Munich adventure

27.10.2009

Making good use of the proximity of Norway to mainland Europe (in comparison to Australia, for example), we decided we'd take a quick trip down to Munich and catch up with Davo and Lauzie—friends from Australia who have lived in Munich around six years studying contemporary jewellery and getting into the Bavarian lifestyle.

A lot of the time was spent at Davo's new workshop which he spent a lot of the early part of this year building up from a disused basement into a functioning work space. It's really impressive to seen what Davo and Big Kev have done with the space. We also put the main workshop room through its paces with a nice genre-spanning dancefloor party. Everybody look at your hands.

All in all, it was a great four day ~~bender~~ visit. It was really good to see the setup both Davo and Lauzie have in Munich, as well as their group of friends. Obviously we'll be back just as soon as we have jobs and enough money to get back there.

Davo's bike workshop

He's built a deck outside the workshop for BBQs, plus they work out there in summer with a maintenance stand built onto the outside wall.

Davo's bike workshop

The collapsible bike maintenance stand

This is a really awesome solution to working outside in summer. The bike mount collapses flat against the wall when not in use and when folded out, allows for heaps of adjustability in bike position.

The workshop coffee setup

Davo makes a kick arse espresso. Some Italian coffee nerd gave him 6.5 out of 10 which was good according to the guy. Swiss espresso machine and grinder

The tools

The parts

The bikes

I should really say SOME of the bikes. There are about 50 or so outside.

The inside workshop

Looking down from the parts 'mezzanine'. You can see Rani and Ross and Davo's head.

Rani in the workshop

The other business partner Kevin, is American - hence the flag hanging on the wall.

The inside workshop again

Having and Augustiner Bräu with Davo, Lauzie and Peter

Lauzie and Peter

More Augustiner Bräu

From left: Davo, Lauzie, Peter, Rannveig

Even more Augustiner Bräu

From left: Rannveig, Paul, Davo, Lauzie

Waiting for a train in Marienplatz

Taking the used bottles to the supermarket recycling

Some old cart that's been around for years.

Brilliant Shmuck!

Shmuck is jewellery actually.

GREEEEN fence

At the Pinakothek der Moderne

Green faces

NEEE-ON - Pinakothek der Moderne

Product wall

Pinakothek der Moderne

Old syphon coffee maker

Old Gaggia lever press coffee maker

Wall of hand tools

At the Akademie der Bildenden Künste

Wall of hand tools

These tools have been around for a while.

More tools

Anvils

If these hammers could talk...

Wax cast letter 'g'

Funny product manual

This was a manual for a watchmaker's lathe. It had great descriptive photos of what not to do. Apparently you shouldn't be outrageously camp near the machinery.

Davo's desk

The hallway at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste

Rannveig and Davo

Grub - it's the stop before Poing

I can't resist a funny station name

Davo and I

having another beer after Vietnamese dinner

Yasser let's his alternative side run free in Munich

Me making a penny farthing

Not really. I was truing an old steel rim. The perspective of course makes the wheel look enormous.

Steak sandwiches and beer at the Workshop

Davo and Big Kev are setting it up as more of a gathering place, which this Friday night would attest. Good food. Good local beer, a small room (workshop) with a dancefloor and a disco ball and a kick arse sound system. All the ingredients are there... and we made the most of them.

'Curating' my steak sandwich

Outside on the decking

Sausage in workshop

The day after the workshop gathering

All we were capable of was sorting spoke nipples. You can see the great backyard in the background. Autumn is in full swing and the leaves are quickly disappearing.