Where to start.

I have been travelling, no wifi or having fun for the past few days so i will have to drag my mind back to Thursday. I had an early start so even with refreshment breaks I was in Canterbury by 1pm to explore the cathedral then on to my quirky B&B in Dover right next to the ferry port, after a Guinness in Cullin's Yard a pub/restaurant overlooking the marina I hit a back street chippy 'The Castle Takeaway' with tables outside for a real treat, proper fish and chips at a reasonable price. The B&B had a double and single bed, two settees, a full kitchen including freezer and dishwasher but most of all a 7 foot mirror in an ornate gold frame opposite the bed, fortunately the lights were out on my mid-night trip to the loo otherwise I would have frightened myself to death.

The War Horse, to honour the millions of horses that died in France during the Great War.

Another early start on Friday saw me on the ferry an hour earlier which was a bonus as the continent is currently and hour in front of the UK so after a leisurely full fry I was on the road just after 10am. the route took me through Boring Belgium, less than interesting Luxembourg and parts of the French eastern border that does not have a lot to recommend it but the the Vosges changed the whole perspective then just across the border into Germany and it was all immaculate, welcoming and felt like coming home. After nearly 8 hours behind the wheel my B&B that night was perfect except for no wifi but a night without is no great hardship and it was more than made up for by the beautiful little pedestrianised town of Neuburgen am Mulhouse with a pavement restaurant the served me good local food and beer with a charming lack of laughter at my appalling German. Saturday's start was delayed by breakfast but a non-motorway route from Neuburgen to Munich took me through the scenic countryside and villages that really need more investigation, the last 100kms is by necessity on autobahn but most of it is limited to 80km/h so still relaxing until you hit city traffic then it is less fun but I was safe at my hotel by 3pm.
The local/underground train service in Munich is as expected efficient and you never wait more than 10 minutes, there are stations either side of my hotel both less than 5 minutes walk away and with a three day pass for around £15 who needs a car. I went down town exploring yesterday afternoon and as usual got lost but i got my bearings in the end and found myself being served large beers by well presented young ladies, I tried the local speciality Schweinebraten mit nudeln the two hunks of roast pork would have fed a family of four and the nudeln was a cricket ball sized lump of bread dumpling with very little taste I was thankful I had packed the Rennies. Today's highlight was a Sandeman's free walking tour around the city, obviously there is no charge and the guide works only for tips which means he is an informative performer and well worth the tips he was given, they offer tours in other cities in Europe, the US and in the UK, well worth a try. Stupidly I carried on with the walking and visited the English Garden, another place worth a visit either on foot or by bicycle but not as I did on a sunny Sunday, the food and drink places were mobbed.

The Eisbach River flows at speed through the English Garden

and people leap in to be swept down stream

Googling food where i am staying took me to a bar/restaurant attached to a local sports club which was celebrating their team's winter season achievements, great entertainment the longer the evening went on and the owner kept buying me beers because the food was so slow in arriving, I tipped him enough to cover what should have been the bill. 
Well I am now up to date, plans for tomorrow are still fluid so watch this space.