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Europe » Germany » Bavaria » Augsburg June 13th 2023

Bavaria D8 Good breakfast across the road before setting off around 9am into a steady headwind across typical farmland and villages with fancy Maypoles with tinsel etc hanging from them. Passing through a village I found a shed full of beef cattle eating green grass, which must have been freshly cut. There was another farmer walking a calf across his yard to its cubicle. Today we spent more time alongside busy roads but we also had some stony tracks, which unfortunately decided to gain height as we approached. Not allowed. There are many hunters huts in the fields where the hunters look for their prey. There is also much winter timber supply by most houses in the country, which is pretty alien to us. Perhaps we should consider this for when they turn off our electricity ... read more
Golden Traube entrances
Electric paper towel dispenser.

Europe » Germany » Bavaria » Augsburg June 12th 2023

Bavaria D7 Breakfast was planned for 8am at by the hotel but I went down and they were ready for 7.30 so we got off to an earlier start on a longer day of 93k and 1000m of ascent. The weather was mid twenties again and an easterly wind which was not too bad a problem since we were heading south. Within 15k we came across a road blocked due to resurfacing but were able to travel on the open field for a way to get past them. The terrain was still arable but saw a few sheep, cows and horses in the fields today. The countryside was more rolling this far south with a few stiff climbs and levelling out towards our destination of Augsburg, where we crossed the Danube. Tomorrow we head east and ... read more
The road menders.

Europe » Germany » Bavaria » Augsburg June 19th 2019

Summer usually means adventures of one kind or another, and this summer's adventure is what I am starting to think of as the Grand Tour. Not because we are hitting all the cities that used to make up the Grad Tour of Europe - far from it - but because getting seven people (three brothers, two parents, and a cousin) to eight European cities might be more of an adventure than I anticipated. The adventure began in Augsburg, Germany, where my cousin Michelle lives. She got married last Friday and did it in great German style. One German tradition is to break porcelain - old dishes, apparently sometimes toilets - and then have the couple clean up the mess to show they can work together. Not only was this a fun time, but it brought her ... read more
Brothers playing at reception
Cousin's awesome shoes
Tour of Augsburg Dom

Europe » Germany » Bavaria » Augsburg December 3rd 2016

Am Samstag bin ich nach Augsburg gefahren. In der Stadt war ich seit über 20 Jahren nicht mehr. Ich habe gut ein Parkhaus gefunden und bin zuerst zum Rathausplatz. Dort war ein Weihnachtsmarkt und ich habe gebrannte Mandeln gekauft. Danach bin ich zur Fuggerei und habe mir diese angesehen. Da war auch eine Kirche und ein Museum. Anschließend bin ich wieder zurück zum Rathaus und habe überlegt, ob ich mir darin den Goldenen Saal ansehen soll. Aber ich habe dann doch dagegen entschieden. Der Reiseführer hatte den auch nicht empfohlen. Statt dessen bin ich zu einem Kaufhaus und habe noch ein paar Dinge eingekauft. Danach zur St.-Anna-Kirche, die aber geschlossen war. Das war dann auch schon alles und ich bin zum Auto und wieder nach Hause zurück gekehrt.... read more
In der Fuggerei.
In der Fuggerei.
St.-Anna-Kirche.

Europe » Germany » Bavaria » Augsburg June 22nd 2015

The next part of my travels after Salzburg was definitely the most authentic. I left Salzburg and crossed five minutes into Germany and met up with my German friends I met in Ireland, Sarah and Eva. For the first day and night, I stayed at Eva’s home. This was authentic Bavarian and I fell in love with the view and peacefulness. I could easily sit out there and enjoy good coffee and beer for the rest of my life. The night at Eva’s, I really got an authentic Bavarian experience when we went to a beer tent. It was simply a tent in the middle of a field, but filled with picnic tables squashed all together and lots and lots of Bavarian people dressed in their traditional clothes of lederhosen and drindles. There was also a ... read more

Europe » Germany » Bavaria » Augsburg December 9th 2014

Geo: 48.3655, 10.8948We're up early, as usual, even though it doesn't get light until 8am. We have our free breakfast, of course, steal some fruit and yogurt for the train trip and take the taxi to the train. It's a 2:08 hour trip from Regensburg to Augsburg with a train swap in Nurmberg. We've done it many times but this one is only 5 minutes. That might scare the average traveler, but not us. The day before when we went to the Nurmberg Christmas Market, we were well aware of our predicament and scoped out the station. The elevator for our 2 ton luggage is near the front of the train and the train we will transfer to is on the adjacent platform. Our plan is as follows:We board the train in the front most car. ... read more
Augsburg Market Just Before Dark
Lots of Smokers
Mom Checking Stuff Out

Europe » Germany » Bavaria » Augsburg August 10th 2013

Terry had stayed at campsite Bella Augusta in Augsburg in 1964 and needed a nostalgia trip, we therefore booked in for a week. It is alongside a lake and has now become a place for Augsburgers to sunbathe and swim. Again it was very hot but we decided next day to cycle into town, a distance of about 4 miles. It is a typical pretty German town with a pedestrianised area in the centre and painted buildings. One of the famous parts of Augsburg is the Fuggerei, the oldest social housing estate in the world. Built by Fugger the Richer in 1521 for the poor of Augsburg, the rent is still 70p per annum (take note Stockport Homes) but it is obligatory to pray three times per day! There is also a delightful Schaezler Palace built ... read more
Munich, The Old Town Hall
Munich, The Residence
Surfer in The Englischer Park Munich.

Europe » Germany » Bavaria » Augsburg May 11th 2013

Lange ist es her, bald wird wieder regelmäßig gebloggt. Mein nächstes Abenteuer nähert sich und nachdem im August der EWS-Examensberg und noch ein paar Andere in der Schweiz hoffentlich erfolgreich erklommen werden, breche ich Anfang September 4,5 Wochen nach Afrika auf. Im Zentrum meiner Reise stehen Sambia, Botswana und Südafrika. Hier mag sich der ein oder andere Fragen ... Afrika, wieso Afrika? Mit viel Pathos könnte man jetzt sagen: Afrika, die Wiege der Menschheit, wilde Natur und pipapo ... Kurz und bündig: Mein lieber Freund Fabian, weilt seit einigen Monaten für sein Masterstudium in Kapstadt und da wir uns ja schon mindestens einmal im Jahr sehen müssen, schmiedeten wir im Sommer letzten Jahres den Plan meines Besuches ... und da man nicht alle Tage nach Afrika kommt, schiebe ich meinem eigentlichen Kapstadt-Aufenthalt noch eine größere Rundreise ... read more

Europe » Germany » Bavaria » Augsburg April 30th 2013

Suzy the motor home has been chasing the sun all day and failing miserably. All she has managed is to catch up with rain, rain and more rain. The good news is that she has managed 27.9 mpg. Will we reach that magical figure of 28 mpg the holy grail promised by the manufacturers. We travelled along roads again full of road works . It seems that the German economy is excellent at the moment and a great deal of money is being spent on the road network. Cars flew past us as they do the German way and lorries were banned off the road this being Sunday. We passed small villages with tiny onion domed churches a sure sign we were heading Austria way. We eventually reached our stop off point of the night. And ... read more
Augsburg
Augsburg
Bella Augusta Campsite

Europe » Germany » Bavaria » Augsburg July 10th 2011

Zadnji dan je bil, kot pritiče tradiciji, najboljši – v vseh pogledih. Zjutraj, že ob osmih, smo se skidali iz hotela proti železniški postaji. Na sveže spranih nedeljskih jutranjih ulicah smo bili edini, družbo so nam delali ne tu in tam kakšni mašni navdušenci. Ob 8.46 smo sedli na regionalni vlak do Ingolstadta, ki je znan po svoji proizvodnji Audijev, ampak mene je pritegnilo nekaj drugega – znova Deutsche Bahn. Res mi je nenzansko všeč, kako so vsi vlaki sodobno opremljeni, kako te na LCD-zaslonu redno obveščajo o hitrosti (povprečje tam nekje 118 kmh), kako te opozarjajo, na katero stran vagona bo postaja … Res je potovanje po Nemčiji totalno stress-frei, ker vse klapa, vse štima, vse je do potankosti naštudirano in zorganizirano. Kapo dol! Če bi not uletili še azijski prodajalci vsega živega okusnega in ... read more
At the game
And action!
Hooray




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