Drunk in Dusseldorf

This post appears to be written by me while on a business trip to Germany last week. I just discovered it saved in the Wordpress app on my iPod, with only vague recollections of actually writing it. I thought it probably needed to be published, so here it is.

After a weekend in Amsterdam, Erik and I took the train back to Dusseldorf for a few days of teaching at E.on.

First time I’ve been to Germany.. so I’m not sure whether Dusseldorf is entirely representative of the country in general, but I kinda like it. It has a certain charm, if you are able to ignore all the concrete. In particular, the Dusseldorf office is much nicer than the Swedish one in Malmø, and most importantly the food is light years ahead. Mikael advised caution with regard to the food, but the low expectations made for a not unpleasant suprise. Not the best food in the world, but compared to the delights of E.on Malmø, it was gorgeous.

Went out for a few quiet beers tonight with Erik, played a game of darts before meeting up with a German, an Austrian and a Scot who challenged us to a game for a round of beers. I dutifully lost the first round, but Erik played like a daemon all night. How he managed to consistently hit triple 20s when he could barely stand up, I will never know. An excellent evening with decent people.

Thankfully its Eriks turn to take the class tomorrow, although after struggling to get him back to the hotel this evening, I wouldn’t be suprised if its me that ends up doing it.

Last business trip with Viz. Ends up being the most fun. Good one to end on.

Looking forward to getting back and getting on with the band now

I’m not entirely convinced by the conclusion I came to regarding Dusseldorf… a certain charm?! I suppose I was looking at it through a fairly hefty pair of beer googles at the time.

Erik did a remarkable job of not appearing hungover the following day, and happily took the class while I hid in the corner trying to stop my head from pounding. There were suggestions that a second trip to Dusseldorf might be needed this week, but thankfully (for my livers sake at least) this has been called off, and my final week at Viz is being spent in Oslo.

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