Blogs from Rosenheim, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

It's been a wet day but not so wet that it was unenjoyable. The temperature was perfect for biking and the day was really only spoiled by low cloud obscuring the lovely countryside we rode through. Some of it was through fields but mostly the path was on the east Austrian side, along a stop bank, past castles on hill tops and past 3 electricity dams on the Inn River. At one stage it rained enough for us to take a break in a village and have 'kaffee und kuchen'. There, we dried out, and warmed up with a very nice cherry cake and coffee. The little town is surrounded on 3 sides by Germany with the border being the river, the forest edge and some other feature not far away. Soon after, we were in ... read more

28/8/10: Today was the day for Oktober fest. We arrived at the tents around 1:30pm, all the tables were pre-booked, it was looking like we were going to have to drink fast before we were kicked off our borrowed table. While we were waiting people were posing for photos in front of the first keg of beer. Fabian asked if we wanted a photo, me not being shy in front of a crowd got up and posed for a photo, I held the tap while Jacinta pretended to knock it into the barrel with the wooden mallet. It made for a fine photo but it was a better photo with the Aussie flag that we had carried with us the whole way. I whipped the flag out of my pocket and we both held it up. ... read more