Bavaria

Arrived in Bavaria this morning after another sleepless night. I am so exhausted but the jet lag is still kicking my ass and on top of that I have been running good and going deep which keeps me up till morning. I think I've had a total of 3 hours of sleep in the last couple of nights.

My colleague lives here and had her Bavaria Motor Works car parked at the airport. It's an older model 525 Diesel. Before we even left the parking lot she managed to miss the exit and drive around against traffic while yelling and cussing everyone out even though it was her own fault. I tightened my seatbelt for the first time.

We finally made out way out and were on the Autobahn in a few minutes. We reached 160Kmh (100Mph) pretty quickly and I figured this would be our cruising speed. But she put the pedal to the metal and we were actually cruising along at around 220Kmh (around 140Mph). Once in a while some slow poke would creep into our left lane and she would unleash a tirade of German niceties at him. Very comforting.

She booked me into a hotel on the outskirts of her village and it is quite cozy. Nice Bavarian solid wood furniture and a big bathroom with the largest sink I have ever seen.

She's picking me up in a few minutes and we're heading to dinner with her husband. I've been promised some local fare, dumplings, sausage and of course, beer. Report to follow.

Oh, I will be playing the Riverchasers tonight although I have another flight tomorrow early morning. We'll see how it goes. I also sent KOD $20 to enter the last longer for tonight. Should be fun to take the both down!

UPDATE: What a delicious dinner! This little village is very nice and we walked to the restaurant on narrow cobblestone streets. It's located inside an old post office that has been around for about 400 years. I had no idea what to get and asked for some recommendations. I ended up with some pumpkin soup, veal cheeks with potatoes au gratin and grilled vegetables, sweet plum dumplings and lots of Beer. Yummy, yummy beer brewed right here in Munchen.

First beer was a strong Lager. Then came a big WeisBier. Then to end it all, a smooth Pilsner. All made by the fine folks at Paulaner. Thank you Bavaria. Tomorrow we take Bonn on.