Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure

[tody]

on the topic of things to avoid, don't come to cologne during the carnival.

[goosehd]

@tody notes being taken…

[Tago Mago]

@goosehd is that at a bar or in a supermarket?

[Tago Mago]

@tody Dennis is always up for a bit of cosplay and dressing up. Canadian pirate at Karneval, why not?

[goosehd]

@Tago-Mago supermarket…I don’t go to bars much as the prices are outlandish and after a couple of drinks you risk losing your driver’s license. I prefer to drink at home where I know that I can relax…

[Tago Mago]

@goosehd 1 litre of beer at Oktoberfest is roughly €16 = CAD26, a crate of 20 x 0,5 bottles at the supermarket will set you back €20 = CAD32. IMO the quality of beer at Oktoberfest is somewhere between un-offensive and absolute horse piss. I only ever go for the company, not because the beer or the atmosphere is great

FWIW I have a zero alcohol policy when I'm driving, it's just not worth it.

[tody]

before we're totally drifting into random:
thank god that germany has a halfway decent public transport system, and that my house in the netherlands is on an island we're nobody cares if you're drunk on a bike.

also: i tried out drinking under supervision during my law studies. we needed to drink a certain amount to reach the 0,5‰ limit, that is the max you are allowed to drive with. in my case, that was 1.2 litres of 4.8% beer in one hour (@Tago-Mago insert random Kölsch joke here). never would have driven after drinking that much in the first place. the beer only got me to 0,39‰ anway.

[endo]

@Tago-Mago said

outside of Oktoberfest season

@tody said

avoid cologne during the carnival.

.. and don't come to Kiel during Kieler Woche

[Giles]

I have never seen so much mauve and blue on a channel wind chart before. This is tomorrow, when we will be about 2 thirds of the way across....

Going to be a good one......

[goosehd]

@Giles That looks fantastic…we had massive squalls/storms last night for you. This morning I could skip a stone across the lake to Rochester (55 miles away). Funny how it all works.

[ARNC]

@tody at the risk of further thread drift, your story reminded me of this film (called Another Round when released in the UK).

[goosehd]

I see France is banning alcohol consumption in public due to the heat wave…

Wonder if they knew you were coming?

[Giles]

They are not trying very hard.....

"Drinking takeaway alcohol in the street has been banned in Paris......."

[tody]

because dropping from a public bench after too much sun and booze makes you a clochard, while doing the same in a bar... does not.

[goosehd]

@tody

[Giles]

Can't fault French logic......