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GEA Annual Events
By Julian Stacey.
This is a list of GEA Annual Events. Most events happen most
years.
New ideas welcome.
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January
- New Year's Skiing trip.
- New Year's walk.
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February
- Fasching
- Fasching ends on a Tuesday (in Feb ?), probably
English Shrove Tuesday = Pancake day, what Americans call
fat Tuesday. Munich don't go to the extent of Venice with
masks. Just lots of fancy dress at parties (fun for a few
years, then a yawn). I seem to recall street traders here
do something in Viktualien- Markt that morning, to also
celebrate end of plague centuries back. (Unless I'm
getting events confused). Sometimes some of us go to
watch it, armed with plastic cups & bottles of Sekt.
- A Bad day to Ski - Drunken skiers!
- Beginners Ski
Trip - Julian
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March
- Club Anniversary Meal
- St Patrick's Day - The Munich Irish clubs (a dozen or
so) celebrate, & the GEA often participates too in
some form.
- Elections
- Starkbierfest Fr. 13.03.2009 bis inkl. So. 29.03.2009
http://www.nockherberg.com
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April
- Good Friday lunch; special Stammtisch
- Easter
Sunday,- walk
- Easter ski
trip often with
Richard.
- Easter Monday,- bike ride; hike; egg hunt for kids
occasionaly
- Some date near St George's day (23rd April 2008) walk to beer garden at Mariabrunn
(site of the November Guy Fawkes bonfire).
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May
- About this time each year one GEA member Julian isi usually an
exhibtor at Vintage Computer
Fest Europa here in Munich, & various GEA folks
visit him, & down a beer in the mini beer garden
outside.
-
May Day Jazz Biergarten
visit
- Bike Ride led by Julian normally
starting from underneath's the ships screw
(propeller) on Ludwigs Bruecke on the North (down
stream) end of the Museum island on the river Isar.
Note Re. `Screw': Germans also call
it a Schraub, but I call it a Screw Not because I've
been here too long & gone native, but because the
proper marine industry English also calls it a screw,
only English speaking natives, lay people not
professionals call it a Propeller. End of lecture
;-)
- Straight to the Beer Garden via S Bahn
- Ascension (*) Day (2009: May 21st Thurs) mountain walk/Herzogstand near
Walchensee - Roger H. (*) I'm not sure but think
Ascension is 39 days after Easter
- Camping trip (May-June) - Camping has become less
frequent & more intermittent, Ask Richard G. who also
runs ski tour
group)
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June
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July
- 4th: Usually some Americans in GEA circles, eg
sometime Eleanor Ammermann arrange a Beer Garden around
their Independence Day, as it's been about 300 years,
even us Brits are welcome ;-)
- Kaltenberg / medieval festival
- "Sports Day" / Englischer Garten
- River (Isar) Float / barbeque - ( Hasn't happened
lately, as a listed event, but still happens among GEA
circles unofficially sometime during the summer - (ask
Jane C. at a Beergarden)
- Barbeque (July-August) on Isar, used to be near rail
bridge south of Thalkirchen - The ex regular volunteer
would appreciate a replacement, or will restart in a few
years time - personal reasons.
Rathaus rules & regs & explanation in
German
muenchen-baut.de gesamt_grillen.pdf
- Beginners Wind
Surfing Trip: Julian (but not fixed date
on program as weather dependent)
- Visit an air show of old planes, usually with Julian: Flugwerft
Schleissheim Fly-In. 2008 Detail:
http://www.deutsches-museum.de/flugwerft/information/aktuell/2008/fly-in-08/
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August
- Brunnenhof (Residenz) Concert
- further float/swim and barbeque (weather
permitting)
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September
- Trip Lago Di Garda, Italia, with Julian
- Oktober- Fest
- Moon light walk: led by Geoff
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October
- Heimgarten Mountain walk: led by Nigel
- Halloween
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November
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December
- Christkindlmarkt visit
- Party ! Ask the committee
- Christmas Meal
- Lunch, 25th December : (A Xmas
Pud Tale:)
- New Year's Eve - If we get a volunteer - ask the
committee.
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Occasional - Events we've done before, & may again,
given sufficient demand, but no longer to a regular
schedule.
This section will expand when people mail me others they
remember.
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