Getting to Altenberg..

Right then, so where we left off was getting to the coaches, and I say coaches but personally i hadn't realised that there was more than one, but then seeing as there were 95 people at the course it does make sense...

Anyway, we got on the coaches after making sure our luggage was all being stored in the hold bit of the coach - what do you even call that?! And then found a seat for the next hour or so. I was next to the window and was admiring the view of Cologne and thinking how nice it all looked for all of about 5 minutes before i fell asleep... good one! anyway i think i woke up on time and then fell asleep again, it's difficult to know as it was one of those cunning naps where you don't really realise when you fell asleep. But i definitely know i woke up again once more as the coach had stopped, so i looked out of the window to see that we were on a main looking road in the middle of nowhere, which fitted with my mental image of where we were staying but the only building was something that looked more like an old harvesters pub that hadn't been entered in about 15 years with a rusty and creepy looking playground. Not exactly what i had in mind for where i was going to spend the next 3 days but who am i?!

But it was fine because as I soon, (not that soon - my brain was still half asleep and was more captivated with working out why they'd choose a harvester to show us the wonders of Germany..) discovered we hadn't actually stopped there to get out, we'd only stopped because the coach had been pulled over - not to check our travel plans or whatever the coaches on school trips used to be stopped for - but because we'd been speeding... I don't think i've ever heard of a coach being stopped for speeding, i didn't even know coaches could speed! and personally i think the driver should have got a bonus for being able to reach a high speed with a full coach(+trailer) of people (not in the trailer..) and, presuming a coach carries 40(?) people, it was also carrying at least 30 years worth of clothes, now i think that's pretty impressive!

But back to the journey, we were soon allowed to carry on, and i'm not sure if the driver got a ticket or anything in the end. I'm pretty sure i fell asleep again... I don't know though, you'd have to ask Lawrie. We soon got to the old monastery - better than the harvester!