Andechs, Germany
Bloody Germans. My jingoism means I really want to dislike them but they're just so damn good you can't help but love the place. The ridiculously good rail system carried me perfectly to Munich and the next hostel, complete with shower. Being back in hostels after so long on trains and coaches was great, the shower I had in Prague was my first since Riga, 5 days before. That shower was nothing short of bacterial genocide, audible screams of agony spiralling d...