Hi Mark.

There are some possible routes when you fly over the pod. These are the most likely ones to work out well:
  1. Fly to Amsterdam (you already ruled that one out)
  2. Fly to Duesseldorf (or Dusseldorf in some strange countries) like Derek suggested.
  3. Fly to Frankfurt/Main (FFM), I could pick you up down there, "only" a two/three hour drive from my home.
  4. Fly to Dortmund (DTM) via Munich. Again, I could pick you up from there (only 5min. drive from my home, at most).
The flight to Dortmund via Munich usually works extremely well, and the extra hop is often included in the intercontinental flight to Munich. Also, the checkout at Dortmund is _much_ quicker than the one at Frankfurt, Munich (you would skip that checkout as a transit visitor) or Amsterdam.
If you can't get flights that arrive on Thursday/Friday and leave on Sunday, I could also offer you accomodation at Dortmund (in one of our two guest sleeping rooms).

But then again, if your client won't let you go, we will just have a drink or two and celebrate HiJack that way.

cu,
sven
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