Time for a trip to Ulm then, again. This time I flew into Munich, and bravely decided to use public transportation to get to Ulm. The good thing about this was that I was treated to the sight of plenty of blokes in lederhosen, and plenty of ladies in “traditional Bavarian ladies’ costume” – yes that’s right, it’s Octoberfest time.
The bad thing was that I spent about 4 hours getting to Ulm, instead of less than two had I taken the car (had to take a train into central Munich from the aiport, missed the train, had to go to another station, wait 40 minutes, catch another train, then take a bus to the office. Phew).
It was a pretty hard week work-wise, but it was good to see the old gang from the UK (including that incorrigible party maniac, Sinhung), and meet some new faces (like William, Sakari and Aida). Monday night was Barfüßer night – what else? The drinks and culinary fare was pretty much the usual – hefeweisse bear for the thirst, pork and potato for the hunger. We went for the big 5 litre keg of beer this time – there were plenty of eager folks to finnish it off.
My new boss Thomas was kind enough to take us all out for dinner on Tuesday night to Zu Forellen – one of the better restaurants we’ve been to in Ulm. They specialize in trout (obviously!), rather than pork and potato as is the case for most restaurants. They still had hefeweisse thankfully, so we weren’t completely out of our element. Afterwards, we headed down to next-doors’ Zunfthaus der Schiffleute, which is still probably our favourite restaurant in Ulm. The reason for our visit was the notorious Eisbock beer – with an awe-inspiring alcohol content of 12%. To be drunk in moderation.
The other highlight of the week was our visit to the Ulm Munster. We’ve gazed at this wonder of gothic architecture many a time from outside, but finally had the opportunity to visit the interior, as Thomas took us out there Thursday, after lunch. It is the tallest church in the world (must’ve been hard to build, since it took about 500 years to complete!), and funnily enough, doesn’t even classify as a cathedral (since it’s never been the seat of a bishop). After gaping at the sombre yet impressive interior, we naturally decided to climb up the 768 steps up to the top of the steeple. Well, nearly the top, it went on for a further 10 or 20 meters, but that part was (thankfully) inaccessible. That counts for this week’s exercise, methinks! I’d say it was worth the effort – the views from the top were rather magnificent. After the strenuous exercise of the week, we were treated to coffee and apfelstrudel. Yummie.
All in all, ‘twas a rather good week in Germany, both workwise and otherwise, I contemplated on the train back to Munich on Friday, together with Sakari and Tony (the mad bloke had to fly to Oslo to run a marathon!).
The bad thing was that I spent about 4 hours getting to Ulm, instead of less than two had I taken the car (had to take a train into central Munich from the aiport, missed the train, had to go to another station, wait 40 minutes, catch another train, then take a bus to the office. Phew).It was a pretty hard week work-wise, but it was good to see the old gang from the UK (including that incorrigible party maniac, Sinhung), and meet some new faces (like William, Sakari and Aida). Monday night was Barfüßer night – what else? The drinks and culinary fare was pretty much the usual – hefeweisse bear for the thirst, pork and potato for the hunger. We went for the big 5 litre keg of beer this time – there were plenty of eager folks to finnish it off.
My new boss Thomas was kind enough to take us all out for dinner on Tuesday night to Zu Forellen – one of the better restaurants we’ve been to in Ulm. They specialize in trout (obviously!), rather than pork and potato as is the case for most restaurants. They still had hefeweisse thankfully, so we weren’t completely out of our element. Afterwards, we headed down to next-doors’ Zunfthaus der Schiffleute, which is still probably our favourite restaurant in Ulm. The reason for our visit was the notorious Eisbock beer – with an awe-inspiring alcohol content of 12%. To be drunk in moderation.
The other highlight of the week was our visit to the Ulm Munster. We’ve gazed at this wonder of gothic architecture many a time from outside, but finally had the opportunity to visit the interior, as Thomas took us out there Thursday, after lunch. It is the tallest church in the world (must’ve been hard to build, since it took about 500 years to complete!), and funnily enough, doesn’t even classify as a cathedral (since it’s never been the seat of a bishop). After gaping at the sombre yet impressive interior, we naturally decided to climb up the 768 steps up to the top of the steeple. Well, nearly the top, it went on for a further 10 or 20 meters, but that part was (thankfully) inaccessible. That counts for this week’s exercise, methinks! I’d say it was worth the effort – the views from the top were rather magnificent. After the strenuous exercise of the week, we were treated to coffee and apfelstrudel. Yummie.All in all, ‘twas a rather good week in Germany, both workwise and otherwise, I contemplated on the train back to Munich on Friday, together with Sakari and Tony (the mad bloke had to fly to Oslo to run a marathon!).
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