hostel life, and a days cycling around Munich...

typical view from when I spent an entire week in the hostel in Munich... I didnt once get a full nights kip, as there was always some German footie fans chanting "BERLIN! BERLIN! WE RE GOING TO BERLIN!!!"... which I thought was really good of them at 400 in the morning... bless them...

Beckhams freekick, and a very English evening..! ;)

Rowan trying to steal something else... bloody hooligan that lad. ;)

with the English girls in town, turned out they were sisters we met a couple of English girls whod been living in Germany for 15 years so went back into Munich center for some beers that evening and this storm formed and the heavens opened JUST after we got into a bloody good barrmany for 20
celebratory burgers, as we d been sausaged upto Hell all day long...

HAD TO BE DONE..!!! :)
a mad footie pitch painted onto a hill..!!! GENIUS!!!
After England had won it, thanks to Beckhams freekick... there was beer and sausage aplenty, and more followed that night..! :)
Fan Fest
scene from the Fan Fest.
getting ready for the Eqcaudor vs England match at one of the many Fan Fests around the country. This one was huge, and was held at the Olympia Platz. Was great to be around so many English again, and all the flag waving and cheering was in good humour, with no trouble at all.

this was after we had tried to get cheap tickets on the door of Bayern Munichs ground, and failed miserably..! Was good to see the ground tho, all lit up at night, but it started to rain heavily, and we found this umberella on the ground so claimed it as our own..! Came in handy, and I now have it on my bike as an English Mascot..! (quality aswell..!)

MUNCHEN!!!!!

English yob... ;)
we saw Frank Skinner and David Baddiel in the beer garden, but they looked pretty chilled and we didnt want to interupt their day for a photie so I took this covert one..! Was good to see them over here for the World Cup!
some guy tossing his caber.
the Eternal Wave, where surfers come to ride, right on the edge of the park and the city... pretty cool place.
this is the Chinese tower in the English Garden, with its own beer garden.
the are rivers like this throughout the gardens, with everyone piling into them and just floating for k after k around the place..! A lot of nudists aswell, as nudity is accepted in Munich.
a good old English lad I met in the hostel here and we teamed up for a week. Rowan was here to see some of the World Cup, and here we were in The English Garden, the largest public garden in Europe and very nice. Designed by an English bloke, to look English... good stuff..!
this guy was fantastic..!!! he took some requests and played the likes of Mozart and Vivaldi amazingly well. got some good footage of him.
a gay lion... dont ask...
at last..! I found a backpack to fit me..!
even the babies defend the Church from Evil, bless em...
a statue of Satan being slain by The Archangel
the interior of one of the churches. this one was ALL white, except for a jet black pulpit...
loads of old churches and such in Munich

Just done 120ks straight from Fussen to the center of Munich and had a beer and a sausage in the middle of the Brazian and Oz supporters and my head went...

Up the Romantic Road to Munich

another river I took a paddle in to cool my feet off. good drinking ater top up aswell...
Japanese tourists are fastinated by hieght, and at times youre standing there with all these little people who want to be in a photie with you... they ALWAY at some point say "Peter Crouch"..!!! ARGHHHHH!!!
another interior

i wanted to travel up a section of the Romantic Road from Fussen to Munich and see some of the many old churches there, so had detours aplenty. was WELL worth it as you can see from the interiors of these ones.

Nesslewang (The town I couldnt leave), Electric Storms and Fussen

the view from the bridge by Ludwigs Castle...
this lad worked in a youth hostel and talked a few Oz girls into coming out with us for a late night drinking session.
bike starting to get it a bit... the crank cover cracked as I took a hill and went into the side of the road... bikes holding up great in general tho... I have no complaints.
one of the many lakes around Fussen.
ermmm... I didnt stay.
another storm brewing... some good lightening here..!
glad to have reached the place were Id seen so many pictures of..!!!
the fairy tale castle at Fussen of Mad King Ludwig II. The interior was unreal... the guy was a mentalist..!!! :)
I camped wild behind her house one evening, but the weather turned really bad in the middle of the night and two lightening storms passed over. the tent got completely soked thru, me gear gor wrecked and at one point, I ran out into the lashing night in just my shorts, as a bolt went off so loud or close that the back of my neck went a bit "funny" and I had a girly panic attack. I hid in someones basement with a bloody big rat for over an hour then tried to find my way back to the tent in pitch black. then the second storm came over. suffice to say I got absolutley no sleep and was a bit shook up in the morning. I can laugh it now, but at the time by myself it was a tad hairy...
this was her father photo studio in the basement.
i spent a few days in Nesslewang and got invited to her parents place where they cooked up a fantastic BBQ and plied me with Weiss beer... its a hard job, but someone had to do it... they were all really kind and went out their way to see I had enough (beer)
Miriam was helping her father with some shots and I got talkin got her and we arranged to meet for ice cream and crazy golf after she finished.
one of the photoshoot shots...

Nesslewang was just another little town Id normally cycle on through, but as I past by, I noticed a photo shoot on the roadside as it was a holiday for dressing in traditional clothing around Bavaria.