Off tomorrow (Thursday)

[Dave Rice]

Shame about Vienna, I thought they were just about finished around the cathedral, sounds like they’ve extended it to the surroundings. Must admit I’ve never found it to be dirty but the tourists can get numerous in the centre when there’s a lot of cruisers docked ?Always fancied Linz, it’s on the list now. Daughter will be going to Salzburg for her German degree year abroad and we intend using that as an excuse / base for further adventures in the region. That’ll be 2021 though.

Berlin on Monday for me. A Curry Wurst by 5pm is my target (we land at 3pm). I’ve found a few promising Biergarten on Google. Prost!

[blacklion1725]

Welcome home Bob, glad you enjoyed it (for the most part). You didn’t miss much except a predictable hiding for my lot off City first game – last 5 games against them the aggregate score is 23-1 !

[Bob Williams]

BL, nothing worse than watching your team get hammered by the same opponents for the umpteenth time. Many bad memories of that with Forest, but worst of all was a 5-0 thumping by our “friends” down the A52, Derby. That sent all Forest fans into mourning. ?? This year we get to take revenge (I hope) 3 times: twice in the Championship, and in the League Cup.

Dave, Vienna Cathedral works are done, it’s all down towards the river and back up in the shopping and business area. Just like here in a way, Lincolnshire Highways get a load of government money and start new roadworks. On the Holiday Routes. In the Holiday Season. Enjoy your Bratwurst, I love them but somehow the Austrian ones are not the same and the Slovakian efforts are over-spiced. They used to sell proper German ones at Tesco, but they changed the importer and they were rubbish. There was one stall in Bielefeld which cooked them correctly over charcoal and those were the best I ever tasted: a little senf and a little ‘Vitakrone’* ketchup. Lovely!

*Used to get that in Tesco and Morrisons, gone now. Much nicer than Heinz and is the basis of a currywurst.

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[The Duke]

BL your keeper done us a solid Wednesday. Apparently now he is injured ?

[blacklion1725]

I saw that Duke – hadn’t realised you’d scooped him up. He’s a good keeper – not a great one – but a great character and our fans loved him. A little surprised we let him go but Fabianski is a cut above.

Favourite memory of him was his penalty against Everton – that is when he became a folk hero at WHU – not sure why he took his gloves off but it all added to the effect

https://youtu.be/QLy4B-KjowU?t=47

 

[Bob Williams]

If I was an LFC fan, (and have to admire the way they play) I would be very concerned about the goalkeeper situation. The way Man City have started, they will again be hard to compete with, and however good his replacement may be, Alisson was IMO the best keeper in the country until his injury. Maybe in the world. Looking back at his performances last season, it was the complete modern goalie: cool out of defence, could pass a ball as well as any outfield player, great anticipation and reflexes, made outstanding saves look ordinary. Brian Clough once said that Peter Shilton was worth at least 20 points to Forest and that’s what a great goalie gives you, as opposed to a good one. Very, very difficult to replace a player like that. I watched the Euro final again last night and saw the difference between a save by Hugo Lloris, a very good keeper, and similar saves by Alisson. Pushed away by the hands of both players, Lloris’ effort led to Mo Salah’s goal. Alisson always pushed the ball out to a red shirt, or into safety. That is the difference between good and great.

Hope it doesn’t cost you points you might need at the end of the season, Steve.

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[Ed P]

Bob Williams wrote:

They used to sell proper German ones at Tesco, but they changed the importer and they were rubbish.

Lidl normally have good German foods,  and their Gluwine worth getting at Christmas. Amazingly their malt scotch was rated the best of all the supermarkets in blind tasting tests.

[Dave Rice]

Lidl malt whisky is excellent. The German stuff can be hit and miss, but then it is in Germany, but when they get it right ? The “Alpine” week was more Austrian orientated but there were some things I’ve not seen for years, like rosti in a foil pack.

I agree about the ketchup Bob and of course the senf. I think some of both may find it’s way into my case. Not sure what the local pilsner beer will be like. From my limited research the big name brands we can get here so I’ll be looking for something else. Berliner Weisse I’m not fond of, it’s a sour beer and low in alcohol but if it’s hot and the beer is cold that may change ?

The white wine will be good I know and there’s a German variant of Pinot Grigio, Grauburgunder, I want to try. There’s plenty of Biergarten and the ones in the Tiergarten look good, especially the Café am Neuen See on the lake.

But it’s all about the Curry Wurst TBH and that will be from a street stall or takeaway.

[Bob Williams]

Our nearest Lidl is about 13 miles away in Mablethorpe and was once the biggest in the UK. That’s still closer than the next: Grimsby, about 22 miles. I do occasionally visit the “Maybo”* store, and forgot that I have bought the pukka Bratties there. I like quite a lot of their stuff in fact, but in the Season we only visit the Maybo Library due to the influx of Grockles (OOOH! They have a Lidl!), which has better SF than  Louth.

Dave it’s a long time since I was (briefly) in Berlin, or rather West Berlin, detached on Grenzen duty at yet another flashpoint. I don’t know the beer, but if I still could drink beer and am anywhere in Germany, didn’t like or trust the local stuff, I would  always look for Warsteiner:

https://tinyurl.com/y5ll5wra

-At the Olympiastadion. Reading the link, my local stuff now owned by Warsteiner was Paderborner and Herforder Pils. Both were good beers (never found a ‘bad’ German beer!) but I liked Warsteiner, which was the beer at my first SWMBO’s Gasthof, so became used to it. Now you find it all over Spanish and other holiday resorts.

*Local slang for Mablethorpe.

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