Friday beer garden

You can see me? Where is the cam?

Why did you just turn round suddenly? The sword on your belt nearly knocked over Napoleons right flank!

Webcam close up of sea-kings bedroom:

You can see everything? Everything? Jeez!
Where is it?

Although you must admit I do have a rather large Quatre Bras! Ne pas?

Ah! The good old days, where a peloton would move with the ground it stood on. My great-great-great uncle died at Bayonne awaiting a big hand from the sky to come and move his whole company, and the ground it was glued to out of danger.

And now someone will ask, what is a peloton?

Who will ask such a question, squaddie?

Me sir? No sir! Been there, done that, got the T-shirt.

It's the big group of riders on the Tour de France

Not in this context it ain't.

I'll have you know, Sir, that my family has been responsible for many historic firsts in military history. Take Marmaduke Ponsonby-Hastings, the 1st Marquis de April as a prime example, and the commanding officer of Cromwell's inaugural parachute corp, who died on the field a few fields away from the field of Powick Bridge (in a hedge to be more accurate), on his very first jump almost exactly one hundred and thirty-nine years to the day before the invention of the modern parachute. Military historians still debate how he got up there in the first place.

I shall drink with the enemy this evening but I will take a dictionary.

You're going drinking with the French?

You're going drinking with the English?

Yorkshire still makes me English. Now whether we should have independence is another conversation.

I'm pretty sure McDonalds at Tal seats a fair few.

Looks like an inside job.

Not exactly round the corner from Hirschgarten though, eh?

Have they all gone now? Can we talk normally now?

Not a FBG drunk is he from the floor
Can rise alone and still drink more;

But a FBG drunk is he who like a sack of spuds lies
With no power to rise

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztb7zve9v5Q

Well that was a lovely evening, not a rebel in sight! ( Well one, but that was right at the end) Lovely
Getting frosty with George M and Frascatti, Polo and people tomorrow, does it get any better???

Was a great night and i changed someone's life

Pity Kilians closed early.

Another fine English/Scottish/Welsh/Irish (have I forgotten anyone?) FBG. Ian and Gwyn swore it was pure coincidence that they chose the Colonial Bar. And I swear it was pure coincidence I was wearing an arguably colonial-themed T-shirt. Thanks to Sea-king for identifying the Flatiron building. Thought it was something like that, but nice to be sure.

And I thought that was the washing instructions on it!

Kites. The Chinese were behind it all.


It's all becoming clear now. This Marmitedude-Ponsonby-Wossname was wearing a "Made-in-China" battle tunic with washing instructions that said "Tumble dry". So after he fell in the river in the heat of the battle, what better way to dry off than to go up in one of these new-fangled kite thingies and tumble out.

One might think he would have qualified for a "Darwin Award", but not so. It would seem his descendants have propagated to this day.

I'll have you know Ma'am, that Darwin had yet to evolve by said juncture in history.

Hello my cool and charismatic summer lovers!

They've forecast 30 degrees on Friday. So we'll be in the shade at the Chinese Tower beergarden in the Englischer Garten from 6pm. Or earlier if anybody gets thristy. If it is suddenly seriously wet, the fallback plan is to meet at the nearby Catwalk in Mauerkircherstraße 2

Everyone is welcome to join in. Newbies, this is a good chance to get to know people in a relaxed setting. And have a beer!
We'll be sitting exactly here ^map at the blue pointer. Several rows away from the kids play area. Look out for the Orange Flag. Or call/SMS to find us.

Ian
0172 8227752
Transport: U3/6 then Bus 54/154 stop "Chinesischer Turm"

Eh? Thought you had Tollwood in mind for this week? Still, Chinese Tower sounds good - let's grab the opportunity to misbehave in grand style in the Englischer Garten before the draconian new regulations are imposed on August 1st. Oh, and talking of "draconian" - Catwalk sounds good too, but beware! - it's just across the river, in Dragon Country.

Note though that, contrary to popular belief, you do not have to swim, wade, or row a boat across the river. Catwalk is located just across a bridge. And you don't even have to walk across the bridge. U-Bahn to Giselastrasse, then bus 54 or 154 will take you right there (bus stop Mauerkircherstr).

Strangely enough, I've never been to Catwalk, but been wanting to try it for ages, so I'm going to be a spoilsport and hope for rain.

Catwalk would be great sometime.

I will be sipping beers on the beach with Duty Free in Cyprus, so you all have fun this week.

Chinese Tower - hm, haven't hung out there in ages. I'm thinking there must be a reason, but I don't remember it.
Tollwood would be nice as well, but I've been there three times already. So, maybe. It would be nice to get out with a crowd again!

I see we are getting into the Spirit of the forth coming 'Games'

Tollwood would have been great, but as the weather is going to be hot we would not stand a chance of getting more that 2 tables at 6pm. And any later and it would be impossible to get a 3rd one nearby. So Tollwood is right-out!
Last week peope were queueing for an hour to get food! (And 2 hours at some DVD stand!)

The Catwalk looks good. But it has one problem! But I have forgotten what it is!
Anyway it is a short walk from the Tower. But we'll only need it if the weather turns really bad.

Gonna drive past this on the way home only to head back but should be good.

Apparently it's global warming on Friday.

I'll try to make it...if I can find ye lot, Ian, I might need you to take me by the hand and lead me to the people (I'm not known for my sense of direction)

Actually, I think you'll find a beer garden looks like this...

That beer garden doesn't have a Chinese Tower though. Here's an old magazine cover that shows what it might look like if it rains. (Not sure if that's Ian or Gwyn in the waterproof suit)

That's a bloody posh beer garden Dafydd old son, benches and tables? pfft, where i come from we were happy with a broken chimney to sit on and a crate to put us beer on.

Well o' course you were lucky, we used t' dream of 'aving a beer crate, we 'ad t' balance us beer on us knee! Beer crates? luxury!

The pints on the table are Löwenbräu ("that's pronounced low 'n' brow love") and tasted nothing like anything you would ever have tasted here. A travesty no less.

I didn't think I would make it tonight, as my Daughter is visiting, but she's just sent me an SMS to say that they're off to the zoo and then they're going out to eat somewhere in Munich tonight, so I'll see you all there!

Any Friday slackers going early? <raises hand>

I might be there about 5:30.

Buggered if i know what time but 5.30 sounds a bit early for safety to me.

I should be there by around 16:00. :-)

I should be there about 4 - 4:30 with the little one.

See you there.

Everyone getting there so early? What about those of us who have to work? I'm usually not there before 8 or so. For one thing, I find it advantageous to arrive after everyone has their beer goggles on. Still, might make a special effort to be there earlier - say 7:00-ish or even earlier - to make it before the storm breaks.

Or if the sky is looking really apocalyptic by then, maybe I'll just go straight to Catwalk and sit there smugly waiting for you lot to turn up drenched and bedraggled.

Leaving work very shortly, so with a following wind and a dodgy ability to both find and use one of these bus thingies, i should be there about 6.30 to 7ish.

I'm going to be there about 5pm (I hope).