More Munich
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The folks who have done this kind of trip before say that your mood is intrinsically linked to how the bike is performing. When the bike feels like it is floating along you follow it coasting on air, when the bike isn't running well, you are along side it in a rut.
I first felt this in Vienna when i realised i was getting further from home, but also further away from the bike. I can't sick i'm homesick at all, partly because i know i'm going to have to cut the grass, tidy the house, probably sue someone and look for work as soon as i get home, but you do realise the distance. To counter it i felt i'd have a taste from home for lunch, so i had penne bolognese, but it wasn't that good so it didn't help. In Munich i'd felt the same thing while out wandering at night. You get that sense of loneliness and dislocation all over again but stronger each time it appears. During this time i had a vision, as if had sent an angel had been sent to me.
I'd resisted the temptation for beer for a while, mostly because the pubs in Germany and Austria still allow smoking inside. Now i'm a firm believer in "each to their own" but that stops short of passive smoke. I say this even as a confirmed pyromaniac that enjoys burning all sorts of things.
Anyway, getting back to the beer, Munich has a proud tradition in this respect, dating back hundreds of years, with one of the most famous beer halls being the Horbrauhaus. This place has a huge history of serving beer and the traditional beer garden sheltering under huge tree's. It was bombed a few times, during the seond World War which i think was a bit harsh, i mean i know there was a war on, but some things should be sacred. It's been patched up though.
Continuing on the culture theme i also went back to the Olympic Park during the day to get some more photo's. During the journey i found this poster in a subway.
I think it's to remind the Germans that animal love is bad but i'm not entirely sure.
Getting back to the Olympic Park, it looks fairly fabulous even today.
As if i hadn't had enough culture for one day i then went on to the Deutsches Museum which is one of the ones where the kids can turn twist and prod things, so it was popular with them. This museum is split of three different buildings and i think i visited the wrong one as the transport one had been recommended to me.
As if i hadn't had enough culture for one day i found and english language cinema which was showing Terminator Salvation at 2345 so i went along to that in the evening. The oddest part was being surrounded by German's in the city Hitler called "The Capital of the Movement" when the trialer for Inglourious Basterds came on, where Brad Pitt talks about scalping and mutilating Nazi's. The audience were fine with it though, i think the Nazi's are as alien and abhorrent to them as they are to us.
The thing that annoyed me most about Munich was one of the things it's proudest of, the bicycles. It's not enough that you need to look the worng way when crossing the road for cars, but when the bikes are about you need to look left, right, up, down and behind you. They even have their own sections of pavement which must be great for them but it's lethal for bimbling pedestrians like me. Surely if they are that keen on cycling they can do it on the road? I did see one of them pulled over by the police but they just seemed to be giving the guy a ticket rather than laying into him with their batons. I did think to go and ask if it was cool to "clothesline" them, either by hand or a bungee stretched between two trees but they didn't seem to have a sense of humour.
It is a nice city and it must be a riot during Oktoberfest, so i will try to go back. Partly also because i didn't have time to visit Dachau or cover the full city tour.
One of the other highlights of the city for an overlander is the Darr shop, as it's a famous outfitter for expeditions, but they didn't seem to have anything i needed.
The folks who have done this kind of trip before say that your mood is intrinsically linked to how the bike is performing. When the bike feels like it is floating along you follow it coasting on air, when the bike isn't running well, you are along side it in a rut.
I first felt this in Vienna when i realised i was getting further from home, but also further away from the bike. I can't sick i'm homesick at all, partly because i know i'm going to have to cut the grass, tidy the house, probably sue someone and look for work as soon as i get home, but you do realise the distance. To counter it i felt i'd have a taste from home for lunch, so i had penne bolognese, but it wasn't that good so it didn't help. In Munich i'd felt the same thing while out wandering at night. You get that sense of loneliness and dislocation all over again but stronger each time it appears. During this time i had a vision, as if
I'd resisted the temptation for beer for a while, mostly because the pubs in Germany and Austria still allow smoking inside. Now i'm a firm believer in "each to their own" but that stops short of passive smoke. I say this even as a confirmed pyromaniac that enjoys burning all sorts of things.Anyway, getting back to the beer, Munich has a proud tradition in this respect, dating back hundreds of years, with one of the most famous beer halls being the Horbrauhaus. This place has a huge history of serving beer and the traditional beer garden sheltering under huge tree's. It was bombed a few times, during the seond World War which i think was a bit harsh, i mean i know there was a war on, but some things should be sacred. It's been patched up though.
Continuing on the culture theme i also went back to the Olympic Park during the day to get some more photo's. During the journey i found this poster in a subway.
I think it's to remind the Germans that animal love is bad but i'm not entirely sure.
Getting back to the Olympic Park, it looks fairly fabulous even today.
As if i hadn't had enough culture for one day i then went on to the Deutsches Museum which is one of the ones where the kids can turn twist and prod things, so it was popular with them. This museum is split of three different buildings and i think i visited the wrong one as the transport one had been recommended to me.
As if i hadn't had enough culture for one day i found and english language cinema which was showing Terminator Salvation at 2345 so i went along to that in the evening. The oddest part was being surrounded by German's in the city Hitler called "The Capital of the Movement" when the trialer for Inglourious Basterds came on, where Brad Pitt talks about scalping and mutilating Nazi's. The audience were fine with it though, i think the Nazi's are as alien and abhorrent to them as they are to us.
The thing that annoyed me most about Munich was one of the things it's proudest of, the bicycles. It's not enough that you need to look the worng way when crossing the road for cars, but when the bikes are about you need to look left, right, up, down and behind you. They even have their own sections of pavement which must be great for them but it's lethal for bimbling pedestrians like me. Surely if they are that keen on cycling they can do it on the road? I did see one of them pulled over by the police but they just seemed to be giving the guy a ticket rather than laying into him with their batons. I did think to go and ask if it was cool to "clothesline" them, either by hand or a bungee stretched between two trees but they didn't seem to have a sense of humour.
It is a nice city and it must be a riot during Oktoberfest, so i will try to go back. Partly also because i didn't have time to visit Dachau or cover the full city tour.
One of the other highlights of the city for an overlander is the Darr shop, as it's a famous outfitter for expeditions, but they didn't seem to have anything i needed.
posted by Euan at
20:31
2 Comments:
Bimbling pedestrians beware - lay off the cyclists! Sounds like you think a good shoeing from the police is too good for them? Persecuting innocent travellers for their beliefs, where could you have got an idea like that from I wonder?
Getitrightupyouallcyclists!
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