PIKE BROTHERS Bundesländer Tour 2010-2011

[beatle]

last pic is a winner. got attitude

[pomata]

are you guys gonna do a calendar at the end of the tour?

[dr.house]

^hehe, we really should discuss the calendar thing

[Max Power]

Atzec and me try to do an personal handover in munich today - stay tuned. Hopefully the snow doesn't kill it.

I'm in Nürnberg since yesterday, that's in bavaria (frankonia to be exact). After two weeks christmas holidays I'll take them back to Hamburg where I live and Schleswig -Holstein where I work (and which is my duty in this tour).

Nürnberg is one of my favorite cities, I was born and raised there. It's over 1000 years old, got lots of nice old streets. I'll present it later this day, when I return from the famous christmas market.

It was also the city where the german-roman emperors had their castle (the Kaiserburg). This historical meaning was used by the NSDAP for their "Reichsparteitage", where they held huge ceremonies. Maybe I'll show you the colloseum later on.

Because of this, the famous Nürnberger Trials were held here, where many third Reich perpetretors were judged. Nowadays Nürnberg does a lot work for human rights.

Another thing Nürnberg is famous for is food - saudsages, gingerbread and lot of tasty, yet fatty food. You'll see this for shure in my leg of the tour.

I hope I can provide some interesting stuff.

[Atzec]

so, this is coming to an end for me...

here are some last pics of the jeans and te leather supply.

this denim is definitely hard to fade. i´m looking forward to see the future progress.

Obbigood belt:

Wallet- still unused:

And what I´m sending along:

The Leatherpatch:

Backside:

And here´s my idea- why don´t we connect the holes with Thread to show te ways the jeans has travelled?

Just remove it, if you guys don´t like it.

That´s it for now. See you later...

[Max Power]

Great last post. I'll use the wallet for shure. I'm leaving now, see you!

[Atzec]

so today me and mr. max power met for a personal handover of the jeans.

on my way...

we met at the restaurant of the augustiner brewery, which is munich´s oldest and best beer.

max doing some power-stuff with his hand...

food was quite good, max has the preeat pics...

afterwards we went to a christmas market called "Tollwood", it´s kind of alternative, and nice to hang out at.

bad pics...

inside one of the tents:

in one tent there was a band playing. they did a REALLY bad cover of green day´s "21 guns", my ears are still bleeding, your´s too,max?

[Atzec]

mr. power buying sugar coated almonds:

we liked those watches:

bye jeans, bye flo. it was really nice meeting you!

that was my leg of this tour, i hope you enjoyed my posts.

[Max Power]

Soooo guys, me and the PB arrived safely at home (I drove like hell ;-).

First of all, a big kudos to Atzec for the nice evening. I enjoyed the food, the tollwood festival and the conversation.

Mr. Atzec had Sauerbraten and I went for a half duck. Tasty, but a mess to eat.

Cheers, mate!

The coaster got his late glimpse of Augustiner Beer.

[Max Power]

My pictures of the festival aren't better - due to diffcult light conditions. But you can imagine now, what it feels like when you drank 7 mulled wines.

There are many leather "artisans".

Mr. Rotbart (MN member) selling candles?

[Max Power]

Better music than the other band...

The chinese tent - sorry, can't rotate the pictures right now..

Atzec had a crepe with cinammon and sugar. We both were desperate searching for choclate coated fruits (him) and Kaiserschmarrn (me). In the moment we bought our substitutes, we saw two shops selling these desserts next to each other. Ironic.

Sorry, crappy pic.

These are candles that look like beers..

First impression of the PB.

Some Evo is there:

The tollwood festival was a real nice place with lots of great food (at least I guess that judging from the smell in every tent). The only disappointment was the cover of Green Day's "21 Guns", which has been raped by one of the worst singers and an horrible band (the drumer was the opposite of dynamic).

Anyway, it was a great evening and I'm glad to have met Matthias in person.

At home, I tried the PB on - it fits good on the waist and thighs, but I feel like the 55 cut doesn't suit my skinny ass.

Real fitpcs are coming tomorrow.

More updates tomorrow, stay tuned.

[Max Power]

Here's the promised fitpics. Quite happy with it. And I made a minor change on the wallet, as you can see.

[Obbigood]

^haha, I just noticed you are wearing T-shirt in the snow...I cant do that seriously

Great updates and meet-up, and the Engineer Pants fits you, Max.

[mikecch]

Great pics Max...aren't you cold?

[Max Power]

Pah, I'm tough as hell. BTW, new snowy updates are on the way. Damn you, Imageshack.

[Max Power]

I'm back from my trip to Rothenburg. It's one of the nicest medieval cities out there, that's why it's flooded with japanese tourists right now.

I really begin to love these pants, they fit pretty good and I like that they seem to fade pretty quick, at least they bleed a lot.

I started walking around in old watch towers from where you can see the towers of the city - and it prevents you from slipping and breaking your neck.

[Max Power]

You'll notice that my posts consist mainly of whisky related pictures and of food. So for this time- Islay Whisky Soap and tons of sausage. I would've bought the whisky soap (good to hide an drinking problem - when you go to the bathroom and smell like whisky, blame it on the soap) but unfortunately the shop was closed on mondays. Bummer.

[Max Power]

Here's the speciality of Rothenburg: snowballs. I had one later in a cafe. Very sweet. Almost too sweet, if that's possible.

I was curios to see what's behind this door - and I can't tell you what it was, but my face speaks more than thousand words, right?

Say hello to my friends.

[Max Power]

A little experimenting with gloomy mood.

That's it for now, maybe I can manage to meet old friends later, but the weather is quite bad right now. See you soon.

[babydials]

Inspiring pics! I am deeply envious.

[dr.house]

Great update Flo, and the engineers firs you well! Awesome pics btw.!

[Max Power]

Here's what I did today: sleeping too long without feeling awake. Then, I finished some christmas cards and packages and brought them through knee-deep snow to the post box.

After that, to become awake and enjoy some childhood memories, I walked throught the forest that starts at our house. I was out there every day as a kid and know every path, so I didn't get lost, despite the snow.

Oh well, some posing for the camera.

[Max Power]

This cavern was made to keep home brewed beer cold in summer (we're in frankonia!). Now, there are only funny shaped icycles in there.

That's it for now, if I'm lucky I can meet a good friend later. See you.

[beautiful_FrEaK]

I really see why you wanted to join a WT, Flo! Great updates. Every single one!

[beatle]

yap, great updates...funny how they look like a completely different cut ..

[Max Power]

I stayed at home today. Gives me the chance to try a new whisky miniature I bought yesterday. Edrour Caledonia, it's matured in a sherry butt and originates from scotlands smallest distillery. (well, I think Kilchoman is even smaller, but they are already only finishing their first 3 year Old).

Cheers!

[ThinFinn]

thanks for all those nice updates so far...great!

[Max Power]

Today I went to my old studying town - Bayreuth. I took a little detour, to bring the Jeans to Buttenheim and the birthplace of Mr. Levi Strauss. And here it is:

Not really big, eh?

After that, I went to Bayreuth to meet with two of my closest friends. A little Dinosaur crossed my way.

Simone didn't want to be caught on film. Sorry.

I had Schnitzel :-D

Don't we all love getting christmas presents?

Some work for the coaster...

[Max Power]

Some might know, that Richard Wagner had a huge Opera house built, where annual festivals take place. We also were photographed after graduating in front of this "Festspielhaus". I saw two Operas there. And I used to live next to Richard Wagners living place. So much memories...

[Max Power]

Later I went to the baroque castle near Bayreuth, coping with a lot of memories. You see, I found the sepia button on my cam and I like it. Makes gloomy become eerie. And I was in the mood for that.

It's moasique, noticed?

The chinese tower. I was too lazy to get up there.

That's it for now folks!