Category Archives: Deutschland

More Bamberg Bockbier

Once again Hector proved that Curry comes best before Bier. After another solo trip to Erlangen to visit Sur Mandir, a Curry House, the S Bahn was taken back to Buttenheim. Howard had sent Hector a text in the morning … Continue reading

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Dörfleins, where ?

The texts started to arrive, where is Hector? I had sent ?Stan! a text stating I would  be one hour late. DB were not having a good day and Curry for Breakfast was in vogue. That this meant a journey … Continue reading

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Bring on the Bamberg Bock

The 11.06 is the fastest RE which Die Bahn run between München and Nürnberg. We had a very useful 58 minute connection time before proceeding in a disorderly manner to Bamberg. The Andechs House in Nürnberg does sell Spezial Hell, there … Continue reading

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The arrival in München

It is that time of year again, the Bocks of Bamberg are being unveiled, Hector is Bamberg bound in October for the third consecutive year. ?Stan! awaits, Mr. Strang and co. will be in town the following week when we … Continue reading

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Köln – “Dä längste Desch vun Kölle”

Breakfast was around 09.30, well Hector was there at that time.  Clive and Maggie turned up later.  Our train north left Traben-Trarbach at 10.40, no problem.  Changing at Bullay and Koblenz, this would get us to Köln around 14.00, perfect. … Continue reading

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The Wolf Strassenfest, Bad Wolf!

Bier at the Schloßbergschänke may be the first photos to be displayed at the start of the day of madness that is the Wolf Winefest, however this was not the true start of the day.  Having risen at 05.00, Lord … Continue reading

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One day in Berlin

The perfect end to a Greek vacation… Prior to the reported and impressive Curry-Heute at the Naveena Path, Hector and Marg had done the tourist thing. This did involve the most expensive of coffees, by volume, at the Hotel Maritim … Continue reading

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Kölsch at Steve’s Command

It was Steve who spotted the possibility of a two affordable nights in Köln courtesy of Mr Stelios. The problem was the timing of the flight, could we get from Helensburgh to Edinburgh Airport in time? With the ever dutiful … Continue reading

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