4. Architectural surprises everywhere
5. Finding that beer halls are full of Germans, not just tourists.
I’m definitely going to find the time in the future to come back, so much to explore here.
I’m leaving Germany today.
It was only a few days really in two different visits, first from the east to Munich and then from the west to Munich.
Things I love about Germany
1. Autobahn
2. Lots of smiles, lots of English speakers
3. Countryside between cities, rolling hills
Theo Jansen has been constructing large-scale, kinetic beings powered entirely by wind since 1990. Based on a planar leg mechanism known as Jansen's linkage, you can often see them waddle, wriggle, or slither across a Dutch beaches https://t.co/ysJ5lpkDHJ
ARD German TV is doing a piece on the NHS crisis.
As it seems impossible for TV crews (incl. the BBC) to film what is really going on in there, we are looking for mobile footage from overcrowded A&E corridors etc. If you have any of that, feel free to send it to me via DM.
Woman on the bus: This morning I woke up from a dream I was talking to my friend. I said, ‘I’m going to need a unicorn’, she said, ‘Have you got the paperwork?’
Man near Plaistow: My neighbour complained - said there was a smell coming from my house. I investigated the roof. Turns out there are approximately 175 bats living there. The bat expert says I’ve got one of the biggest colonies in Britain. I’m so happy. I love them.