Monday, July 25, 2011

Little recap



A week in Munich!

And what would Bavaria be without beer?

This was a variety from Franconia, the northern part of Bavaria around Nürnberg, where my brother in law is from.


Just as Bavarian is the salty Pretzel. Just the right stuff for the evening Brotzeit.


My sister and her husband have just bought a house, and were handed the keys on the first day I visited. But they had already had access and had ordered materials for me to work with:





They gave me the choice between installing insulation and hardwood floor. I immediately said hardwood floor and repeated that several times, but:



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So. After working on 90 degree days in an attic that is as ventilated as attics get I needed rewards: a beer garden with a big screen tv showing the womens soccer world cup for example.



Or a jump into the Starnberger See, which must be just a stones throw south of Plymouth Bay- judging by the water temperature...
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There were three Thunderstorms later that night!





Sandy Ralf and Pia helped as much as their busy schedule allowed.

And all went to the Tollwood Festival in the olympic park on my last day




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Word of advice:

If you have the choice of doing insulation or a wood floor, lobby hard for the wood floor.

But I love my family.


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