Guten Tag, Ivonne, and welcome to Tripatini! Great to have you with us -- and we think you'll find our site productive as well as interesting and enjoyable.

To get the most out of Tripatini, you may want to take a moment to join several other of our many groups which you may find of particular interest, such as Travel Marketers/Publicists, Media Only, Germany, Eating/Drinking the World, History/Heritage/Archaeology, Diving/Snorkeling, Online Corner, our German, French, and Spanish language/culture clubs, and plenty of others covering many topics and most destinations across the globe.

FYI, on your profile you'll see a green bar marked "Text Box," which you can turn into a box containing not just text but also photos and even videos about yourself, your interests, your travels, Bavaria, and the Bavarian Tourist Board (please feel free to add a URL for this).

Finally, if you would, please be so kind as to spread the word among your travel-interested friends, family, colleagues, associates, and readers. It's fast and easy to use our "INVITE" function above left on the navigation bar to enter e-mails (even your whole list at once!).

Thanks much for joining us, Jacqui; we wish you an outstanding rest of 2009 and look forward to seeing you online. And if you are going to World Travel Market, you're invited to our Nov. 9 cocktail soirée (more information/RSVP on this site http://www.tripatini.com/events/tripatini-cocktail-soiree-at).

Cheers!