The train from FRA does indeed stop at the airport station which is connected to the airport itself. I've used the ICE to go from Frankfurt airport to Amsterdam several times and it is both scenic, comfortable and inexpensive compared to most flights. Go to: http://www.bahn.de/international/view/en/index.shtml And enter Frankfurt and Maastricht as the endpoints, you'll want to choose "Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf" as the starting point if going from the airport (which also has a nice connected Sheraton hotel if you need to overnight on the way in or out). Train time is around 3 and 1/2 hours with 3 changes, but I'd actually recommend going all the way to Utrecht on the German ICE which gives you only one change but adds nearly 2 hours, because the German ICE is a much nicer train and changes can be a hassle if you have a lot of luggage. If you decide to use the train, you can order the tickets online and they will arrive (at least to California) in less than a week, and they even have an attended e-mail box where you can ask questions and get answers. Ole Ole J. Jacobsen Editor and Publisher, The Internet Protocol Journal Cisco Systems Tel: +1 408-527-8972 Mobile: +1 415-370-4628 E-mail: ole@xxxxxxxxx URL: http://www.cisco.com/ipj On Sun, 24 May 2009, Stephan Wenger wrote: > For a German, the most intuitive way to get to Maastricht would actually be > to go through Cologne, Dusseldorf, or Frankfurt. From Koeln or Duesseldorf > it should be around an hour by car---no more than two hours even considering > traffic. Both airport have a rather limited number of intercontinental > flights, but good connections within Europe. From Frankfurt, when going by > car, add another hour. > > For those not able or willing to rent a car, you can also take the ICE > (German bullet train) non-stop from Koeln or Frankfurt (central, but I > believe this one also stops right at the airport) to Maastricht; it takes > about 3.5 hours from FRA and is in part a very scenic ride (other parts are > just tunnel-bridge-sound-wall sceneries, but the train goes at 280 km/h > there). > > Stephan > > > > > On 5/24/09 5:57 AM, "Iljitsch van Beijnum" <iljitsch@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On 22 mei 2009, at 16:55, Ray Pelletier wrote: > > > >> The IAOC is pleased to announce the beautiful, historic city of > >> Maastricht in the Netherlands as the site for IETF 78 from July 25 - > >> 30, 2010. > > > > Beautiful, historic and nowhere near a reasonably-sized airport. > > > > It takes a 3 hour train ride (longer during weekends) to get to > > Maastricht from Schiphol (Amsterdam airport) and a 2 hour one from > > Zaventem (Brussels airport). > > > > Trivia: Maastricht has the same population as Ann Arbor. So the IETF > > meeting would temorarily increase it by 1%. > > > > Not sure if making attending IETF meetings as difficult as possible is > > a winning strategy. > > _______________________________________________ > > Ietf mailing list > > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf