Grüß Gott! I'm back from my epic 5-week Austro-Bavarian adventure. The bulk of this time was spent studying German at the Goethe Institut in Munich, which is a thoroughly brilliant place. Now I've gone from Watching Sturm der Liebe to, er, being able to give presentations about Sturm der Liebe! Munich is an amazing city, and it feels like I set off about six months ago... So much has happened. Here are some pictures for your perusing pleasure. Go on, you know you want to.
Stachus, one of the many gates into the awesome old-town of Munich/München/Minga
Munich Marienplatz, with the Frauenkirche in the background
Munich, south view from top of Frauenkirche
Schloss Nymphenburg, north-west Munich
Regensburg
Regensburg from the Donau/Danube
Goethe students in the huge Hirschgarten beer garden
Fürstenhof. Or Schloss Vagen, depending on which realm (fantasy/reality) you exist in.
Just some house in Vagen. Only one photo because almost every house in south Bavarian villages has this ace Alpine style, bursting with flowers. Rock on.
Salzburg. Fantastic place, with the huge fortress looking over the town, wherever you are.
Innsbruck - an amazing, compact Austrian city nestled between huge mountains.
More Innsbruck-related antics. Everywhere you go there are these mountains cosying you in. In clear weather you can see the huts at night lit up, so you can never get lost.
A quick Weißbier at 2,000M from near the Hafelekar summit, looking down onto Innsbruck.
View over Seefeld in Tirol from our balcony
Seefeld from a ski-run (which makes for a very pleasant walking route in Summer)
Seefeld bustling in the evening.
Our ace class in the Goethe Institut München. Four weeks fly by so quickly...
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Saunders, that is a highly
Anonymous Penguin (not verified) - August 16, 2010 @ 3:19pm
Saunders, that is a highly irregular male:female ratio in the last picture for a Linux Format staffer.
Welcome back! And
Captain Tux (not verified) - August 16, 2010 @ 4:01pm
Welcome back! And congratulations on a fantastic trip. But I have to say that you went a month early ... Oktoberfest starts in September!
Did you get up to the Zugspitze?
Tschüß!
@Captain Tux
TuxRadar - August 16, 2010 @ 4:22pm
Cheers! I've never been to Oktoberfest, but I've heard that it's just an excuse for foreigners to get completely smashed, not realising how much beer they can't handle. I'll stick to the Augustiner on Kaufinger im Zentrum :-)
Didn't go to the Zugspitze, but I saw it from the Hafelekar by Innsbruck. Awesome. Servus!
Mike
Mike welcome back!! The
Penguin Anonymous (not verified) - August 16, 2010 @ 11:25pm
Mike welcome back!! The others have been taking the pi55 out of you on the podcast! Using squeaky toys and talking about pink ponies and Tron! (Don't tell them I told you). At last a sense of sanity will return to the podcast. Phew!
Oh and one more thing....
:)
Welcome home Mike!
Dylan C (not verified) - August 19, 2010 @ 11:57am
Ive just recently been to the bravarian area of Germany. Its really nice.. you just gotta love the artistic outside decoration of the buildings!
I went up the Zugspitze.. its amazing up there and also very very cold if wearing shorts! (like I was) :D
I also went to Munich for two days.
Did you go to the Hopfbrau Bierhaus? Its like a mansion in there... its soo damn big!
Germany was the perfect holiday and especially because I love white beer!
@Dylan C
TuxRadar - August 19, 2010 @ 1:48pm
Nice trip! Yep, I've been in the Hofbräu and it is impressive, although I prefer the Augustiner as it's a bit more of a real, where Münchners go after work kinda place. Love Bavaria.
Mike
Munich Marienplatz
bobthebob1234 (not verified) - August 20, 2010 @ 11:46am
I've seen that too! A bit over cast and rainy when I saw it though.
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