How to Get to Germany

One of my office mates and I just got a papper accepted in a conference in Germany. We are quite happy about the accept, but making the travel arrangements have been ... well non direct. I tried all sorts of ideas on what would be the cheapest way to get to Germany (turns out going south to go north is cheapest), for the both of us. According to my travel partner, below is my intended route. [This a whiteboard in my office. I messed with the contrast using GIMP to make it more legible.]