D-Day +3 (Prague - Munich)

So a Saturday night in Prague promises much. All night beer fuelled anarchy with pickpockets, prostitutes and kebabs or vomiting for dessert depending on the constitution of the individual party goer. 

We on the other hand were a bit pooped,  so decided to forego the fleshpots of the stag weekend city. In bed by 10pm after some light socialising and a spot of dinner. To be honest, I don't think anyone felt they missed out on a great deal and the extra sleep was most welcome. 

At check-in this morning, we joined the rally throng as usual and two of us tried out our tunnel trolley (made most expertly by Gary but somewhat worryingly he declined the invitation to actually use it). It turned out to be a minor hit and great fun  /only mildly perilous in my experience. 

Final day with a minority of cars on show. Several rallyists took advantage of Prague more fully than ourselves it seems. 

Jerry adopting a low profile on the tunnel trolley

People

I think we're all feeling the strain of our mobile incarceration but any frayed nerves have been kept to the occasional tut and rolling of eyes at a missed gear change or stereo operation incompetence. Prodigious quantities of chocolate and crisps have provided a sufficient buffer between cordiality and unbridled rage, as predicted. 

We'll see how we all feel in the morning after prize giving this evening followed by Munich Beerfest drowning of sorrows at inevitable lack of prizes. 

Vehicle

So quite remarkably, and after about 1400 miles on German autobahns, Polish dirt tracks, the cobbled streets of the Czech capital, French, Belgian, Dutch, and UK traffic jams, our 21 year old VW 

Polo made it to Munich. Well done old girl! I personally feel very sorry to be taking it to the car vet to have her put down. It seems like a very poor reward for outstanding service. If she starts tomorrow, we might arrange a last trip out before she's crushed into a tiny cube and turned into a bridge pylon or something. What a brilliant brilliant little car. 

I'm getting all emotional about it! 

Lovely Bavarian vista

Conditions

Dry and cloudy. Nice for driving, less well suited for sunbathing. Good job we're driving then. 

Culture

Prague does in fact have plenty to offer but we didn't get to see any of it which was a shame. Travelling into Bavaria provided some great great countryside to look out on but the planned diversion to Berchtesgaden (Google it) was just too much for our plodding pony today. Another shame but we've got a plan B for that if the old girl lasts an extra day.

Good King Wenceslas in his very own square

 

Car Interior Smell Rating - Like the inside of a packet of dry roasted peanuts. The dam has burst and costumes are beginning to develop personalities of their own. Everyone is being too polite to make a big deal of it but the perma-wrinkled noses tell their own story.