Lunchtime =Bratwurst time
Lyn, David & Knud
strange little car worth a check outFriday, 10 June 2016
Few postcards of Munich
Lunchtime =Bratwurst timeLyn, David & Knudstrange little car worth a check out
Munich continued
After our great walking tour, David and I headed to Lenbachhaus , spent a couple of great hours checking out this fabulous art collection. Concentrating mainly on 19th & 20th century German , or Munich based artists. Fantastic collection of Wassily Kandinsky paintings ( one of the driving forces behind Blauen Reiter ( Blue Rider)
Lovis Corinth Frau Halbe mit strohhut 1898
Kandinsky Holland Strandkorbe 1904
Kandinsky Rapallo Bucht 1906
Kandinsky Die Koh
Kandinsky
August Macke
Lovis Corinth Frau Halbe mit strohhut 1898
Kandinsky Holland Strandkorbe 1904
Kandinsky Rapallo Bucht 1906
Kandinsky Die Koh
Kandinsky 
August Macke
More than we bargined for or the trip we felt would never end
What a day. It all sounded so simple in the planning. We would catch a train from Malchow to Munich. Trains for 4 people plus 1 bike booked 3 months ago.
An early start, 15minute walk to Malchow station, the 7 am train to Warren on time, next train from Warren to Leipzig at 8am also arrived on time. From there it went downhill. Arrived to Leipzig 10 min late, not good if you have 9 min between trains, missed the connection to Hof by a matter of seconds. Knud off to the DB office to see what we could do, " no problems, here is a new itinerary " ok it involved a different route but they did give us a print out of trains, where we had to change etc . So quick shop for lunch stuff, race to new platform, next train arrives, off we go. Get to Zwickau, time to change train, oh looks like next train delayed, first 20 min, the 50 then 90 min , shit now we have missed the next lot of connections, Knud back to DB office another new itinerary another list of trains, quick new train goes in 1 min so run with backpack up and down steps, thank goodness for those pump classes. Trains getting smaller, stations getting smaller. Where the hell are we ? Finally after another 3 trains we get to Hof. Train to Munich cancelled because of yet another problem so its every man for himself as we battle our way onto an ICE train to Innsbruck that is stopping in Munich. Spent the first hour standing but at ,least we got onto the train, unlike poor Knud who was not allowed on with his bike so he had to catch a regional train, arriving hours latter.
Zwickau station
Lyn using the waiting time in a productive manner, doing knee strengthening exercises
No bloody idea where we are now, somewhere remote off the beaten track
An early start, 15minute walk to Malchow station, the 7 am train to Warren on time, next train from Warren to Leipzig at 8am also arrived on time. From there it went downhill. Arrived to Leipzig 10 min late, not good if you have 9 min between trains, missed the connection to Hof by a matter of seconds. Knud off to the DB office to see what we could do, " no problems, here is a new itinerary " ok it involved a different route but they did give us a print out of trains, where we had to change etc . So quick shop for lunch stuff, race to new platform, next train arrives, off we go. Get to Zwickau, time to change train, oh looks like next train delayed, first 20 min, the 50 then 90 min , shit now we have missed the next lot of connections, Knud back to DB office another new itinerary another list of trains, quick new train goes in 1 min so run with backpack up and down steps, thank goodness for those pump classes. Trains getting smaller, stations getting smaller. Where the hell are we ? Finally after another 3 trains we get to Hof. Train to Munich cancelled because of yet another problem so its every man for himself as we battle our way onto an ICE train to Innsbruck that is stopping in Munich. Spent the first hour standing but at ,least we got onto the train, unlike poor Knud who was not allowed on with his bike so he had to catch a regional train, arriving hours latter.
Zwickau station
Lyn using the waiting time in a productive manner, doing knee strengthening exercises
No bloody idea where we are now, somewhere remote off the beaten trackThursday, 9 June 2016
Furstenberg, Mayos
Our cruise up from Templin to Furstenberg took a couple of days, beautiful stretch of water.
Water levels a tad higher than normal but certainly had not reached flood stage like they were experiencing in southern Germany and France
Streetscape of Furstenberg
Saturday Lyn & David arrived, they are joining us for 5 days on board Linquenda then we head to Italy to cycle. David and Knud head to the alps to meet up with the Castlemaniacs , Lyn & I taking the far more sensible option and joining a cycling tour from Venice to Mantova .
David enjoying his first German beer for the holidays. Note the ridiculous glass, European Football Cup this year and Germany made it to the final 24? nations, so football fever is gripping the nation, again. The glass I might add came with a pack of beer its not something that we actually chose.
Lyn relaxing in the wheelhouse when we were on anchor for a couple of nights
Crossing the Müritz, the largest lake in Germany. Conditions perfect, last year we had rain, wind and wster splashing up onto the windows.
We arrived to Malchow Tuesday, this is where we will leave Linquenda for the 2 weeks we are away in Italy.
Just time to get in one more training ride, a cycle around Plauesee , a lovely 60km cycle, a bit of a technically challenging cycle through the forest in some parts but we made it.
Water levels a tad higher than normal but certainly had not reached flood stage like they were experiencing in southern Germany and France
Streetscape of Furstenberg Saturday Lyn & David arrived, they are joining us for 5 days on board Linquenda then we head to Italy to cycle. David and Knud head to the alps to meet up with the Castlemaniacs , Lyn & I taking the far more sensible option and joining a cycling tour from Venice to Mantova .
David enjoying his first German beer for the holidays. Note the ridiculous glass, European Football Cup this year and Germany made it to the final 24? nations, so football fever is gripping the nation, again. The glass I might add came with a pack of beer its not something that we actually chose.
Lyn relaxing in the wheelhouse when we were on anchor for a couple of nights
Crossing the Müritz, the largest lake in Germany. Conditions perfect, last year we had rain, wind and wster splashing up onto the windows.We arrived to Malchow Tuesday, this is where we will leave Linquenda for the 2 weeks we are away in Italy.
Just time to get in one more training ride, a cycle around Plauesee , a lovely 60km cycle, a bit of a technically challenging cycle through the forest in some parts but we made it.Tuesday, 31 May 2016
Postcards of Templin
Could not resist a photo of the poppies and corn flowers, always such a delight
The promised storm eventuated, glad we were moored securely 
Berlin Tor
Now here is an idea for a picket fence, better start knitting those little hats.
St Maria Magdalene KircheMonday, 30 May 2016
Templin
Said our farewells to Graham, he has a time deadline to be reaching Warren by middle of week, we have some time up our sleeve so decided to do a little side trip to Templin. A few small canals connecting some lakes about 11km all up from main canal. Water levels later in the season could make this tricky to navigate so thought we should do it now.
Got into Templin yesterday afternoon, and what a gorgeous town, glad we made the detour. Templin's claim to fame is that this is where Angela Merkell grew up. A walled town, wall dates from 13th century, and intact! ( must have been some restoration work done over the years) Wall is 1735 mt long and between 6 & 7 mt high. Numerous gates around the perimeter adding to its charm
Plan to spend a couple of days here, strong winds forcast , some rain and storms, Knud keen to get some training in for Italy too, weather permitting .
Got into Templin yesterday afternoon, and what a gorgeous town, glad we made the detour. Templin's claim to fame is that this is where Angela Merkell grew up. A walled town, wall dates from 13th century, and intact! ( must have been some restoration work done over the years) Wall is 1735 mt long and between 6 & 7 mt high. Numerous gates around the perimeter adding to its charm
Plan to spend a couple of days here, strong winds forcast , some rain and storms, Knud keen to get some training in for Italy too, weather permitting .
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