World Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA Vehicle: SLK 300 Artic White with Red Leather Other Toys: MINI Cooper S Posts: 41 Country: Thanks: 0 Thanked 11 Times in 2 Posts	Here is a link to my pictures... It requires you to spend about 25 minutes to see them all. jc http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/5374687_u3k2w

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mtiede Founding Member #7 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Western New York Vehicle: 2006 SLK 350 Posts: 1,645 Thanks: 102 Thanked 55 Times in 45 Posts	The wife and I just looked at ALL the pictures. Very nice (but there are a couple you should edit out ) I also noted your comment said HeilgenBlutt, I think, but I think it was HeiligenBlut (holy blood). Your pictures reminded us of way back to 1972. We were returning from the Peace Corps in Ghana, West Africa and routed the plane trip home through Europe. Picked up a new VW camper there and shipped it back to US. After buying the van, we had $600 dollars left to our names. We intended to get teaching jobs in Bavarian and travel during vacations, but ended up refusing the job offered (the crummiest of the schools we interviewed at) and just touring around. We traveled 12,000 miles in 3 months on our $600! Didn't stay in such nice hotels as you Although the campsites were really quite nice. Came home with $75 dollars to our name and the van which we eventually put 110,000 miles on. I remember camping at Grindelwald. The showers there were sort of open air affairs. The kind where you can see people's feet and faces, but the rest, thank goodness, was screened from view. And it was COLD! You had to use tokens to fire up the gas water heater and I didn't have enough. Brrr!!! We enjoyed Neuschwanstein and I was expecting more pictures from you there. All the driving in the Alps was fun, but not as much fun in the stick shift van as it would be in the SLK. Maybe our NEXT SLK will be a European Delivery. Thanks for sharing.

07-13-2008	#19 (permalink)
xpcdoojk SLK World Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA Vehicle: SLK 300 Artic White with Red Leather Other Toys: MINI Cooper S Posts: 41 Country: Thanks: 0 Thanked 11 Times in 2 Posts	Yeah, I should delete several out of focus shots, but I haven't had time. I am sure that I have misspelled more than one thing. At Mad King Ludwigs castle they won't let you take photos on the inside they want to sell photos and books you know. Most nights our hotel was from 100 to 150 $. The exception was the Kempinski Grand Hotel in St Moritz which I believe was $350. Lucerne was about $240 for a Best Western, good grief. Doing the European delivery was a lot of fun. It will make the memories associated with this car unique. Normally, when we travel we buy a lot of stuff, but with the car space issues and the prices of things in Europe it was very easy to avoid temptation! jc

07-22-2008	#20 (permalink)
xpcdoojk SLK World Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA Vehicle: SLK 300 Artic White with Red Leather Other Toys: MINI Cooper S Posts: 41 Country: Thanks: 0 Thanked 11 Times in 2 Posts	I am tracking the SLK 300 on the M/V Fedora. It looks like it just left Southampton and should be in Baltimore on 8/3 at the latest! Could be off on 8/1... jc Voyage Details Vessel: FEDORA Voyage: EA829-FED The sailing schedule and ports of call are subject to change without notice. Note: : Red ports of call means the vessel has already sailed. Port Country Arrival Departure BREMERHAVEN GERMANY16/07/2008 18/07/2008 ZEEBRUGGE BELGIUM 20/07/2008 SOUTHAMPTON UNITED KINGDOM21/07/2008 HALIFAX, NS CANADA 29/07/2008 29/07/2008 NEW YORK, NY U.S.A.31/07/2008 01/08/2008 BALTIMORE, MD U.S.A.02/08/200803/08/2008 BRUNSWICK, GA U.S.A.05/08/200805/08/2008