Day 48 & 49 The Serenity, and the Sell!

06-07/05/2018 Karma Bavaria Schliersee Room 210 (4-5 SZ)

Had our first night at Karma, big night the first one, they had free welcoming drinks and it doesn’t take much for me too be over the limit these day! And John definitely had more than his share! So slow start to our day, in Room breaky, a rest for a bit then a wander down to the Lake! When we woke this morning the fog was so thick, that must have been why the atmosphere was so. Hazie the last couple of days...

Ohh my goodness the amount people coming off the train from our guess, Munich.... there were lots of families and older folk all out walking, kids, dogs etc!

Just surprised me the sheer number of people that get out into the outdoors they way they do over here... I suppose if you were house bound from bad weather as long as they have here, you’d be out and about as well...

We had a wander near the lake I took pics if tulips 🌷 and seen’s over the Lake before the fog lifted.... no need to worry it was after 1130 before I did left! We had a cuppa at the Grocery store coffee shop, all grocery stores stay shut in su days in Germany, I was surprised the coffee she was opened... after a look around we had spotted a sigh that looked like it was a flower market but in actual fact it was more like a car boot sale...
So interesting all their artifices many from years ago. Also many traditional Bavarian Costumes. It really was interesting just looking at the different items they had here that were different to what we have at home...l found some really lovely wall plaques I would love to put up in my garden only issue was they were wrought iron so very weighty, unable to tuck them in my suitcase.

Realising I couldn’t have anything we set off for home, I ate some nibbles for lunch, John nothing then we had a little sleep.... see we are resting. John went to the pool and sauna. I sorted out pics... before we new it the time was 6 pm and we were to be down in the lobby...
We were th 2nd last to arrive out of another 80 people how bad did we look, then the Doctors we met last night rocked in after us... thank goodness.... This talk was by the past manager who is now in charge of activities outside the resort, explanation on how to access the train, the bus, the next town, this town and all the lakes... plus he had 2 other blokes exploding tours they do from here to the Eagles Nest, Hitlers hide out... to Neuschwanstein Castle, Munich day trip via the train, The Sounds of Music tour, Hohensalzburg Castle & Hellbrunn Palace in Salzburg and to the local Distilleries here a whiskey one and a gin/ schnapps one...then the next bloke got up trying to encourage us to do a night walk in the mountains blind folded...he was serious reckons it helps us get back to our true selves and nature of course..... it finished at midnight..unreal..... I don’t think I am quite cut out for a blind folded walk along a high mountain pass in the dark! But I am sure there are plenty who do...

I tell you I was exhausted by all the info we were told with out doing the tours... mind you we have done many of them in the past ourselves. Plus the costs are quite expensive to do them with the club...
Next on the agenda was more free drinks and cheese spread... wow pretty good, 2 nights in a row, free drinks and bonus food as well tonight. We ended up with the 2 guys from Karma, I called them sales guys they weren’t really impressed with that, and the young English girl... She ended up plastered.... it didn’t help that one if the young very nice Karma guy kept filling her glass.... Her mum had stayed in the room, but after we were there for 3 hrs she came looking for her... we heard all about her relationship breakup, the wrangle over their dog, the unit they bought together and the fact he was to be here with her on this holiday... then how his Mum won’t talk to her now..... then lastly how she has another guy moving in with her and he has kids.... ohhh dear interesting dramas....
By now John had far too many again, I had more than my body can cope with so off to bed...looks like early stop tomorrow for our 2 Alcohol free days.... maybe we should be stopping for a week after the last 2 nights....
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So another day begins and today we are feeling a little slower than yesterday... I wonder why... Slow beginnings, but we managed to get ourselves out if the hotel, down to the lake and a wander around the village..... Again BOB the train has come to town with people to just wander around and check everything out.....
We had a cuppa, got some groceries then made a mad dash back as we were due to start our talk... the talk with Andrew our Karma rep to get the sales pitch... issue for us is we have had it that many times we can tell them what they want to hear... they always give up after a bit and we have a lovely chat..l it’s a pain to be honest but for the price we pay 💰 to stay at these places is a pretty good trade off we have come to realise... only issue that does get us down is that they will want to do this at each resort and we have 3 booked this trip...by the time we get to our next one in Crete we just tell them thanks but have just been through it and 9 times out if 10 they don’t do it or try to be too pushy...... all in all we always get what we pay for, the service is amazing and we definitely wouldn’t have been to half the places we have without being in Karma... for all the pain of THE TALKS we are way ahead...

So a slow arvo, washing and rest... this is just what we needed after being on the go for the last 45 days...
the best part of my day is the fact I can finally prepare us a meal... a meal you ask,after such a long time since I haven’t been able to prepare something other than a tin of soup.... I am wrapped I can finally put together something... it’s only going to be simple, cooked chicken, salad and some little cooked potatoes..... simple but wholesome.... not stodgy heavy food, light and refreshing I hope... we only have paper plates and a kettle, microwave and a fridge but what do you need to create....

I slipped back down the Street while John was at the pool and bought some fresh, strawberries, radish, shallots, baby weeny potatoes 🥔 , we had bought the chook, and salad 🥗 earlier...... plus I put together a small cheese platter, now I probably won’t be able to eat dinner...But I am in a roll and could cook up a storm, but I have no friends to send left overs too.... Hey Sel!!

The peace of this village is just awesome, little birds chirping everywhere, there is traffic, but even that doesn’t seem too bad with the peacefulness of the feeling you get from being here! Every so often you hear a bell toll at one of the 5 or so churches here!

It’s actually very warm today would be over 20 but you can still feel a coolness to the air in the shade!Read more