Reply to: Weekend...

[dang65]

Get there VERY early. Some friends went a couple of Saturdays ago, got there early, and gave up waiting about 3pm.

Got there at about 09:45 and there was already a big queue, but we were inside by about 10:45, so not a big deal. Was a bit disappointed to find that I'd seen practically the whole Banksy exhibition already, in photos in the original media coverage. I thought the papers would just have shown a few highlights and left plenty of surprises, but what they showed was basically it.

There were a few other things planted around the museum, including eviction notices stuck to the old Gypsy caravan which has been in the museum for decades.

Quite good.

[AlfredJPruffock]

Theres a Moon over Bourbon Street tonight

I see faces as they pass beneath the pale lamplight
Ive no choice but to follow that call

The bright lights, the people, and the Moon and all
I pray everyday to be strong

For I know what I do must be wrong
Oh youll never see my shade or hear the sound of my feet

While theres a Moon over bourbon street

It was many years ago that I became what I am
I was trapped in this life like an innocent lamb

Now I can only show my face at noon
And youll only see me walking by the light of the Moon

I have stood many times outside her window at night
To struggle with my instinct in the pale Moon Light

How could I be this way when I pray to God above
I must love what I destroy and destroy the thing I love

Oh youll never see my shade or hear the sound of my feet

While theres a Moon over Bourbon Street

[Drewster]

Thanks. Alto sax.

Menelaus the "Bird"........

PS Ignore any ignorant winkers that make any comments about being a Bird........ you know what I mean!!

[Menelaus]

1) Yawn
2) Yawn
3) Big Up for the Menelaus Dude!!!!

Seriously Man "Break a Leg"...

What are you playing? Horn?

Thanks man, I appreciate it. Ambition of a lifetime etc ... I went to New Orleans a few years ago on holiday and took my sax with me then. Sitting on a balcony overlooking Bourbon St playing as dawn was coming up. Amazing feeling.

Alto sax but taking my tenor with me in case I get to jam.

[DaveB]

Off up to Lancashire to see MrsB's Grandmother for the weekend.

[Drewster]

Running tomorrow morning
Watching German GP in the afternoons (qualifying / race)
Achieving a lifetime ambition tonight (playing as a background musician at Ronnie Scotts)

1) Yawn
2) Yawn
3) Big Up for the Menelaus Dude!!!!

Seriously Man "Break a Leg"...

What are you playing? Horn?

[RichardCranium]

hopefully going to see the Banksy exhibition in Bristol on Sunday morning, though I've heard there is usually a queue round the block to get in.

Get there VERY early. Some friends went a couple of Saturdays ago, got there early, and gave up waiting about 3pm.

[MPwannadecentincome]

Hoping to get OH to become confident on motorway driving - joining with short ramps and also esp around the busy M25 - M4 area (southbound 6 lanes, having to cross 3 lanes to exit at T5, northbound also 6 lanes making sure you are in right hand 3 lane when it splits for the M4 otherwise not heading home in right direction anymore).

If I succeed I don't have to be a taxi driver all the time anymore!

[darmstadt]

Wondering if it is worth the 1.5 hours drive to Hockenheim.

Except the F1 is at the Nurburgring (which means Hockenheim might be quieter and more preferable!) I stopped off at the Nurburging on the way home a couple of weeks ago and it was one massive building site. New hotels, a new arena and a rollercoaster (fastest in the world apparently) right next to the stands.

[chef]

I was looking for a bike and found an absolute bargain, 55€, 18 gear mountain bike, not exactly lightweight but the roads are so flat around here that it doesn't matter..

[The Lone Gunman]

went to tollwood last week, very impressed as it's a free festival

we have a route to the lake sauna, we'll just bimble around til we find somewhere nice to eat

jazz garden and deer garden sound great, thanks for the tips, will give them a look most likely

spent some time around scwabing last night, I think she'll be hitting the shops and coffee shops right now while im at work so thats covered

Was it you who was looking for a bike in Munich and said they were expensive? There is a bike shop at the city end of Schwabing that builds their own light weight city bikes and they were reasonably priced last time I was there.

Jazz at the bier garden is a great way to spend the day. There is also a superb restaurant and micro brewer at (near) the U-Bahn station.

Bier gardens: Try the Steckerl Fisch (sp? again) but only if it is done over charcoal and fresh.

[chef]

Tolwood: Take an appetite with you. Some of the ethnic food stalls are superb. Graze all day. Small portions not one big one.

I wish I could guive you directions to a favourite eatery on the lake. It is the far side from the village and hard to describe the route.

Jazz garden at Grosseselhoe (spl?) is great if there is a band on.
Hirsch garden is good but a bit of a guilt trip if eating hirsch.
Why not take her out in Schwabing, some great places to eat there.

went to tollwood last week, very impressed as it's a free festival

we have a route to the lake sauna, we'll just bimble around til we find somewhere nice to eat

jazz garden and deer garden sound great, thanks for the tips, will give them a look most likely

spent some time around scwabing last night, I think she'll be hitting the shops and coffee shops right now while im at work so thats covered

[minestrone]

Shed loads of beer and watching the cricket.

[The Lone Gunman]

gf chef drove down from Cologne for 5 days arriving last night

plans are:

- goto tollwood free music festival
- drive to tergensee lake for a lakeside sauna
- relax in a variety of beer gardens and sample the wares
- have a quiet night in, i'll cook, she'll provide the wine

Tolwood: Take an appetite with you. Some of the ethnic food stalls are superb. Graze all day. Small portions not one big one.

I wish I could guive you directions to a favourite eatery on the lake. It is the far side from the village and hard to describe the route.

Jazz garden at Grosseselhoe (spl?) is great if there is a band on.
Hirsch garden is good but a bit of a guilt trip if eating hirsch.
Why not take her out in Schwabing, some great places to eat there.

[chef]

gf chef drove down from Cologne for 5 days arriving last night

plans are:

- goto tollwood free music festival
- drive to tergensee lake for a lakeside sauna
- relax in a variety of beer gardens and sample the wares
- have a quiet night in, i'll cook, she'll provide the wine