Advice on flying in/to Germany (EDNY)?

[In_a_Spin]

Hi,
I am planning my first flight into German airspace next week, to Friedrichshafen in a C182 and would appreciate any words of advice from those in the know.

We have the Jeppesen charts; is it worthwhile getting the (rather expensive) 'trip kit' also, or is there a way of getting visual approach plans etc? Unlike France, these don't seem to be freely available on the web. Does anyone know how easy it is to get cleared through the low restricted airspace corridors (usually 800'AGL upwards)?

Would be grateful for any comments on our current route planned as follows:

1st leg: Leicester (EGBG) to Le Touquet (LFAT), skirting the east of the Stansted CTA - I'm familiar with that part.

2nd leg: CMB and overhead LFGS and LFGV to land at
EDSB (Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden) also for fuel - do you know the airport? We thought this would give us a useful stop before reaching high ground, in case of a low cloud-base.

3rd Leg: via VOR. From there, course 142 to VFR reporting point NOVEMBER for entry into Friedrichshafen airspace.

Cheers,

In_a_Spin