Spent last weekend in Koln, Germany with friends. Main reason for going was the european JagFest in Kaarst on the Sat, but we padded it out a few days either side turning it into a long weekend and more of a holiday.
The event was superbe, my comedy German phrases seemed to both work and be understood as well as giving everyone a giggle. Bonus. I didn’t win anything (again) but did get to catch up with friends and some retro authors I respect (snagging a copy of S.Quornhorsts game Encaved for the 2600). Also almost begging Matthias Domin to sell his new game 
No plans for the next few days, other than meeting up with an old WoW ex-guild mate who is German, so back to the bar for an early night. Turns out my most used German phrase is not only funny but an excellent ice breaker, and we ended up joining up with a group of ladies also staying in the hotel, and much mirth and idiocy was had.
A trip around the chocolate mueseum, some mighty tastey epic Bockwurst, big catch up with friends, and back to the hotel, where the nights plans for Karaoke had been canceled due to sleepy ladies (someone kept them up until 5am the night before!). Bit of out of the box thinking and we soon had the hotels iMac as a stand in for a Karaoke machine, with YouTube as a source for lyrics and music. There was much rejocing, well not from Mike, but it was a good giggle and much fun was had by all the other singers until the interwebs broke 
Not so late a night for me, which was good as the following day was the trip home and having to drive from Luton airport.
Can’t wait to go again. Ich Lieben Deutschland