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Tweets on 2008-07-09

  • High drama in night as lady passenger had her handbag nicked. #
  • Hein. Late arrival of night train and long, poorly managed Eurostar check-in queues made Paris a little hairy. #
  • Unable to answer fellow passenger’s question “Ebbsfleet? Where’s that?” #
  • @libdemjo Tell them you’re not putting out for anything less than caviar? 🙂 #
  • Looking at other people’s powerpoint presentations and pitying the people who have to sit through “UK acquisitions 2” #

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Tweets on 2008-07-08

  • @dr_nick and we all know being an hour early will count for nought the next time you’re 5 mins late. 😦 #
  • Packing a lunch and heading to Dachau to see the stately home and the concentration camp. #
  • Looking at sky and wondering whether to take brolly. So far, I’ve called it wrong every day. #
  • Leaving Dachau. #
  • @meryl_f getting Schlafzug to Paris tonight, back in Nottm tomorrow lunchtime. #
  • Vocab tip of the day: Schlafzug = sleeper train; Schlafanzug = pajamas. #
  • It’s a crying shame the Italians only taught some of the Munich people how to make coffee. #
  • Packing my bags and getting ready to lug them to the underground station. #
  • Hmmm. Bionade. A mix of cola and fizzy orange. Whyever has that not caught on in UK? #
  • So far, I have a compartment to myself. Hope that doesn’t mean 3 noisy drunks turn up at last moment. #
  • Hmmm. Still not departed. The night service to Budapest has just pulled in alongside us. #
  • We’ve set off. No-one has checked my ticket. If this isn’t the 2053 to Paris, Auf Wiedersehen Eurostar connection. #
  • @jamesgraham the bottle says it’s “unforgettable” – and it’s not wrong! #
  • A woman in a colourful jacket carrying a salad has got on at Augensburg. She thinks we’re going to Paris too. #
  • She’s also worked out why there’s only 1 sheet per bed. You’re supposed to fold it in half and sleep between. #
  • @meryl_f it said single sex cabins on website when I booked, but it’s been mixed on both journeys. No-one undresses! #
  • @libdemjo maybe you could suggest improvements and offer constructive criticism rather than complain? #

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Tweets on 2008-07-07

  • Interested to discover that Bavaria is a woman in the same way that Helvetica and Britannia are too. #
  • Just heard someone yodeling #
  • You can climb right up into the statue of Bavaria – she has cast iron plush seats in her cheek and a spy hole in her crown. #
  • There’s a photo spot in Marienplatz where a statue and two towers line up nicely. They’ve helpfully marked the spot. #
  • Grrr. You can get a Dirndl for as little as 19€ but Lederhosen are much pricier. #
  • Germany has all these towers everywhere with sausages on. Every time I see them, I think another Turm for the Wurst #
  • Trying to write a guestbook double dactyl in German. #
  • I’ve sent you an Orange Photo/Video Message. Go to http://www.orange.co.uk/mms/ Your ID is: q0j0k39aj Your password is: ty6xe9 valid fo … #

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Tweets on 2008-07-06

  • Heading out to Passau by train to see where three rivers, including the Danube, meet. #
  • @meryl_f was trying Lederhosen on in C&A – they’re very comfy but not cheap. #
  • Getting “Welcome to Austria” messages from Orange, despite still being in Germany – just. #
  • Conversation has turned to trains. There are some startlingly overinformed anoraks amongst us. #
  • Repairing to a Biergarten after an exhausting afternoon having lunch. #
  • Train making a long stop in Dingolfing. Suddenly pelting it down again #
  • It feels fresh and cool out after the rain, but a thermometer says it’s still over 20deg. #
  • @rfenwick never go out with a tennis player – love means nothing to them. #
  • Getting terrible service in an Italian restaurant. #
  • Food v good when it came, but somehow the waiter got it in his head we wanted our starters and mains simultaneously. #

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Tweets on 2008-07-05

  • Since I got here, I’ve seen 3 people on unicycles and about 20 with plaster casts, both of which seem statistically unlikely. #
  • I’ve been schlepping around stately homes since the crack of dawn. Nymphenburgschloss, Amalienburgjagdhaus. #
  • Sitting in a Biergarten waiting for a salad. #
  • In Germany they don’t seen to trust you with anything more than half a tomato. #
  • Amazing how drunk you can get on salad. #
  • Trying to figure out how the straps go. #
  • Missing Dr Who – Müchener bier will compensate until I’m home. Tonight – lesbian street festival. Hmmm. #
  • Lots of people telling me about German daleks #
  • In a bizare bar with countless Germans singing Y Viva España #
  • I’m so completely lost I have to take the S-bahn instead of the U-bahn! #
  • Oh dear. I’ve been in Germany less than a week, and am already getting cross when the U-bahn drivers forget to tell us about die letzte … #
  • Wondering if there’s a reason that the S-bahn crowd seem at least 20 years younger than the U-bahnmitfahrende #

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Tweets on 2008-07-04

  • Off on a day trip to Herzogstand, where there’s mountains, cable cars and panoramic views of Munich and the Alps. #
  • Fantasizing about building a chalet in the garden. #
  • Queuing for the Herzogstandbahn #
  • Clouds obscure the apparently excellent view from the mountaintop. #
  • Eating Kaiserschmarrn, which is like refried pancake scraps. I’m now starting to miss fruit and veg. #
  • The cloud has got a lot worse while we were eating and you can barely see the trees, let alone the view. #
  • We did climb on to summit despite weather and it suprisingly opened out into a bit of a view. Lovely alpine plants too. #
  • Now listening to distant cow bells and loud birdsong. #
  • Eating sheep’s cheese marinated in honey, olive oil and lavendar. Delicious! #

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Tweets on 2008-07-03

  • Trying to decide between Olympiazentrum and Deutsches Museum. #
  • Have climbed 180m high Olympiaturm with amazing view. Too much haze on horizon means can’t see Alps. #
  • Feeling virtuous. Well on track for eating 5 portions of fruit and veg this week. #
  • Wow, you can buy Lederhosen in C&A. 99 Euro. #
  • Another sunny day gives way to absolutely pelting it down. #

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