Flat plains drifter…Germany #14

Sitting outside my “local” last night contemplating ordering a small nightcap when the landlady came out dragging a clearly reluctant bloke behind her,pointing at me saying “ Englander!” She pushed him towards me and even though he had no interest said “ all right mate” ah so she was excited cos’ there were now two Engländers in her far away from the tourist maelstrom of Berlin bar…we exchanged a few cursory pleasantries but something he said made me think he was a fellow Yamyam so tried my luck and asked where he was from and sure enough “ Wolverhampton “ I think he noticed my smile of recognition and from once being recalcitrant correspondents the drinks began flowing and the inane Yamyam chatter started…

Anyway he lived in Germany,had done for many years,in Belefeld ( which is a long standing conspiracy theory practical joke Germans play.Look it up) and worked on the Grand Prix circuit world wide…nice fella,very Wolves,you know chatty about everything as we all are! The landlady was well chuffed and even more so when she found out my dad was Czech just like her! It also turned out Wayne and I were staying in the same hotel and not only that but in next door rooms.It’s a weird world sometimes…my only complaint was he is a Villa fan.Bastard…brightened up the evening anyway…

On a much more serious note I may have seen a young fella pass away today,or at least be close to it.Was having a coffee in Alexanderplatz and in the coffee house over the road a young( maybe early 20’s) lad had collapsed.He was being looked after and when the ambulance came they didn’t seem in too much hurry with him even though he still looked completely limp & lifeless…I suppose them not giving CPR was a good sign in a way.I’m only guessing but it looked like a classic drugs overdose.Hope the lad recovered…

On a far less serious note but no less urgent the laundry needs doing tomorrow morning.One clean t-shirt left,one pair of socks and no knickers…I have looked at the machine and there appears to be an express 15 minute button which would be perfect for me if it’s that simple.In actual laundromats it’s easy.Put money there,press that button,wait…household appliances come with instructions that nobody reads even if they could understand the language…

Ah the biting has started.Got one one my hand and one on my elbow.Luckily not as bad as it has been before.Still have some cream and will also have start spraying my anti mosquito stuff on myself before going to bed.It also protects from West Nile virus and probably Ebola & also the dreaded Heebeegeebees too…

Actually think that’s a spider bite rather than mosquito…

Back in my “ local” after a hard day fannying around.Don’t know if my new bestest mate in the world ever will pop in.Think he said he only finished early yesterday cos’ of the storm and today is nice and sunny.Good mosquito weather…I am actually now quite enjoying this relaxed vibe.Will no doubt reacquaint myself with Kreuzberg at some stage later in the week when I have clean clobber on…

Next day.Hand has swollen a bit more but I think it’s gonna be ok.Washing done now just drying.Managed to work things out sort of ok although I did get help with the dryer from a young Polish lad who just wanted to make his breakfast and get away from me…not sure I even used the correct soap stuff,it didn’t seem thick enough but when I’ve been very poor on the dole I have used washing up liquid to hand wash some clothes so I’m sure whatever this is will be fine.The clothes smelt ok when I took them out…

On that happy sweet smelling note see ya later…