Selena proposed leaving earlier on the south Germany trip, and I've been meaning to ask why?
I don't disagree with you on geography, and that Wesel would have been the perfect transition point on that count because he can go to the Netherlands from there right away. But time travelling Fritz would know that the game was essentially up by then already, not just for him but also Katte and Keith, whereas no one expects him to make a run for it earlier. And the Rhineland principalities and free cities are full of anti-Prussian feeling, while Ansbach, where they wanted to visit his sister, after all, is like neighboring Bayreuth surrounded by Catholic Church territory where FW has pissed off the Prince Bishops by kidnapping some of their taller subjects. Meaning: they might not be so eager to help FW pursue and arrest his fleeing son.
Re: Katte - A Tragicomedy (the first half)
I don't disagree with you on geography, and that Wesel would have been the perfect transition point on that count because he can go to the Netherlands from there right away. But time travelling Fritz would know that the game was essentially up by then already, not just for him but also Katte and Keith, whereas no one expects him to make a run for it earlier. And the Rhineland principalities and free cities are full of anti-Prussian feeling, while Ansbach, where they wanted to visit his sister, after all, is like neighboring Bayreuth surrounded by Catholic Church territory where FW has pissed off the Prince Bishops by kidnapping some of their taller subjects. Meaning: they might not be so eager to help FW pursue and arrest his fleeing son.