h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Sometimes nice, sometimes waste of time, usually waste of money.

Ah yes, and sometimes to be proud of:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/holiday_type/breaks/article6874921.ece

ah! mm .. interesting

for years a few friends of mine went with me to rostock/east germany one saturday every december

we called ourselves "FC Onslow" and called the one-day-trip "penance" since the danish word "bodsgang" can mean both "doing penance" and "walking from booth to booth where they sell "glühwein mit schuss" ( = mulled wine with a little extra)"

i believe rostocks "weihnachtsmarkt" is the biggest in the world. too big for us now anyway. after returning too late to the last ferry back to denmark - twice! - because of dense traffic we gave up on it

it was usually too cold and wet and windy anyway - and once you've seen one you've seen them all

the first few times were fun so. good times

Isn't it a bit early for that?

I don't know, I always start to think of x-mas presents in July or so... Thinking only, though.

i used to do the same when i was a little boy

... too early for glühwein ?? how can that be?

sounds like malabarista is living somewehere warm

or warm'ish at least

ah yes that must be the reason

surely the best Xmas market on this planet will include glühwein?

Why would anybody have glühwein when they could make glögg instead?


Thanks for advertising our basler christmas market, Hati. But why didn't you link directly to page four instead of having people read through all the introductory stuff first?

who would want glögg when they can have proper gløgg instead?

Who would bother to read the drink?

who would even bother to drink it?

sickly sweet alcohol evaporating into thin air

The sweetness can be... regulated. I mean, if I make it at home.

well, i prefer to drink snaps with my , with my and raisins and nuts with blue stilton and port

but hey, each to his or her own

mm .. sounds like a proper dinner

and for the day after that and

this is the day after a saddle of wild boar, a very good sauce, creamed potatoes, and and

i'm okay though, thanks to a few

I had lamb yesterday with port sauce

hm, that sounds good too

except i hate it when the alcohol evaporates

oh well, sometimes you have to suffer for good things

it was verry good