These are good friendlies, and they should give the fans a lift while testing the squad against teams Notts don’t usually face. I’m hoping for a few strong home games to be announced. If Notts could bring in Leicester City or another top club, it would be fantastic.

Good friendly to have, against quality opposition.

Darmstadt have released ticket information, apparently we'll be sharing A Block with the home fans. Not sure which stand that is to be honest, but I'm sure Notts will enlighten us in the next couple of hours. Tickets are priced at 9 euros standing, 15 euros seated or 22 euros if you want a fancy business seat.

Notts have announced that the final friendly of our three-game tour will be against Stuttgarter Kickers of the Regionalliga Südwest (fourth division). Apparently this is a special friendly to celebrate the 120th anniversary of their ground.

Like Darmstadt, Stuttgarter Kickers (not to be confused with cup holders VfB Stuttgart) have spent a lot of their existance bobbing about Bundesliga 2 and the third level (with a couple of Bundesliga seasons in the 80s and 90s). They dropped into the fourth division in 2016 and even had a few seasons at the fifth level before returning a coiple of seasons back. I've been to their ground but never inside it - it's on top of a hill right next to the TV tower in Stuttgart and is an easy underground ride from the city centre. Kickers draw average gates of around 5,000 and also have a really cool badge.

So that's the three friendlies. I'm not usually crazy about friendlies but I'm really looking forward to this! I'll put together some information and tips and post it in an article in the next day or two.

I’m planning to make it to the games. I have two friends who enjoy German football and often go to lower-tier matches just for the experience.

They watch a lot of European football in Luxembourg, Belgium, and Switzerland. I’m really keen to join in and see what it’s like following a team across three different regions of Germany.

Notts have released ticket information for the Darmstadt and Stuttgart games here. We've been assigned block A, but there's a standing block directly beneath it along the touchline. Both sections are normally for home fans, but the idea is that we mix (and Darmstadt fans are usually OK to be fair). For those of you who are also attending - are you going in block A?

The Stuttgarter Kickers tickets are available tomorrow, we seem to have been put in the normal away block.

Tickets for the Stuttgart game do not double as public transport tickets (Kombitickets), you'll have to sort that out separately. I suspect the same will be true of Darmstadt (although I'll check) and Kaiserslautern. Kombitickets are usually reserved for league and cup games unfortunately.

Tickets purchased for Darmstadt and Stuttgart ....out to Frankfurt back from Stuttgart

Need to get my head around the EUR51 train ticket for trains and buses. @DangerousSausage can you advise can one take out a subscription and cancel it the next day and the ticket still remains for a month?

If you mean the Deutschlandticket, I believe you can. Mine was terminated a while back (I didn't agree to the price increase) and I could still use it until the end of the month. Just make sure you terminate it before 10 July, otherwise it'll apply for another month. Information here: https://int.bahn.de/en/offers/regional/deutschland-ticket

The easiest way is to get the ticket in the DB Navigator app, then cancelling it is a matter of pressing a button. Also, bear in mind that it's only valid for regional and local services (and not IC, ICE or EC trains). This makes Frankfurt to Stuttgart a long journey, but you're fully flexible.

Many thanks @DangerousSausage

i hope we can take a good amount of fans, as it will be a nice trip and day out for our supporters. it was great to see the photos taken the last time we went to play in germany.