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junior 01:08 am UTC 11/10/08 |
| In reply to: | Oberhausen - daveake 09:16 pm UTC 11/09/08 |
| "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'".....LOL Wish all of you a good time....take lots of pictures... Mary Ann > The first public showing of TdV in Oberhausen is on > Tuesday and some of us are in Cologne now in preparation > for the big day. We're in Cologne 'cos it's full of > places to visit and see and be merry in, whereas > Oberhausen's top attraction is the gasometer. I kid you > not. > > Julie and I managed to sleep through the alarm this > morning, so we left nearly an hour late. The early > morning roads were covered in flora from above and fauna > running in from the sides. We did get to the ferry on > time, despite one member of said fauna making a > particularly persistent attempt at bunnycide. > > In Germany we drove past a strangely named place called > "Wankum". Who says the Germans have no sense of humour? > We resisted the urge to visit the place to see if the road > signs leaving the town said "Please come again". > Apparently there's a local brew (see below) but for some > reason it's not that popular elsewhere ... > > In the evening we met up with Hennie and Will (Dr Rock) > who, against all expectations, managed to find us a > restaurant less than a brisk 2 hour walk from the hotel. > > That's about it so far; more tomorrow when most of the > rest of the steinfans join us. > > Dave > > | |
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