Andechs - 24th April, 2004
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With the Toytown Party having been the night before and the weather men threatening all sorts of stuff, we weren't expecting a huge turnout at the 10am meeting in Hauptbahnhof to head off to Andechs for the day. As it turned out there were about 30 of us. Pretty impressive! Phil & Ken had everything arranged and as soon as everyone showed up we headed off to get the S-Bahn to Herrsching.
Yomping time!
Oh those wacky Bavarians and their shiny balls!
'Erm, do we have to accept that this is art? Really?
Following the subtle sign-posting.
The worlds least practical hand-bag. Works brilliantly as a pencil case, but that's about it.
I think we walked a total of about 5km through forest and so forth. Very enjoyable it was too. My last visit here was with Avtar a few years back. Back in what we like to call "the good old days". Anyways, yomping through the forest up to the monastery it was nice to see that some things never change.
Service with a smile.
What it's all about. Full Schweine-Haxe which they sell by weight. The one above clocked in at €17.90. And of course the fantastic Andech helle. In the middle is a Brezn with some Obazda.
The leftovers. Not a pretty site.
There's huge scope here for a 2 large jugs gag, but I'm going to rise above it.
'Erm, don't ask. We suspect it's an odd cross between Gangsta-Rap and the Village People.
Cakes at the ready. The people who originally said it
was their birthdays didn't all show up. That's why my inner child decided that
it was his birthday 
Kinder Surprise toy assembly is not as easy as it looks.
The thing that was inside my Kinder egg. It's sort of a worm type thing that you stick to your computer. He's got a chip in his mouth too. The geek in me couldn't help but remark that it was only a 32Mb chip.
A row of urinals. Just because.
The machine on the left shows my score after almost 3 Maß. 1.12 I believe it says. Then a kid (teenager) came in and knocked up 9.90. That can't be healthy!
Fool as Cuck!
Life as an amputee was still quite enjoyable for Kathrin.
The peoples!
We decided that trying to steal the reservation from these people might not be the brightest idea in the world.
Once we had established that we weren't going anywhere in a hurry the management offered us a private room off the main courtyard. Either they were being genuinely nice and thought we'd like a nice private warm room, or we were bloody noisy outside and they wanted to shift us out of the way. I'd like to believe the former is true.
"Can I have your attention please people. Has anyone seen my bag?"
Sweet.
Cutie.
I don't really have much of an explanation for this one. It's a book called "Die Klinik" by Noah Gordon.Dunno who's holding it or why. Perhaps someone could enlighten me.
This is a framed piece of music by some famous composer who farted a lot. It was given to Steve as a present by the shop owner when he found out Steve was a singer.
Sam the dog. Sam is a girl dog.
Time to go home. Strangely enough our bus driver looked oddly familiar. Hmmm.
Great day out. The beer and haxe at Andechs was as good as ever. Top marks to Phil & Ken for organising the day. Now, lets have more of this summer lark.