Firstly I must quickly regail an event from Copenhagen which we missed in the last post. We were actually abused by a quintet of erm, 'wheelchair users'. Who were wheeling along behind Andy and I and had the audacity to start singing It's Raining Men as they shot past. One of them even did an impressive pirouette. Andy thought it's because we looked gay, I merely think they had bad taste in music. Make your own mind up...
Anyway, back in Berlin, we arrived at our hotel, neatly nestled right in the historic centre. Not many amusing events here really (the weather sucked), but was a fascinating experience none-the-less - Berlin still bares the scars of WW2 bombing and occupation - have a look at some of the bullet riddled buildings we found...
Sadly we managed to book ourselves in on the day when they were opening the US embassy next to the Brandenburg Gate on the 4th July - this presented two main issues, 1) The whole Brandenburg area was ruined with marquees, FBI and Polizei and 2) the overrunning of the city with dopey Americans. The only upside to this was a pretty much zero turn out at their 'party' and (old) George Bush's speech. Nice fireworks though. It also coincided with the day Madam Tussaud's opened in Berlin, and Hitler's waxwork being decapitated. Oh, and we found ourselves having dinner at what may very well have been a gay bar. Andy was also abused by a street hooker who shouted "Don't be stupid" as he spurned her illicit offer. Nobody offered me anything, presumably because the sunburn made me look like I'd been on the wrong end of a nuclear bomb. By the way, I was expecting East Berlin to be pretty crappy communist bloc stuff, not so - most of it is stunning when compared to the West of the city which I found to be rather dour.
Anyway, we made sure we visited what's left of the Berlin Wall, Checkpoint Charlie etc. Have a gander at the below if that's your bag.
Next day was our drive to Munich, where we probably doubled the carbon footprint of the EU in just one trip. If you've ever wondered what it's like to behave in a thoroughly irresponsible manner on the Autobahn, then click play on the video below.
Needless to say we arrived in Munich in stupid time, having boosted the profits of BP four-fold. Not much went down here really, apart from us stumbling across a Lesbian Festival. And yes, that was by accident!
In the next instalment: Vienna and our hanging out with the indefatigable Lucie.
KOB.
PS. No news on the trainers.
PPS. Apologies for lack of High Street Honeys in this post.
5 comments:
Great stuff lads… I shudder to think what the fuel consumption is when travelling at 160+ MPH but I think you ought to plant a few trees on your return to offset your carbon footprint… no wonder we’ve had acid rain over the past few days… thanks. I await with baited breath reports on the ‘indefatigable Lucie..!’
Guys,
Before I get into character, I have to take my hat off to the driving clip - impressive!
Vinny
EuroBeaners,
If you want stop being mistaken for a couple of mincers, you might want to stop wearing tight jeans and T-Shirts, walking around holding hands and listening to YMCA on your iPods.
Hans 'The skid' Schmit
OK I spelt Berlin wrong, but the translation from German to English whilst sitting in a wheelchair is wheely difficult!
Good to see you actually taking in the historical importance of the city aswell as your ever post modernist view and obsession of gays, less abled, lesbians oh and gays again!!!! and again... are you sure you're not hiding anything???
also awaiting with hoarse breath for reports on "indefatigable Lucie"
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