Dortmund

I have been delaying finishing these things off.... due to my laptop dying. But the time is nigh before the thoughts exit my head completely.

Dortmund (or dirt mound as I like to call it)... to be fair I was there at the beginning of the week and there wasn't anything happening in terms of clubs. So it was a good time to rest. The accomodation was excellent, apart from lacking a w-lan connection which is quite odd over here - everywhere else i had been had a connection except Brandenburg an der Havel but then Brandenburg struggles with having phone lines and consistent electricity supply.

I had to source my connecti0n in Dortmund from a bar up the road, which will remain nameless as their service was shit and I had to keep drinking to maintain a connection for more than 1 hour. DAB (Dortmund local beer) is crap and unfortunately it is also served here at the german club in Canberra, where I live.

On more positive things, Dortmund has a very easy to follow U-Bahn/S-Bahn system and is very easy to navigate on a bicycle. Their major shopping area is centrally located and has pretty much eveything a person would need. This is a functional city and I am guessing that it would have struggled to tolerate the tourists visiting during the world cup.

That said, I must stress that the accommodation was top notch - Ruhgebiet - spacious rooms and great cooking facilities. Just make sure you go their during a fair or some other celebrations - Germans only party if they are instructed to do so (I thought this was a joke until I visitied Germany)