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GEA & Berklix Annual Events

By Julian Stacey.

• January
  • New Year's Skiing trip.
  • New Year's walk.
• 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
• 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
• 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).
• May
  • About this time each year one Berklix member Julian is often an exhibtor at or helping at Vintage Computer Fest Europa here in Munich, & various Berklix people 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)
• June
  • Andechs - "pilgrimage" hike /Biergarten visit, For cycle group ask Julian, For Walking groups leaders vary
  • (Sailing) Boat Race / Chiemsee - Richard G.
  • American "Little Oktober-fest"
  • Julian cycle group to Hanzi's Sat. B.day barbeque (June 29 in 2008)
• July
  • 4th: Usually some Americans in Berklix 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 Berklix 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/
• August
  • Brunnenhof (Residenz) Concert
  • further float/swim and barbeque (weather permitting)
• September
  • Trip Lago Di Garda, Italia, with Julian
  • Oktober- Fest
  • Moon light walk: led by Geoff
• October
  • Heimgarten Mountain walk: led by Nigel
  • Halloween
• November
  • Guy Fawkes Night ( meal, bonfire (fireworks up to 2005, cancelled for bad weather 2007, threatenend by organiser with cancellation 2008):
  • Short Ski Beginners Group training evenings.
• 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.
• 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.
  • Sometime each summer there's a multi cultural fest along Leopold str, organised by the city. The GEA usually participates.
  • Folk festivals: { volksfestkalender.de & ganz-muenchen.de & http://www.munichx.de/ } People could arrange outings to. (Please tell committee if you want to schedule an outing somewhere).