Still from Munich

Munich, 27th July

I tried to extend my room but got the usual rubbish about it costing more so I decided to check out and rely on getting a lift to Italy with the Russians

We met up with our German Esperantist contact in town at six. From there we went out to the new Soccer Stadium to await the bus with the Russians.

Two other Germans turned up in the meantime and we stood around the subway station holding placards especially made up, reading Esperanto through Munich. The funny thing was that there had been a demonstration in town that day so there was a huge number of people coming back through the station and we decided that this was a great advertisement for Esperanto. Although I was the only one of us greeting everyone going past with a nice loud Saluton!

One bloke stopped to chat who used to go out with the daughter of the Italian Esperanto league.

We finally got word that they were running two hours late so we retired to a nearby tennis club where the cost of a round for five was less than what I'd been paying for two.

Finally the Russians turned up and after organising parking for the bus we headed into town, divided up into groups with each group leader holding an Esperanto sign up high. It was a bit embarrassing for me how long they spent settling on who was in which group in case the ticket inspector got on (which is pretty rare).

Anyway, we took a night tour of Munich, a city which does come up well at night. There's still a lot to see and there are plenty of people around.