I hereby announce my return to The Fatherland. My darling brother picked me up from Munich airport, and it took no longer than the 40-minute drive to my mother’s place (aka The House of Cakes) to remind me exactly where I was…
Within ten minutes of hitting the Autobahn, we got stuck behind this vehicle… but who could possibly mind… when it’s clearly urgent medical supplies!
Why would you have a picnic by the river when you can actually be IN the river!? (Note the guy in the hammock at the back, and, most important of all – the crate of BEER in the front!)
…the latter warranted a close-up. (Two missing already at 3.30pm on a weekday…)
Just don’t expect anything serious out of me for the next three weeks…
Lady Of The Cakes 
Now that’s a picnic I would enjoy 🙂
Have a great break
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Thanks Debbie! I made bro stop to take the shot – he’s always ready to indulge my blog faffery, bless him – but we didn’t have enough time to actually join in 😉
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Why wasn’t I invited to the picnic….uffa!
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I know… looks just like your thing… 100% liquid picnic!
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I would have brought some wine, why oh why didn’t my invite arrive.
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I suspect your burglars swiped them…
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That’s my kind of picnic, and while I bet the beer isn’t as cold as I’d normally like, it looks like a very efficient way to combine eating, drinking, AND swimming!
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Yup, top marks for them stringing up the hammock and dragging all the furniture into the river – what baffles me, though, is that ping pong table (if that’s what it is) – the river bed is full of pebbles, you can’t possibly be hopping about in that!
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Challenge accepted! I think if you booze it up enough, you can probably not even feel them under your feet!
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NOW it all makes sense… THANKS!!!
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Have a fun break! Plenty of beer and cakes…..
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That goes without saying 🙂 Thanks, Sue!
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😀
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Haha, that’s an amazing way to have a picnic!
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Best place for sweaty tootsies 🙂
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Welcome back! Those people with the table in the river = geniuses. Especially the one in the hammock. Our area is seriously lacking in water… Might be time to move!
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It’s the same here… I don’t think I’ve ever seen the Amper with this little water! If you fancy meeting up for a coffee in Munich, give me a shout.
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Still more appealing than our rain barrel, haha. And will do!
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I love the picnic in the river! It’s perfect 🙂
… I do however expect serious fun-and-frolic, preferably involving cake, over the 3 weeks!
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So do I, Joanne, so do I… finally a challenge I can rise up to 🙂
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Bavarian bonkersness. Apart from the crate in the water. That’s just sensible.
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The BBQ is missing…
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I LOVE this! German summer madness in all its glory 🙂 It bugs me every time someone says Germans are serious or don’t know how to have fun – I mean, LOOK AT THEM! 🙂
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…or it’s the heat wave driving them to take desperate measures 😉
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Going to post this on my FB page later – genius 🙂
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Please do 🙂
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No access at work – insert expletive here – but when I get home ; )
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This looks like something out of a river here in PR, you guys would be right at home here 😀 Love it!
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Though there may be fewer alligators or whatever it is you have out there 😉
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You guys have alligators?!!! On rivers!! That makes this an extreme sport of some sort 🙂 we don’t have those. You could see some iguanas in nearby trees maybe…
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Noooo! I thought YOU had them! But iguanas will do, at a push.
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And I thought you were speaking by reference! Jajajaaa. We’ll settle for iguanas then 🙂
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I like them 🙂
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The guy in the hammock is my hero.
I’m expecting serious cake porn photos soon. Enjoy! 🙂
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I’m revving up to it… just give me time…
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Prost!
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Jahaa! Zur Gemütlichkeit 🙂
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Picnic in the middle of a river with chilled beer? My kinda summer snacking spot!!
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If only there had been cake, I would probably have stuck around for longer 🙂
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Hahaha! For shame! How could it be a proper picnic without cake (and ants!) 🙂
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They are definitely safe from ants, LOL!
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Clear advantage to being in the middle of the water. 🙂
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That just looks like a Good Idea to me! If it weren’t the dead of winter here right now, I think I might try something like that mid-creek picnic.
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Hang on a minute… there’s a “dead of winter” in Fiji???
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I love Germany. I want to be the guy in the hammock. And OF COURSE you keep the beer in the river, DUH. It’s called INGENUITY.
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…you want to be in the hammock WITH the guy, you mean 😉
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eh, take him or leave him 😉
It’s raining and +18C so I just want MORE SUMMER – with hammock and river and beer 🙂
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Brilliant photos, posted it on my facebook page
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Cheers 🙂
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Def my kind of picnic :). And ping-pong booze game in the water almost sounds like fun, only I’d go with a Hollywood movies’ version of the game 😉
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I’m sure they’d have made room for you 🙂
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I was in Munich the other week…must have just missed you! I can vouch for the beer. Very good stuff indeed.
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Well, you’ll just have to come back… there’s plenty more beer you’ve not tried yet 🙂
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Natürlich!
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I didn’t realize the Germans had this much fun! The ones I know in person are all academics who seem very stiff and formal. When I’m not looking they must let their hair down (so to speak) in a big way, but it’s hard to imagine. Still, the picnic IN the river looks sublime 🙂
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The German academic is a very distinct breed, I fear 😉
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Born with sticks up their asses, you mean? I’m disappointed. I was hoping that they really go wild once the beer arrives…
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They might… go toss ’em some bottles/barrels, and report back 🙂
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I’m going to Germany in the Fall (Göttingen), so I will do exactly that!
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Enjoy 🙂
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That picnic is amazing! All I’m going to do this week is find somewhere like that to have a picnic! Were you part of it or just an envious onlooker??
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I spotted them as we drove by, and I made my brother stop the car so I could take a pic 😉
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Why would you do anything else? Enjoy! 🙂 🙂
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Thanks, Jo 🙂
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I guess that’s the German way to “go with the flow.” Cool…very cool.
Saludos,
Kim G
Boston, MA
Where your post inspired me to open my own bottle of beer.
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I LOVED the party IN the river. Got to find a way to do that here too. And beer at 3:30 pm? Pfft, should have started MUCH earlier!
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You live and learn…! 😉
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