Somewhat tangential and before I delete them ( Mr. Google is badgering), I thought it might be fun to post pics of some of what we ate out in Germany. Unser Essen.
Many are traditional German meals mixed with Italian and Greek dishes, together with a friends' fabulous cooking.
Some salads? yes!
We didn't cook for a month!
For fun, let us know if there's anything here you'd eat too!
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A few Final snaps of some of my haul from Germany, before I store them.
Old Board games and a puzzle
Our month away in Germany is up.
Es ist vorbei.
On our way home, a few more reflections about games here in our friend's home.
Interestingly there's aln old Star Wars boxed board game, the Escape from the Darth Star one. It's a re-issue - I think there's an old version? - this one being dated 2018 Hasbro. From the price tag It's second hand, probably from Diakonie. I may well have bought this on a previous trip and forgotten it. It's staying here though, there's a new generation of fans in the house and besides, the exclusive retro Moff Tarkin carded figure is missing. Was it exclusive? Do you know the 2018 figure?
Another game here in the shelf was a bit of a light bulb moment for me. On Saturday I bought what I thought was an old metal footballer figure. Discovering the game at our friend's house I realised it's from a table football game called Tipp Kick and may not be old at all. Then again Tipp Kick may have been around for years? Anyone know?
Here's the modern game. My battered figure has yet to be photographed. He's retired.
I love the goalie, with it's clever wire twisting buttons for diving left and right!
Finally, a card game I found lurking on a cupboard top. Dutch Blitz. I thought it was Dutch but it's American. A new one on me. You?
I've been visiting Recklinghausen Bahnhofbuchhandlung since 1979.
Many things have changed in the Ruhr town since then but the train station book shop hasn't.
Still the same calm emporium of books and magazines it always was.
Today I spotted a kid cinema MOTU comic with a free sword. I was swordly tempted but at €5.99 I left it.
There are hundreds of magazines including a huge trains rack.
Do you still buy magazines?
Yesterday the Missus, our pal and me spent happy times - and some Geld - in the big second hand charity chain of shops here, Diakonie.
They do furniture, ornaments, records, dvds, CDs, some VHS, toys, games and more. We visited two branches. It's always a thrill.
The Missus got stuff for the haushalt and the Grandkids. Our pal grabbed a lovely coffee service and as usual I could be found in the toy Abteilung!
Here's what I bagged.
Two old German board games: Shogun and Waterloo (price tags are the only thing Diakonie mess up, always in the middle of the box art!)
Couple of squid each.
I also got hold of an original Smurfs LP, known here as Schlumpfs, a couple of OO7 paperbacks and a real treat, a 70s boxed cine film of Bruce Lee wannabes reduced from €30 to €10, so about £9. A real collectors item.
All in all, wunderbar.
Stuff I passed on were two Z Shorty trains from Japan I assume. Expensive!
That Hotel Maritim image rang a bell.
I knew I'd seen some box art with a similar nocturnal boat scene.
The T in a Circle Cabin Cruiser!
