• Read through an online travel guide on Germany from Lonely Planet
• Get a health advisory from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the region you are visiting
• Check out the State Department travel advisory for Germany
• Find general travel health information, including information on vaccinations and travel insurance, from Olin Health Center's online Travel Clinic
• Check the weather report and forecast for Berlin from weather.com
• Got your passport?

• Search for airfares on airlines serving international destinations from Orbitz.com
• Some national airlines of Germany include:
  • Lufthansa (Germany)
• By rail:
  • German Railways

• MSU Global Access has maps on Germany - check out our map page
• Don't know the language? Try a travel dictionary for your Palm or PocketPC:
  • GermanTranslation Dictionary from Evolutionary Systems (shareware)
  • GermanBdicty (shareware)
  • GermanEctaco Translation Software (demo)
• Find out the exchange rate between the US Dollar and theGerman Mark with the Currency Converter from Oanda.com
• Look up the time in Berlin and other parts of Germany online at Worldtime
• Need assistance making international calls or using the phone overseas? Check out the page on International Dialing Codes
• Plug in to important information about using electrical appliances overseas at the World Electric Guide

Useful contacts:

• Contact information for the US embassy in Germany should be available on its website, US Mission to Germany
• The embassy of Germany in the United States is online at Germany Online - German Embassy and may include contact and important travel information
• The national tourist office of Germany has a website at German Embassy and Information Center