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Stage 1 - Munich to Wasserburg Am Inn 65km (01-May-2019)


The excitement of starting a new tour is still a big thrill and today was no different as Munich turned on a clear blue sky, sunny with a pleasant chill factor. Happy days indeed. I would like to dedicate this ride to my good mate Kevin Ellwood and his lovely wife Melvita. It was his idea to do the tour but instead he is rightly home looking after his darling Mel who has a medical condition.
Like I said, Munich certainly put on the weather for me today for the start of my tour. The weather was miserable during my 3 day stay, battleship grey skies, constant rain or drizzle and cold to boot, still I made the most of it. It’s a lovely city with friendly folks and lots to see and do and heaven for cyclists, foodies and beer drinkers.
Left Munich at around 8am, the streets were deserted due to it being a public holiday. The route designed by Ellwood was mostly on mostly flat bike paths in quiet residential areas through Munich and small farms on the outskirts. It can’t be helped, but one always bumps into an Aussie; a sheila from Manly of all places, visiting Europe to celebrate 30 years of happy marriage. They were kind enough to take this mug shot of mine. 

The ride was quite eventful, apart from me coming off my bike (through carelessness); bruised elbow, knees and pride. Thankfully the bike came off much better than I. The folks in a couple of villages I rode through were celebrating a festival called May Tree (English translation) on May 1, a tradition going back god knows how many years  which is basically putting up a man made tree in a village which is basically( I reckon) an excuse to drink beer and get pissed and play dress ups which they surely do; men wearing leather hosens and women, dirndls.


I finally rode into Wasserburg going down a steep hill and much to my surprise, my hosts in the guest house accommodation for the night are a couple of Indians from Punjab. They were as pleased to see me as I them. Nice people.
Went for a stroll through the cute village; lots of people eating and drinking and having fun as they do in Bavaria. Do you know per mill, beer is cheaper than water or soft drinks. Shame I am a teetotaler. Really liked the village.
For dinner, I had Indian of course cooked and served by my hosts, one of the best Lamb Saag and Chicken Korma curries I have had; all for 10 Euros. They know how to look after a brother, I guess. It’s amazing how Indians go to all corners of the world, but Wasserburg, well I never.
I also spent a lot of time with Samsung support to try and fix why my photos are fixed but to no avail. Less said about that the better.
End of a very happy first day and now I have to end this blog and get ready to watch my beloved Liverpool which I did. Played really well but still lost. It would have been icing on the cake if they had won but never mind, it's still been a beautiful day.

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  1. Sharad and Ursula Tank1 May 2019 at 16:40

    What a great start to your bike journey ! (except your fall - how did you manage this ??). Your blog reads great - looking forward to a daily update.
    Luv - UT

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