After the excesses of yesterday there should ave been a good night’s sleep, alas in the Cupboard which was Room 221 in Hotel Garni Probst, there was a problem. A generator of some description was located outside the window, this meant the it was always difficult to get back to sleep due to the deep throbbing. Well, that’s my excuse.
The Tintinerary showed that today there would be Curry-Heute in Erlangen, there was. Howard, Neil and Lord Clive made the investment in a Bayern Ticket worthwhile and we were A-Salted in the Erlangen Curry House.
The Carrot for Erlangen was not the Curry but the possibility of a new Bier at the Steinbach Brewery. The normally Trusty HTC let Hector down, no Maps were forthcoming. With two Geographers in the Company we decided to apply some logic to locate Hauptstrasse.
Ecce Hauptstrasse!
If I were to position the Hauptstrasse in this town I would put it here – said Hector as he turned the corner, and there it was! There was a fanfare of Trumpets, self blown. Hauptstrasse 116 proved to be on the edge of the Town Centre a good ten minute walk away. The Curry might go down.
This was Hector’s third trip to Erlangen, he had yet to sample the local Bier. It was not about to happen at this instant either, Steinbach was closed. Ruhetag was assumed, though [Stan.TC] told us later it did not open until 17.00.
Howard led the way to Kitzmann, he was there last year. By this time Hector was seriously thirsty, a brisk walk following the Salty Curry. Orange-Lemonade was called for, with a Helles to wash it down. The others tackled a Festbier, not for me.
The Bier was pleasant, not outstanding. It is never a first choice at The Allison Arms (Glasgow, Scotland).
Onwards to Bamberg
Jonathan and [Stan.TC] were Buttenheim bound the last time we saw them. I knew the train would not stop there, Dr. Stan would have known that. We played catch-up. Schlenkerla is closed on a Tuesday and so this would be the strangest of Day Trips to the Bier Capital of The World.
The Lagerbier at Spezial is Smoky, but not as severe as Schlenkerla, perhaps just as well today. Neil should have been throwing it down as he had not endured the excesses of yesterday, this was not the case.
Keesmann is located a good bit out of the Centre, another brisk walk. [Stan.TC] and Jonathan were still across the road at Mahrs when we arrived. Being mid-afternoon, there was no problem getting a table. The Head Doris was on duty, there was a glimmer of recognition. She must know us by now.
The Sternla Lagerbier was ordered, superb as ever. Normality was being restored. The Mahrs-tians joined us, they ordered food, Schnitzel-Pizza no less. We were a healthy six once more. Four people are not in this Saga today.
BOB
Jonathan, the Reliable Master of the International Bus-Timetable announced a Bus back to the BOB connecting to the Bahnhof. Back to Nürnberg. Had I really been to Bamberg? Next Summer, if not before…
Jonathan applied his talents to the Nürnberg U-Bahn and took us up the hill to the Augustiner Schranke, not more Edelstoff, surely? This outlet has Schlenkerla von Fass, the square was completed. [Stan.TC] and Hector walked back to the Hotel, this had been the quietest of days.
München tomorrow, after another night with the Big Generator, why had I not asked for another room?
The Breweries and Bier outlet visited today:
Kitzmann – Sudliche Stadtmauerstrasse 25, Erlangen
Spezial – Obere Königstraße 10, 96052, Bamberg
Keesmann- Wunderburg 5, 96050, Bamberg
Augustiner Schranke – Beim Tiergartnertor 3, 90403, Nürnberg
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