Good and bad, clever and well not so clever, yes and no. Whatever? All the photos apart from the water wheel one come from the one hotel here. Admittedly it is pretty old and has undergone some strange renovations but it has the lot. Have a look at the pictures and get the good, the bad and the downright ridiculous.... read more

Stop clapping, cheering and generally going wild and get down and do the quiz. In no particular order, alphabetically, chronologically or anythingly here it comes. Points will be awarded for correct answers and deducted if you're trying to be funnier than me. Responses may be sent via the comments or directly to my email address (hopefully for all of you Alla may not have it, then you might have a chance) and as usual neat and tidy entries may collect that much coveted bonus point, so keep your typing neat and nice! 1. There is an error in the prefix above prior to the paragraph which commences with 'stop clapping...'. What is this deliberate error? 2. What is the official name of the KLW? The 3 word title needs to be spellt corectly. I'm pedantic on ... read more

Bye Starnberg. Well it wasn't quite that quick or easy. Macs, the company that I booked through had not sent over our vouchers for the ferry from Herrsching to Diessen despite 3 emails and plenty of time, so our hotel was good enough to follow up with the German company that Macs had sub let to. Sort of sorted in 2 minutes except the email didnt come through and didn't come through and didn't come through then finally came through. The hotel printed it off for us and all good except it took nearly an hour. We were on a bit of a schedule because missing one convenient time meant waiting 2 hours till the next (OK) or 4 hours till the last one (not really OK). The most frustrating thing wasn't the 3 emails, the ... read more

We start the KLW where KL died. Strange but true. But then much of the story of KL is a paradox. Was he crazy and a spendthrift or was he ahead of his time and innovative? Was he assassinated or did he drown simply by misadventure? Lots more. Anyway we are walking the KLW and today we walked from Starnbert to Berg where there are 2 crosses and a 'votinkapelle' that mark the spot where KL did not swim enough! I'm yet to check what a 'votinkapelle' is but it has to be some type of church, maybe it hasn't been consecrated or something but it adorned with crosses and symbols that are pretty suggestive and indicative of churchy things. Sorry to get technical on you but... The train trip from Munich to Starnberg should be ... read more

Found our way to Augustine Beer Garden last night, reportedly the third largest beer garden in the world (numbers 1 and 2 are here as well) and shared a couple of litres with a thousand or so of our new friends. The place is huge with various venues within the venue all crowded with happy Bavarians and tourists. There were wedding parties and parties everywhere with heaps of Bavarians (males and females) in traditional dress and heaps dressed to the nines but everyone getting on with the serious German business of having fun. The beer here is big, the pretzels are big and the food is big. There's a shot of my pork knuckle and that is a half knuckle not even a full one! If you're vegetarian and go for chicken (well that's the lowest ... read more