28 Days later...a month in Germany day 22

Walking into the city just now there was an accident involving a car & cyclist...everybody fine,police & ambulance there quickly.I was asked by police if I saw anything but didn’t.All I heard was a screech of tyres and a dull thud...the bike‘s a right off though.Even in such a bike friendly place like Germany accidents happen.I did’nt take any pics or film cos‘ I don’t like that kind of thing...

Really pleased with the Jack the Rippers bar i found( terrible name) it‘s how i‘d always imagined a German bar would look.A downstairs dark Bier Keller.For those of you Wulfrunians reading this of an older generation it’s a cross between Tavern in the Town,Giffard & Kips( which were basically the three Bars I  used most) has a similar clientele too apart from the Hell‘s Angels...maybe I like it as a little wallow in nostalgia where I can Regress to being Sixteen again for a few days...and i can watch the Wolves game there  on monday...oh and it used to be a brothel too, so what‘ not to like?  However the music‘s not as rocky...

I have done the calculations and I will Just about make it to Düsseldorf before needing launderette.Socks & undercrackers are Fine.The only sticking point could be t- shirts but it‘s nowhere as hot as it’s been in the east so hopefully i‘ll be ok...rivitting stuff this eh?

A perfect example of not messing with German landlady’s;Sitting outside a small bar, just eight of us.Begger begins doing his stuff,landlady appears and he scurried off as quick as you like...they’re pretty formidable foe...

Been for a look around Hannover.Like every other German town/city i‘ve visited it‘s comfortably off without being showy about it...Germans generally don’t appear to be in the „“we‘re considerably richer than yow“ category from what i‘ve noticed.People Certainly seem to be a bit more talkative here than Dresden.Already had three conversations with people on the U-Bahn and in the bar today... 

The U-Bahn system seems disportionally big for the size of the place.Kröpcke especially is a smallish area by the hbf but the station is as big as New Street underneath...s‘pose they know what they’re doing.

Every right thinking person loves ice cream and of course Germans are no exception.There are specialised ice cream shops everywhere but I have not seen one ice cream van or heard one distorted blast of Greensleves from half a mile away.Maybe it’s just not a thing over here...

Even as a smoker I had to move out of the enclosed smoking area...to be honest i‘m glad it’s banned in every bar in the UK.Don‘t think I could hack(in every sense of the word) it any more.Very few bars over here are totally smoking anyway.Cafe bars are a no no and many,like this one,have a sealed off area.It‘s rare to find one that’s a dedicated smokers bar...however I will still gladly use one cos‘ holiday an“ all that..,