Blogs from Bavaria, Germany, Europe - page 253

Hey hey, On Sat the 24th Sept a bunch of us made our way to Munich to indulge in the madness that is Oktoberfest. The crew was myself, Kristin, Ostrich, John "Raw" Calland, Grunta, Shano, Az, Sam, Elley and Eden. We had four nights in Munich, staying at the tent city Wies'n'Camp. As soon as we made it to the camp site we found a stein in our hands and enjoyed a cool litre in the sun. Some of the lads cut a fast track straight to the fest, whilst the rest of us headed into the center of town to the Marien Platz in search of the more traditional (and permanent) Hoftbrau House. As luck would have it we managed to get ourselves a few seats at a table in the garden at the Hoftbrau ... read more

Hi Lynfielders! Paul Hart, The Deebo, Paul Dawson & Aaron Jacobsen travelled to Munich to stay with Stephen, Hanna & Emily Hart. They enjoyed the last of the summer weather by experiencing German beer by the litre & some rides at the Oktoberfest, half metre long Wurst, rivers and parks, the city scene and a bit of football at an Australian pub. There was also a bit of shopping and a bit of bumming around...of course. In other news, Paul Hart got a new lap top & LOVES surfing the net...a bit too much...reeh! Enjoy, Aaron & Steaks. ... read more

Not meant to be a rude title, i do like posting in this blog, its just so hard to get time to sit here and do it! Tonight i have time though... a big change of travel plans has left me back in Munich again without anywhere to stay, so im in an internet cafe using up the night catching up on various stuff. I have a train around 6.15am. Its now 4am. YAAAAAAAWWWWNNN This is (roughly) from my travel diary that i FINALLY started after leaving Berlin: Hamburg - 6th and 7th of September ... The coach ride to Hamburg was largely uneventful execpt for this drunk bloke who kept talking randomly and loudly to no-one and arguing with other passengers for the majority of the trip, before he got moved downstairs somewhere. I didnt ... read more

Had a great time, although I wound up completely exhausted. At about 6 AM saturday morning we caught our train to Munich. We were going with a "Schoenes Wochenende" ticket, which means it's insanely cheap, but also insanely long to get there. There were about five different cities we had to switch trains in. At one of them, we actually missed our train, so it added an extra 2 hours to our trip. We arrived at about 6 PM, ready to never see a train again and have some serious fun. After making our way to the festival, we realize that we may have gotten there a bit too late. The streets are already completely filled with people stumbling around drunk, and it's kind of tough to make our way through. We couldn't make it into ... read more

Today: the Franz Marc exhibit at the Kunstbau Lenbachhaus Museum. Large retrospective with his fine fine drawings in a little sketchbook during WW1 that are as powerful as any of the paintings....at the same time re reading 'Steppenwolf' by Herman Hesse...Eva read it in German early on during the trip and here in Munich I found an English translation..occasioning these thoughts: The Marc exhibit is one of those megashows that delight museum directors. The paper says the turnout exceeds expectations, and certainly , on this drippy wet Tuesday the crowds have come out, moving slowly from painting to painting, lingering to read the extensive biographical notes. We are with Gerda who knew Marc ( her mother was a painter) and so we get the unwritten gossip that his traditionalistic father wanted both Marc brothers to go ... read more