yamafitter
Reigning NERDS Granite Lane Gold Medalist
Rather than contribute to the clutter of the Extreme Alps Tout thread I am going to put the report on this little romp through the Alps here.
The trip started for me with an unadventful trip to the Toronto Airport where I got gouged at the airport bar for a couple of pints before boarding ...
At almost $10 a pint you think I might be trying to buy the brewery on the instalment plan. Once on the plane we were delayed a little bit by lightening strikes in the area and the ground crew was pulled off the tarmac as a safety precaution. In the end we finally were up in the air and on our way. If Air Canada ever offer you free wine during the flight (not fight) don't bother with the red as it is almost undrinkable.
The plane arrived at the Munich Airport and Passport Control went very smoothly since I told the Customs Agent I was here to drink the BMW Koolaid. Surprising Air Canada sent my luggage on the same plane that I was on and we were now on our way to the hotel. As I was walking over to the trains Audi had a display area set up and this contraption caught my eye ...
It's an carbon fibre electric assist mountain bike. Very, very trick.
It was a short stroll over to the trains and all went very smoothly and I soon found myself in the Hauptbahnhof (Central Station) of Munich. I found my way over the hotel and after a quick shower it was time for the first order of business ....
This was a very nice Wheat Beer that I had to wash down a rather nice beef doner sandwich that I had for lunch at the street cafe just outside of the hotel. Sitting out on the street patio also allowed for the opportunity to watch the locals ....
I was heading back to the room by who should I come across in the lobby but the architect of this fiasco but our own one and only BeemerDons ...
I was immediately dragged back out onto the street for a walkabout. Time to play spot the Loonie ...
We walked around for a short bit just to have a quick look at some of the sights ...
There were also lots of street performers entertaining the crowds. One example was this 'living statute' ...
It was getting late and we needed to be back to meet up with Pam, Tom & SacMike to head out for dinner. At this point Don had all his maps and was the expert on Munich so I was just tagging along. All I'm going to say is that I should have brought my GPS. just sayin' and nuff said.
Bungie must have looking down on us since we somehow found our way back and met up with the rest of the group and headed out for dinner at a restaurant that Don used to visit during his military days. Tom (who never goes anywhere) has all the food **** shots so I'll leave it to him to describe the dinner which was very good.
On the way back to the hotel We thought we should have a group shot at one of the fountains just to show WheatonFJR that we were upholding the finest traditions of the FJR Forum ...
I had now been up for about 24 hours expect for a little bit of sleep on the plane so when we made it back to the hotel I crashed out. It's now about 3AM in Munich since I woke early (still need to reset the body clock) and I figured I get this report started and then go back to bed.
The trip started for me with an unadventful trip to the Toronto Airport where I got gouged at the airport bar for a couple of pints before boarding ...
At almost $10 a pint you think I might be trying to buy the brewery on the instalment plan. Once on the plane we were delayed a little bit by lightening strikes in the area and the ground crew was pulled off the tarmac as a safety precaution. In the end we finally were up in the air and on our way. If Air Canada ever offer you free wine during the flight (not fight) don't bother with the red as it is almost undrinkable.
The plane arrived at the Munich Airport and Passport Control went very smoothly since I told the Customs Agent I was here to drink the BMW Koolaid. Surprising Air Canada sent my luggage on the same plane that I was on and we were now on our way to the hotel. As I was walking over to the trains Audi had a display area set up and this contraption caught my eye ...
It's an carbon fibre electric assist mountain bike. Very, very trick.
It was a short stroll over to the trains and all went very smoothly and I soon found myself in the Hauptbahnhof (Central Station) of Munich. I found my way over the hotel and after a quick shower it was time for the first order of business ....
This was a very nice Wheat Beer that I had to wash down a rather nice beef doner sandwich that I had for lunch at the street cafe just outside of the hotel. Sitting out on the street patio also allowed for the opportunity to watch the locals ....
I was heading back to the room by who should I come across in the lobby but the architect of this fiasco but our own one and only BeemerDons ...
I was immediately dragged back out onto the street for a walkabout. Time to play spot the Loonie ...
We walked around for a short bit just to have a quick look at some of the sights ...
There were also lots of street performers entertaining the crowds. One example was this 'living statute' ...
It was getting late and we needed to be back to meet up with Pam, Tom & SacMike to head out for dinner. At this point Don had all his maps and was the expert on Munich so I was just tagging along. All I'm going to say is that I should have brought my GPS. just sayin' and nuff said.
Bungie must have looking down on us since we somehow found our way back and met up with the rest of the group and headed out for dinner at a restaurant that Don used to visit during his military days. Tom (who never goes anywhere) has all the food **** shots so I'll leave it to him to describe the dinner which was very good.
On the way back to the hotel We thought we should have a group shot at one of the fountains just to show WheatonFJR that we were upholding the finest traditions of the FJR Forum ...
I had now been up for about 24 hours expect for a little bit of sleep on the plane so when we made it back to the hotel I crashed out. It's now about 3AM in Munich since I woke early (still need to reset the body clock) and I figured I get this report started and then go back to bed.
