After lunch, Toon and me, decided to
visit as much as was possible in one (short) afternoon. The English Garden,
with its Chinese Tower, the Munich soccer stadion, Allianz Arena, the BMW-Museum
and last but certainly not least, the Olympic village of the dramatic –remember
the terrorist attack- Olympic Games of 1972. All these things were quite far from
each other so after the Olympic Village, we decided to head back to the
Hauptbahnhof and take our 1,5hr train ride to (train station: Dollnstein and
then by car to) Tagmersheim.
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| Allianz Arena - Bayern Munich |
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| Chinese Tower - English Garden |
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| Do not look to the back, as the future holds the answers |
Why on earth would we go to a
700-people town in the middle of Bayern, you’re asking yourself? Good question!
We went there to visit Segundo and Joaquin, two friends from Ameghino,
Argentina! They are working there, together with three other Argentineans, as
polo horse trainers. During six to eight months, they train the horses daily
and play various tournaments, and in European winter they head back to Argentina
to enjoy their summer holidays and play polo over there. Amazing place, where
they are living at I must say. A completely renovated old Schloss and an
amazing 25hectares of land surrounding it. I have to admit it, they have found
themselves a good job for the next couple of months, maybe years!
After arriving in the train station
of Dollnstein, Segundo came to pick us up and we went straight to a cheap and
good Italian (and the only) restaurant in Tagmersheim, where we met up with
everyone. Kate, Joaquin’s girlfriend, was also there. We had already briefly
met in Ameghino in February last year, so it was nice to see this British
Fraulein again as well. We had a good meal and when coming ‘home’ went straight
to bed, sleeping until late the next day.
That next day was awesome. We had been travelling a lot the past few weeks, so two days of rest were more than welcome. And where better to rest than in a place, being hosted by Argentineans? At noon we had some delicious sausages with vegetables and potatoes (you see mom, we’re even eating healthy!) and of course the siesta was held as well. Next up was: horse practice. While the ‘big boys’ were playing polo, Toon and I each got a horse and we drove it easily and chill, with the occasional galloping of course, outside. A great day for horse riding actually. In the evening we chilled and enjoyed an evening outside in a pleasant summer temperature.
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| Argentineans, a Brittish and Belgians! |
That next day was awesome. We had been travelling a lot the past few weeks, so two days of rest were more than welcome. And where better to rest than in a place, being hosted by Argentineans? At noon we had some delicious sausages with vegetables and potatoes (you see mom, we’re even eating healthy!) and of course the siesta was held as well. Next up was: horse practice. While the ‘big boys’ were playing polo, Toon and I each got a horse and we drove it easily and chill, with the occasional galloping of course, outside. A great day for horse riding actually. In the evening we chilled and enjoyed an evening outside in a pleasant summer temperature.
Next day was more or less the same
story, although I would like to mention that we had (sort of) an asado (with
hamburgers, so doesn’t really count), made by Segundo. Very nice indeed!
Instead of riding a horse, I read a couple of chapters in my Lonely Planet - Eastern Europe during the afternoon, enjoying a mate or two. Around 7.30P.M.,
we said goodbye to Tagmersheim and my Argentinean friends –hoping to see them
again sooner rather than later (except for maybe Joaquin, porque a veces es un
poco boludo el pibe, jaja joda amigo!!) and took the train back to Munich, for
another chilling night at Sebastian’s. Next stop: Salzburg (Austria) and
Ljubljana (Slovenia)!
PS: in the 10 hours we actually
walked around in Munich, we noticed not less than 34 Porsches. Those Germans
and their cars…
peace out_
Toon&Thibault
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