beer with them to drink on their way to Hannover, as they were celebrating their friend's hen party. I like this omnipresence of beer though and, because there are so many different kinds, I have actually managed to find some that I like the taste of. And not just the "kiddy beer" that Steph and I drank when she visited. This kind of relates to drink, but I also think the times for going out in Germany are a bit mental. You leave the house at like eleven/midnight and then party until five or six am. I just do not have the stamina to stay up that long, hence why I slept in until three pm today and still have a cracking hangover. Marvellous.  As for food, well I think it's bloody brilliant. German cuisine is severely underrated, especially when you can buy Wurst just about anywhere (usually very close to where you can buy beer, hmm...), they have amazing freshly-baked bread and pastries that don't cost the earth and are easy to come by, and afternoon Kaffee und Kuchen is possibly the best tradition. On a more general, day-to-day basis, I find that food in supermarkets is much cheaper here too, and the stuff you get is generally of a better quality. I also really like that they have such a wide range of 'Bio' products, so you know that the stuff you're eating isn't crammed with chemicals -- juhu! Contrary to what it may seem, I do actually