Medieval Buildings in Ueberlingen

June 16, 2008

Many of the historical buildings we encounter have some information about their history and I try to photograph the information.  This sign was on the front of the building I posted yesterday. It says…Ancient Municipal (something) Hostel (or Hotel) Old Town Hospital Accomodation 1426 Certificate First Publican Hans Schmid Von Mindersdorf When my resident German […]

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Medieval History along the Bodensee

June 15, 2008

After leaving Munich…we made our way to the Bodensee, a very large lake that lies between Germany and Switzerland.  There are many places to stop along this body of water but we ended up at Ueberlingen…a medieval village along the North side toward the Western end. I’m working on a couple of slide shows but […]

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Bavarian Rock

June 14, 2008

Okay! I’m back online.  And I have heaps of photos to post.  I promise to have something up tomorrow. In the meantime…here is some wonderful music for you to check out on YouTube.  This is a Bavarian group that Slice noticed Munich on a concert poster in Munich.  We tried to get tickets to their […]

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Departing Munich, Next Leg

June 6, 2008

After two weeks, we are departing Munich on Saturday (7th of June) heading to the Bodenseeand then to Strasbourg, towards Mannheim and to Frankfurt where we will stop for about a week to stay with a friend who lives in Bad Hamburg.  He says he has some fabulous bicycle tours planned for us. Here’s our […]

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The Coffee Plan or How to Get the Best Coffee on the Road

June 5, 2008

Here’s the coffee plan for the road… Slice testing out our newly acquired (yeah ebay!) espresso coffeemaker.  This is similar to one we have Downunder but smaller…wohnmobile size! The Barista at work…      Grinder too! Not as much fun as the hand grinder… Taste test…. Yum!

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Best Coffee in Munich and More Photos

June 3, 2008

When we got to Munich we wandered the streets on the bicycle assessing the coffee possibilities.  I cannot say we have any particular formula for spotting a good coffee joint.  The look of the place? The crowd? The aroma of good coffee? The coffee experience on the road between Vienna and Munich was terrible….except for […]

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Vienna Flashback and Munich Sites

June 2, 2008

We’ve taken about 6000 photos and the odd video since we started this trip.  Of course…most of them are not publish-worthy.  If I’m lucky I get one excellent photo every 300 shots.   And since we started riding the bicycles many of the photos have been taken on the run with no time to “compose”.  […]

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Surfing at the Eisbach

June 1, 2008

Munich is a beautiful city.  As a former resident Slice knows it well and every day we cycle through a different district of the city. Today, following an afternoon of Bratwurst and Sauerkraut at the Chinese Tower Biergarten, we hit the road with the bicycles.   Toward the end of our journey and just down […]

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Bavarian Junk Food

May 31, 2008

I have for years heard about the Curry Wurst.  Heiss wie eine Curry Wurst.  And this German novelThe Invention of Curried Sausage (a humorous read) is listed in 1000 Books to Read Before You Die. Slice calls the Curry Wurst German junk food and says you really don’t want to know what goes in the […]

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Bike Traffic in Munich

May 31, 2008

This is a follow up to my previous tirade about cycling in Munich. Slice observes there are more bikes than cars on the road.  The roads are noticeably devoid of busy car traffic…unlike our last visit.   A friend in Frankfurt says people can no longer afford the petrol (at  about 1.50? per liter) and […]

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