Summary of Pat's Diary, 1989
Pat has kept a diary of events and happenings since she was a teenager. When we looked through the entries for 1989, we were astonished how much we had managed to do in our first year in Germany, after leaving Keele at the end of 1988. The following is a tabular summary.
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January |
1 |
New Year Ski jumping. |
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5 |
furniture arrived |
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10 |
bought dining table and chairs |
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11 |
washing machine |
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14 |
sking on Zugspitz |
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15 |
Riessesee walk |
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17 |
Peter to Brussels (COST) |
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22 |
Skiing at Seefeld |
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24 |
flat painted |
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27th |
New carpet (Nepalese) |
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29 |
Sking on Zugspitz |
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30 |
Jon and Ellen to dinner |
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February |
2 |
Frau Seiler to tea |
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5 |
sking at Lermoos |
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8-9 |
To Mainz by car (very foggy) |
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10 |
New car, VW Passat GAP XJ 13 Michael and Nicky arrived, our first guests! |
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11 |
sking on the Osterfelder |
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12 |
sking Lermoos |
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14 |
M and N drove off in our old car |
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15th |
Concert in Munich with Franz and Jana Slemr |
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18 |
Stephen and Jo here |
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20-25 |
Hochgurgl to ski, Wurmkogel for first time |
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26 |
Munich: theatre “Die Heimliche Ehe” |
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March |
1 |
VHS German class |
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2 |
COST Meeting, Brussels |
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3 |
COST meeting; then to Calais, Dover, Nicky in Blackheath |
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4 |
Peterborough, Paul & Ros; Pat's Mum & Dad |
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6 |
Peter to Norwich and back; Newport Pagnell, Stephen and Jo |
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7 |
Peter to Oxford (Richard Wayne) and Leatherhead ,Tony Marsh, CEGB) |
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8 |
Bletchley, Keele, stayed with Melanie |
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9 |
Unilever at Port Sunlight to see Nigel; Stayed with Kath & Bert |
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10 |
Keele |
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11 |
Peterborough and to Harwich |
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12 |
Home |
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14 |
“Prince Igor” in Olympia Halle |
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19 |
Walk to Hammersbach |
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24 |
Walk to Stepbergalm |
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25 |
Richard and Monica here for weekend |
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27 |
Eckbauerbahn Bahn and walk to Mittenwald, back by train |
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31 |
Bought bedroom carpets |
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April |
1 |
Wankbahn and weather station, storm, finally down second bubble |
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7 |
Oslo |
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8 |
Viking museum, dinner with Jon and Ellen |
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9 |
Hollmenkollen, ski museum, concert in Opera Foyer |
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10 |
Peter to IEC meeting, Pat with Ellen to Volk museum and Maritime museum |
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11 |
Peter to IEC, Pat to Vogelland Park, home |
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14 |
To London, Newton Abbot and stayed with Melanie |
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15 |
Walk above Babacombe,rain!! |
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16 |
Pat and Eric in Blackstone, to London and Mike and Nicky |
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17 |
Peterborough for the day |
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18 |
Peter to Ministry of Environment, Pat to Gwenda for lunch, to home |
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22 |
Bought Peter a new bike, out for a ride |
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23 |
Bike to Partnachklamm, Munich with Wendy, “Marriage of Figaro” |
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24 |
Peter to JETDLAG meeting at IFU |
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25 |
TV connected to cable, David Brassington and Bekenik to dinner |
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28 |
Bought hall cupboard and table and chairs for balcony |
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30 |
Snow, Krammerplateauweg |
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May |
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Walk: Krammerplateauweg, Untergrainau and Hammersbach |
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2 |
David Hoffman and Prof Wang to dinner |
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4 |
Italian holiday – La Strolla |
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5 |
Siena |
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6 |
Montereggione, concert in Siena |
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7 |
Short walk, Lake Garda, home |
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11 |
Concert in Munich |
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12 |
Cycled to see Herr Holochek |
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14 |
Drive to Walchensee and Kochel |
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15 |
Walk: Esterbergalm, Finzbach, round Rotenkopf (12 miles), Murnau to visit Herr and Frau Weinmann |
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16 |
Tea at Irmgard's |
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18 |
Pat to Dr Zapp |
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20 |
New (second hand) bike for Pat, cycle ride |
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21 |
Munich, Moderne Kunst Museum, Anne and Bill to stay |
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22 |
Debora McKenzie (New Scientist), and to dinner |
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23 |
All up Wank to Met. Station |
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24 |
John from German class to dinner |
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25 |
Corpus Christi Procession, Krammerplateauweg, lunch in sunshine |
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26 |
Linderhof |
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27 |
Walk: Höllentalklamm, interrupted by rain, dinner in Hammersbach |
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28 |
Spin round Austria, Fernpass, Innsbruck |
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29 |
Füssen, Neuschwanstein – fantastic! |
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June |
1 |
“La Boheme” in Munich (cloud burst en route) |
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2 |
Franz and Jana Slemr to dinner |
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3 |
To Stockholm, Lars met us, to Saltsjöbaden |
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4 |
Walk in forest, heard nightingale |
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6 |
Peter to meeting, Pat to Drottningholm Royal Palace |
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7 |
Peter to meeting, Pat to Mille’s Garden, home |
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9 |
Richard Strauss Lieder Abend, played bridge with Anne and Bill who were still with us |
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10 |
Alte Pinotek, airport to see Anne and Bill off |
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12 |
Paul, Ros and Fiona here |
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15 |
Neuschwanstein |
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17 |
Babysitting all day, boat on Riessersee |
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18 |
Up to St Martin's Alm |
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19 |
Airport to see Paul and family off |
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24 |
Tea extending to supper at the Weinmanns' |
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25 |
Walk: Hausberg and Kreuzeck |
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26 |
Pat, fly in eye, to Augenartz Frau Jacobitz |
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30 |
Drive to Hook of Holland and ferry to Harwich (overnight) |
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July |
1 |
Peterborough, Pat's parents, Stephen, Paul and Ros for dinner |
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3 |
Norwich conference on Atmospheric Pollutants |
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4 |
Conference, evening to Cromer, walk on beach |
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5 |
Conference, evening to Winterton, walk on beach |
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7 |
Conference, Stony Stratford, Stephen and Jo |
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8 |
To Blenheim Palace, London, Mike and Nicky |
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10 |
Dover – Calais, Paris, Jardin des Plants |
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11 |
Peter to meeting, Mozart's Requiem at St Germain de Pre |
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12 |
Loches, Guilliem Tell outside donjon |
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13 |
Round Chateau, Pat cut finger, hospital for 2 stiches |
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14 |
Visited Chateau de Montpoupun, watched fireworks |
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15 |
To Konstanz to visit Richard and Monica |
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16 |
Home (total distance – 3830km) |
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22 |
Exhibition at Bahnhof, concert at Benediktburen |
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25 |
2 Americans to dinner |
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28 |
John and Jean Gittins and daughter Susan to stay |
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30 |
Procession : Jugendtractverein |
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August |
4 |
Pat with Frau Seiler and Frau Sladkovic to Schachen |
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8 |
Weinmanns' to dinner |
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12 |
Windows boxes for the balcony, “Die Zauberflöte” |
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13 |
Cycle ride to Wamberg after seeing Procession, steep and rocky |
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14 |
Eurotrac newsletter, visited Ettal Kloster |
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15 |
Walked round the Kramer, 14 m, 3300 ft. |
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16 |
Very hot! Dieter Hacks party at Ice Stadion |
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19 |
Nigel's plane cancelled, picnic and boat at Riessersee, another drive to Munich but no news. He arrived finally via Frankfurt, home 11.30 |
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20 |
Krammerspitze with Nigel via Stepbergalm and down via St Martin Alm 11:00 – 19:30 |
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21 |
Work in lab with Nigel, swim at Eibsee |
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22 |
Nigel by train to airport and home. Pat stung by wasp (finger) |
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24 |
Injection for badly swollen hand after a bad day and night |
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27 |
Holiday. Gross Glockner Pass. St Paul, Arnoldstein |
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28 |
Over Würzenpass into Jugoslavia |
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29 |
To Split, Diocletian Palace, ferry to Hvar and Vrboska |
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30 |
Weinmanns' took us round, beach, town and church |
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31 |
shopping in Vbroska |
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September |
1 |
To Jalsa to book trip. Peter had wind surfing lesson |
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2 |
Dubrovnik 7:15 bus, ferry and bus 12;00. Fish Lunch, guided tour of town, then walked round the walls. Back to hotel at 20:30 |
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3 |
No wind surfing, too windy. To Hvar, explored and up to Fortress |
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4 |
Still too windy. Post cards and beach with swim |
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5 |
2nd lesson. Lazy afternoon on beach |
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6 |
Beach all day. Dinner at Starigrad |
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7 |
Surfing lesson, beach all day. Jalsa for shopping. |
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8 |
Our way home. Drive north to Krka falls, Bihac overnight |
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Cloudy, route up middle and over Würzenpass into Austria. Overnight in Nickendorf in Pustertal |
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10 |
Home via Fieberbrun, Kitzbühel, Kirchberg and Innsbruck. |
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15 |
Piano recital at Werdenfels Gymnasium |
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17 |
Farchant and Schafkopf towards Brüstenkopf, Peter climbed to cross 3200 ft (only about 3000 ft for Pat!) |
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Late swim at Eibsee |
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24 |
Varese via Arlberg Tunnel and St Bernadine Pass |
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25 |
Conference. Pat put up poster |
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26 |
Conference. Pat with Stetzke Mirabel up Sacre Monte to the Sanctory Church (15 chapels) |
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27 |
Conference dinner |
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October |
1 |
Partnach Klamm and on to Riessersee |
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6 |
Höllental, Stangersteig, Kreuzeck and down Jaeger path in rain |
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Sommers' to tea |
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14 |
Pat to England, with Mike and Nicky to Hever Hall,maze and gardens, Peter to Kurtheater, Tageszeiten der Liebe |
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15 |
Pat to Peterborough, Paul and Ros, parents for tea Peter up Kreuzeck |
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16 |
Pat to parents for lunch |
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Peerr to Grenoble with Wolfgang,. Pat home. |
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18 |
Pat unwell with cold. Peter back home |
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20 |
“Pfarrhaus Komoedie” at Prince Regenten Theater |
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21 |
Putusp shelves. In cupboard for books and started unpacking |
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22 |
Short walk |
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26 |
Drove south towards Trento |
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27 |
To Venice. EUREKA conference, cold and foggy! |
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29 |
St. Marks, Doge’s Palace, waterbus to Merano |
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30 |
Drove home |
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November |
1 |
“Das Rheingold” with Wendy and Herr Papen |
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Melanie here |
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3 |
Up Wank, visited weather station, string quartet recital |
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Neuschwanstein (English tour) |
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Cable car up Kreuzeck,lunch at A!m, walked down. Dinner at Post Hotel |
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Snow, unpleasant, shopping in town, new snow tyres and wheels! |
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Melanie and Pat to Obeammergau to look at wood carvings, Melanie home. “Die Feen” Wagner (should be forgotten!) |
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10 |
To airport to meet Mike and Nicky |
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11 |
Neuschwanstein (Peter and Pat to Hohenschwangau) |
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Lunch at Riesersee, St. Martin’s Markt |
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M and N shopping, then home. Drove south and stopped near Trento |
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To Bologna, field experiments about fog, sunny after 53 hours of fog, home over Brenner in moonlight |
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“Gasparone” Millöcker |
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To Birmingham, Kath and Bert, concert at Victoria Hall |
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Lunch with Pat and Gurnos, bridge with Kath and Bert |
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To Pat's parents, Peter to Edinburgh |
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To London, Mike and Nicky |
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Back to Paul and Ros, baby sat for Fiona, Peter back |
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Visited parents, flight to Belfast, Anne and Bill, to Enniskillen |
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Bundoran and beach, Alan Ackbourn play |
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Dungunnon, Pauline and Stephen (lunch), Belfast, James and Usha |
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26 |
Freezing fog, flight !ate after rerouting via Heathrow |
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27 |
Suitcase left in Birmingham returned |
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28 |
Pat sewing class for Dirndl |
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December |
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String quartet |
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Cycled to Partenkirchen, raclette at Schufmanns' |
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Cycled to Grainau |
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Visitors from Unilever, Frau and Herr Baier to dinner |
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“La Traviata” |
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Unilever visitors to dinner |
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Weinachtsfest at Institute |
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10 |
Benidictbüren for Weinachtsmarkt |
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13 |
Peter to Manchester |
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14 |
ACE meeting, Peter home very late |
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15 |
Party at the lab. |
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16 |
Walk to Ruine Werdenfels, tea at Pflegersee |
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20 |
Shopping in Munich by train |
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Munich to meet Mike and Nicky |
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Stephen arrived in time for dinner |
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Walked round Eibsee |
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Christmas. P, S and M played “football” muddy!! Played business game |
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26 |
Linderhof (S skiing with his boss) picnic in sunshine, to Munich for M and N home |
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27 |
Lunch with Stephen then he picked up Jo and Simon from Munich |
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28 |
S and J to find somewhere for skiing, we walked up Wank, only half way |
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29 |
Up to Riesersee |
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30 |
New anorak for Pat, bike ride, cold |
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Untergurgl and met Stephen, fabulous half day skiing at Hochgurgl down late, hot-choc at Oetz , picnic on Fernpass and home. |
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