I’m sure there are some excellent articles on the Nuremberg Beer Fest; this one won’t be much help to future beer tourists. I’d start with Paul Bailey’s comprehensive review from last year, which even gives it it’s proper title. I’ve have made a better job of it if I’d just followed Erlanger Nick’s steer, but… Continue reading NUREMBERG BEER FEST – DON’T DRINK THE WHISKY BOCK
Month: May 2016
BAYREUTH – CRAFT WORK BUT NO WAGNER
In the year that Sonic Youth’s much abused Goo sleeve was released, I bought the 1960s Ring cycle (Karajan, obvs) from Garon records in Cambridge. I must have played one side of those 19 LPs in the 25 years since, that good bit from Tristan und Isolde. Without the mental fortitude acquired from a session on… Continue reading BAYREUTH – CRAFT WORK BUT NO WAGNER
MARATHONS, ZOIGL AND PHILIP BAILEY
On Saturday Matt went to the World Finger Board championship in Schwarzenbach, an essential experience for anyone who like seeing German youth culture accompanied by a soundtrack of ear-splitting Public Enemy. Great steal from Sonic Youth too. Fast Fingers 19 was won by a fourteen year old Italian, so there’s hope for us all I… Continue reading MARATHONS, ZOIGL AND PHILIP BAILEY
FINDING LIFE IN MUNCHBERG
Munchberg sounds more exciting than it is, but it’s still a lovely slice of rural Germany, with the usual pale colours, cobbled streets and manicured gardens you’d expect. It makes attractive use of the tiny river running through. Our hotel, the Braunschweiger Hof (top and below), looks like the only place in town, and reminds… Continue reading FINDING LIFE IN MUNCHBERG
THE REAL FRANCONIA
Just a quick post to prove I’m alive and haven’t been murdered by Erlanger Nick for pronouncing Zoigl wrong. Posts on Fingerboarding and Philip Bailey to come but wifi is rubbish in rural Franconia, and I’m not humouring Matt by sepnding any longer in Bayreuth’s McDonalds. Munchberg was a decent stop, all pretty churches and winding… Continue reading THE REAL FRANCONIA
CHIPPING AWAY AT LIFE’S LITTLE PLEASURES
I’ve given them enough praise over the years, but I can’t let Wetherspoon’s discontinuation of draught Punk IPA go without a hissy fit. I’m just glad Mrs RM isn’t here. The anomaly that saw draught available before flights, certainly at Stansted and Edinburgh, was one of the few benefits of air travel these days. Cruelly,… Continue reading CHIPPING AWAY AT LIFE’S LITTLE PLEASURES
WETHERSPOONS – EU DEBATES AND VINDALOO
I gave my remaining Wetherspoons vouchers to the old chap in the Bank House in Cheltenham, so it’s club deals till the end of June for me. I’ve been nipping in the newish Weeping Ash in St Neots for a coffee most weeks I’m there, and it always seems a pleasant enough Spoons. An architecturally… Continue reading WETHERSPOONS – EU DEBATES AND VINDALOO
