Sunday 7  September

Last night was quiet a shock. Hofbraüchaus was full of very drunk Germans. Nasty atmosphere, cannot understand why people rave about it. Moved onto Mathäser Bier Stadt. Here on the ground floor is a restaurant, upstairs another restaurant and in the middle a vast beer hall with a band playing in the middle. The atmosphere was very friendly if only we could speak German.

Two fights started but were soon stopped – mainly by the waitresses! A full litre of beer cost 3/-. Today did nothing but strolled along river, sunbathed and washed car (long overdue rest day). On river during afternoon, large wooden raft drifted along with singing and dancing people aboard. They were made of logs (the rafts!) and “shot” some rapids near the entrance of the camp, with much shrieking from those on board and clapping from the onlookers.

At night we went into town and eat a none too original, but good never-the-less – cheap meal. Soup, hamburgers (German type and good), salad and potatoes at ? in ? (near the station) where we meet a very pleasant Aussie travelling around on his own. He was only away from Australia about 3 months so had a lot to see. He was staying at rooms costing 12/- a night. Tip : Every railway station has info room, go there and make it very plain you want cheap rooms and they’ll quickly find them. After the meal – cost including litre of beer for us both £1. We walked up to Mathäser Bier Stadt and finished the evening with a litre of beer each, back to camp – just got in as the gates closed.