It was an overcast day but the sun seemed to be peeking through. After breakfast in the hotel, Ron set out to buy a "dach lagerbox" (a roof top luggage carrier) in preparation for Tom and Val's arrival (my nephew and his wife). I told Tom I had an odd request, and asked that he email us a picture of their luggage, and here it is.
We had too many bags, and felt we could put our garment bags, duffle bag, and other things we wouldn't need into the carrier. We have done this a few times in the past. Somehow, though, the cost of this option now seems prohibitive. Ron discovered that the carrier, itself, would cost around 500 EU, and the parts and labor to install it would bring it close to 800 EU (over US$800). The fellow finally offered to rent him one for four weeks, but of course, that would necessitate a trip back. We had already been discussing coming back to Bavaria for the final leg of our journey, but I said rather than pay to rent the roof carrier, we should just try to pare down what we take to Italy, France and Spain, and store the rest somewhere in Garmisch. We had brought so much because we were away for so long, and we needed "fancy" things for the cruise (no longer needed), things for cold weather (hopefully no longer needed), things for warmer weather (which seems to be on the way), and all of our papers, files, computers that we can't get along without.
Ron agreed to see if this could be accomplished so went out to the car to start carrying more bags up to the room. We worked on this unpacking and repacking awhile, but then decided we didn't want to let the day go by, so we set off for Aying for lunch at the Brauerei. Their main restaurant was closed, but the bar and adjacent stube were open. We opted for the bar menu in a beautiful dining room. The garden was also open, but Ron didn't have a jacket, and felt it was a bit too chilly.
I ordered a delicious sounding pasta with black truffles, but the waiter came back to inform me that was the previous day's menu. With such a limited menu, I ended up ordering rinder tartar (raw minced beef), which I hadn't had in many years. Ron had a delicious celery cream soup followed by the "special of the day" which was basically a Wienerschnitzel. I wish I had ordered that as well!
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| Beef Tartar with Quail Eggs |
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| Veal Schnitzel (delicious) |
From Aying we drove to Bad Aibling, passing by our hotel. On that 2- lane, country road we saw a police car with lights blinking on the side of the road. As we passed, we saw that there was a car that had run off the road and flipped on its side. Looked like the passenger had hit the windshield, and there was no movement of passenger or driver. We soon saw a fire department vehicle approaching, but no ambulance. Unfortunately, it may not have been needed. As they used to say on the autobahn with those unlimited speeds, when there is an accident, they don't bring ambulances, they bring hearses. It was a somber note.
We drove into Bad Aibling and around the old kaserne (post where Ron was stationed for three years). Every time we go there are fewer things remaining of the "old".
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| Antenna Field |
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| Building where Ron worked (on left) |
We drove around, identifying what the remaining buildings used to be. We then went to the B&O Hotel, which was the NCO Club. It is now a conference hotel. We stayed there once a couple years ago. Very modern and "green".
We then drove into the town of Bad Aibling. The traffic was unbelievable. What used to be a quiet little city seems to have grown and become plagued with traffic jams.
I wanted to stop at the Maxlrain Brewery, as I doubted we would want to drive back after dark, and after a drink, and with all the traffic. So we stopped there. Old memories......
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| Brewery of the Year 2016 |
Later than evening Ron ordered a pizza and paid a taxi to deliver it. It definitely wasn't worth it!
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