• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• Good Morning Munich! Note to self – take bottle of water on Ruckfahrt #
• Strolling along Isar river, which runs past digs. Can see enormous great fish. And also enormous great nudists. #
• Ein Salamisemmel und ein Coca – €3. Apparently, we don’t say Brötchen in München.. #
• Ooh, me feet are killing me! Time for a beer. #
• @libdemjo quite a lot of respectable writers pay the bills dipping pseudonymic toes in the soft core morass. #
• In a street cafe watching tiny women eat enormous cakes. #
• In the time it took me to travel 3 stops on the U-bahn, it suddenly started tipping it down. #
• There’s a bunch of people hanging around the stairs so they presumably think it will stop just as quickly. #

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• Saying Auf Wiedersehen to the cats who are sprawled, legs akimbo, in the tropical heat in the conservatory. #
• Oh no! Backlog of trains. Fallen Overhead cables blocking the line near Kentish Town. #
• Eep. Munich weather forecast is over 30 deg C and heavy rain. My favourite combination. #
• On a taxi from Luton to St Pancras with 4 others trying to get connections. #
• Just driven past Madam Tussauds #
• Unbelievable. Long taxi ride with nice people got me to St P with 10 mins to spare, so I’m on the Eurostar I booked. #
• They kept announcing more people would get on at Ashford, but no one did. This Eurostar is about half empty. #
• @meryl_f To Munich to visit friends and reacquaint myself with language. Think I have those books, but ta! #
• Sitting in the sun outside a bistro outside the Gare de l’est. Sweating cobs! #
• Ensconced on sleeper train. Baking hot. My German definitely needs a lot of practice. #
• Finally setting off, only 90 minutes late. Should easily make that up overnight. #

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• Trying desperately to clear the decks before heading to Munich. #

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• Still not seen Dr Who despite flurry of texts telling me to. For now, it’s leafleting, then Inclosure Walk then printing. #
• Chickening out of inclosure walk in face of torrential rain. #
• Finally caught up with Dr Who. Gosh. #

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• OMG, i’m missing Dr Who for this? #
• Night out with friends in “restaurant with dancing” which turns out to be hen-night factory. #
• We’re the only men here! #
• Siege mentality in gent’s. “First piss I’ve had all night when there’s bin anyone else in ere!” #
• “Ah’m avin meh fooken stag do ere!” #
• 700 drunk teenage girls in pink wigs singing “Would Ah lah to yah babeh?” #
• Oh dear. They’ve just clipped a box to the table for our glasses, in case we feel like dancing on the furniture. #

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