Archive for the 'Germany' Category

Trying to photograph Munich

05Mar07

Bless the lady at reception here. I knew her weakness, she spoke English! I can take my thirst no longer and storm down two flights of stairs and into the reception-cum-lounge. “GUTEN ABEND!” I proclaim in my usual overenthusiastic way. I segue immediately into English. “Do you know where I can get a beer?” I [...]

The bagel post

04Mar07

There are two maps drawn in pen in my pocketbook. One leads to a store where I need to pick up my tickets for tonight’s concert and the other leads to the Georg Elser Halle, where the gig is being held. My spatial needs satisfied, I head out to find my tickets, some food and [...]

On the hunt for beer in Munich

03Mar07

I went out in Munich tonight in search of a drink. It turned out to be a little harder than I thought. I had some image of these key German cities as immense clusters of cool little Bierkellers full of people willing to have a good knees-up and a pint, all of the above just [...]

Hotel room blogging

02Mar07

I have to make this quick. You see, I’m in a hotel room in Munich writing on my laptop and I seem to have left the charger in Britain. I have four hours of battery life to spread out over four days unless I can, with some small hope, find a shop in this city [...]