Monday morning lying in bed,Bem thinking "what will i do today ?".
Tat tat,the door knocker goes,The Ma goes out to answer it .
"Hello Flay",He hears her say.
"Brendan your wanted down here",she says up the stairs.
"Okay Ma",Bem says as he rolls out of the bed and goes down the stairs.
"Come on in,Flay,what has you up so early?",Bem says.
Jo-Jo runs up to Bem with her arms outstretched,Bem picks her up and gives her a cuddle,and carries her into the kitchen where little mick is sitting at the table eating his Weetabix.
"Do you want some tea ",Bem says to Flay.
"Any coffee",says Flay.
"Ah here,that's a luxury,your not on the continent now",Ma says.
They all laugh.
"Speaking of ",says Flay,"Do you fancy going back to Munich next week?".
The Ma looks at Bem, waiting for His answer.
Before Bem answers she says"You 's would be better off
,there's not much happening here".
"Yes your right,Ma,and its hard to get any work here especially in January."Right lets go into town and get our tickets",Bem says.(Bem had some savings stashed upstairs,enough for the fare and to keep him going for a few days over there till he got a job).
They head over across the road to the bus stop outside Marie Brown's.
Marie's standing at the door having a smoke.
"Howya's lads,this is me last smoke,do you's have any spare fags?"
She knew i Bem didn't smoke so that question was directed at Flay.
Now Flay was as tight as a nun's knickers,so Bem knew there was no chance he would give her a smoke.
With that Flay says "here's the 22 bus now".
They jump on board and go upstairs and Ma is in the front garden with the twins and they wave at Bem on the bus.
Saturday morning They say goodbye and head out to Dun Laoghaire to catch the ferry to Wales and then the train to London ,then Dover,then the ferry to Ostend in Belgium and for the longest leg of the journey ,the train to
Munich.They were exhausted when They arrived in Munich on the Sunday Afternoon .They checked into a cheap hostel ,threw their few possessions there and headed out to the Irish Pub,which They had been to on many occasions in the previous 2 years.The pub was a great place to meet contacts to get work.Flay was owed money from before Xmas by a contractor,so he was hoping to track him down and get a few bob.They had a great night meeting up with old acquaintances and They all got drunk together,but no offers of any jobs.Next morning Bem wakes up and the room is very bright in the Hostel,so He rolls out of the bed and pull back the curtains and oh no the place is covered in snow.Bang goes Their chance of getting any building work in this weather.
It snows for the next few days ,then finally clears up.By this stage Their funds are very low and They only are surviving on scraps(bread ,milk and cheese).
They had to check out of the hostel ,but They used to sneak back in every night and sleep under the stairs where it was nice and dark,but They had to sneak back out once it got bright.
"What are we going to do about money ?",Bem said to Flay,"I am not going back to Dublin just yet".
"If only i can track that guy that owes me money,we will be okay",says Flay.
The lads head into town when they hear chanting coming from an adjoining street.As the chanting gets nearer they hear,"HARE KRISHNA,HARE KRISHNA".(a religious cult).
The Hare Krishna 's wore an orange robe and had a shaven bald head with a little pony tail at the back of their head.
"Come,Come",beckoned one of them to Bem and Flay.
"Come join with us ",he says.
Flay and Bem didn't need a second invite so They joined in with the group of about 30 people,(about 10 hare Krishna and the rest ordinary Joes and Marys like them).
After awhile They chanted their way back to their temple,and when They got to their door They were told to leave Their shoes at the entrance as you were not allowed to wear any footwear in the temple as it was considered disrespectful.
In They went and were all assembled in a big circle sitting down on the ground with Their legs crossed and holding hands in a big chain and doing more chanting."Hare Krishna ,Hare Krishna".
When the praying and chanting was finished ,they brought out some rice for everyone to eat and then they gave them these huge leaves to eat,which they did.
They all felt a bit high and totally relaxed.
After a few hours it was time to leave and They all said goodbye to the Hare Krishna's and they told everyone they were welcome to come to them anytime.
Bem and Flay were among the last few to leave,and walking with them to the exit was this guy from Northern Ireland, Pixie, and Bem noticed he had the smallest feet He had ever seen on a bloke.
They go to retrieve Their shoes and they are where They left them at the door.
"Where's my fecking shoes ",cries Pixie.
Bem and Flay are sitting down putting on our shoes and They look up at Pixie and he is standing at the only bit of footwear left.....a pair of old sandals about a size 11.Pixie tries to put them on but they are way too big.
"Who robbed my shoes ",he cried ,"i only take a size four and a half".
They are in stitches laughing.
When They recovered from Their hysterics,Bem goes down to a local shop and buys some sellotape and They then wrapped Pixie's feet in the sandals and it was the funniest sight with him trying to walk....he walked like he had concrete feet.
"Its not fair",he kept saying in his northy accent. Best laugh They had all that week.
They jump on board and go upstairs and Ma is in the front garden with the twins and they wave at Bem on the bus.
Saturday morning They say goodbye and head out to Dun Laoghaire to catch the ferry to Wales and then the train to London ,then Dover,then the ferry to Ostend in Belgium and for the longest leg of the journey ,the train to
Munich.They were exhausted when They arrived in Munich on the Sunday Afternoon .They checked into a cheap hostel ,threw their few possessions there and headed out to the Irish Pub,which They had been to on many occasions in the previous 2 years.The pub was a great place to meet contacts to get work.Flay was owed money from before Xmas by a contractor,so he was hoping to track him down and get a few bob.They had a great night meeting up with old acquaintances and They all got drunk together,but no offers of any jobs.Next morning Bem wakes up and the room is very bright in the Hostel,so He rolls out of the bed and pull back the curtains and oh no the place is covered in snow.Bang goes Their chance of getting any building work in this weather.
It snows for the next few days ,then finally clears up.By this stage Their funds are very low and They only are surviving on scraps(bread ,milk and cheese).
They had to check out of the hostel ,but They used to sneak back in every night and sleep under the stairs where it was nice and dark,but They had to sneak back out once it got bright.
"What are we going to do about money ?",Bem said to Flay,"I am not going back to Dublin just yet".
"If only i can track that guy that owes me money,we will be okay",says Flay.
The lads head into town when they hear chanting coming from an adjoining street.As the chanting gets nearer they hear,"HARE KRISHNA,HARE KRISHNA".(a religious cult).
The Hare Krishna 's wore an orange robe and had a shaven bald head with a little pony tail at the back of their head.
"Come join with us ",he says.
Flay and Bem didn't need a second invite so They joined in with the group of about 30 people,(about 10 hare Krishna and the rest ordinary Joes and Marys like them).
After awhile They chanted their way back to their temple,and when They got to their door They were told to leave Their shoes at the entrance as you were not allowed to wear any footwear in the temple as it was considered disrespectful.
In They went and were all assembled in a big circle sitting down on the ground with Their legs crossed and holding hands in a big chain and doing more chanting."Hare Krishna ,Hare Krishna".
When the praying and chanting was finished ,they brought out some rice for everyone to eat and then they gave them these huge leaves to eat,which they did.
They all felt a bit high and totally relaxed.
After a few hours it was time to leave and They all said goodbye to the Hare Krishna's and they told everyone they were welcome to come to them anytime.
Bem and Flay were among the last few to leave,and walking with them to the exit was this guy from Northern Ireland, Pixie, and Bem noticed he had the smallest feet He had ever seen on a bloke.
They go to retrieve Their shoes and they are where They left them at the door.
"Where's my fecking shoes ",cries Pixie.
Bem and Flay are sitting down putting on our shoes and They look up at Pixie and he is standing at the only bit of footwear left.....a pair of old sandals about a size 11.Pixie tries to put them on but they are way too big.
"Who robbed my shoes ",he cried ,"i only take a size four and a half".
They are in stitches laughing.
When They recovered from Their hysterics,Bem goes down to a local shop and buys some sellotape and They then wrapped Pixie's feet in the sandals and it was the funniest sight with him trying to walk....he walked like he had concrete feet."Its not fair",he kept saying in his northy accent. Best laugh They had all that week.
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