Surfing in the city

After seeing a man in a wetsuit biking through Munich with a surfboard I was naturally curious to know where the fancy dress party was that he was going to. It turns out that you can actually go surfing in Munich, right in the middle of the city.

On a hot Sunday afternoon we went to the Englisher Garten. After enjoy a cold beer in the hot sun under some lovely big oaks, whilst listening to some oom pa pa music, we wandered past some nude sun bathers and found our way to the edge of the Englischer Garten. At the mouth of the stream there is a standing wave that is produced by the water pumping mechanism (according to Wikipedia).

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Surfers attempt to surf on this wave for as long as they can, in spite of the signs stating the unenforced law that surfing is forbidden. Aparently an Australian surfer died there last year. River surfing has aparently been going on in Munich since the 70s.

My new Home

This is where i live in Erfurt!
The building was built in the 1960s and was some sort of Stasi somethingerather.





I live on the 6th floor and have a nice view of the stadium, some ministry buildings, the forest and the school where i work. I can also see the cathedral in the centre of town and i get lovely sunsets.



My fridge is very loud but at least i have one! Other people have to put their food in the shared kitchen fridges where things sometimes gte stolen.
It's rather lonely here at the moment but hopefully when uni starts i will meet some more people. I've been for a few runs in the forest and have been doing quite a bit of baking too.



Autumn is well upon us here and it's beautiful! So many colours! The other night i went to one of the English teacher's houses for Pilze - or field mushrooms, hand picked in the forest by here husband! They were delicious - much stronger tasting than ordinary mushrooms.