The Glühwein Rally

It was time to go to Augsburg now, and along with Rob and Ed, we filled the tank and made out way. We decided it would work best to take a scenic route, even though it was dark. But the start of the journey didn’t go to well, the traffic was slightly heavy and the weather was just terrible. What didn’t help were my windscreen and windows misting and condensating all the time.

Throughout the journey, we had to constantly wipe and dry the windscreen. Sometimes we had to pull over and thoroughly dry it, we even bought another sponge and a cloth for the job, as the other one was a bit old and manky. It helped, but still there were problems with it. The inside of the windows were soaking, and I couldn’t figure out why.

However, we finally arrived in Augsburg. Unfortunately, it was too late to visit its Weihnachtsmarkt, but we had about twenty beers in the boot in a fancy crate… so not all was lost! However, I kept managing to hit my head all the time on the low-sloping-roof-ceiling thingy in Ollie’s room… even when I was sober, it didn’t make it easier as I pitched up camp underneath a desk, too.

After a late night and an early morning start, we were on our way to the station and onto the train to Nürnberg for out first lot of Glühwein. It was a nice day and the town was really old and very German/Bayrisch, too. Had a lot of nice old buildings with good architecture and stuff. However, today’s schedule was really tight, as we had about only an hour in each town so we could catch the next train on time. If we missed a train, it would screw the day up.

So, the priority was first to get to the Glühwein stalls, get some and keep the mug. The mugs were an important part of it all. It had to have good decoration on it, along with the place and the year. Though some of the mugs were dated 2007, and some were timeless. But most of us managed a 2008 mug… which were pink.

Some of us decided to wander about the Markt and have a look about. It was quite a big group, so we decided it was easier to split up and go our own way, and then meet up later so we could go onto Würzburg.