I developed a serious case of the shits with the wind. It blew constantly from the S-SW the whole time from Berlin to Nuremberg, meaning a constant headwind for a week. Combine that with having been bedridden in Berlin (some virus - couldn't eat, head & body aches) and it equalled about two weeks of me questioning WTF am I doing this for? A couple of nights in Nuremberg and some decent food and I was keen to push onto Munich to let the good times roll.
In Munich I had to make a quick switch from riding fitness to drinking fitness. Oktoberfest is truly mental. Everything about it is big - from the steins & food, to the beer halls & crowds. (A pork knuckle is possibly the best thing ever after a day in a beer hall - huge lump(s) of pork & crackling. Glorious.) Munns & Katie were in fine form too. Good to catch some familiar faces. So many Australians in town for 'fest too, can't go two minutes without running into an Australian accent. Kind of cool after being away from home for a while.
Have booked a train to Zagreb (Croatia) tomorrow. Should be a good change of pace, and warmer weather too. Continuing with my plan of no set plan, I think I'm going to head from Zagreb to Rijeka, then take my time heading South down the coastline. As always that could change anytime.
Fixed a couple of things on the blog, archiving is now working, added the extra photo sets that went AWOL in the intertubes, & added a link to download the kml to view in Google earth.
Am guessing internet may not be so readily available in Croatia, but you never know.
Chow from Germany.
