Amistad

BREMEN - Friendship with those abroad is fleeting at best and should be enjoyed in the moment as much as possible. Promises of keeping in touch and subsequent visits abound, but you should always work under the assumption that you'll probably never see the person ever again. Whether it's an acquaintance on the train, flatmate or medium-term friend, pragmatism is key even though it feels pretty callous.

Carsten, our host in Germany for the past week, has put up with our disruptive behaviour so gracefully. Whatever shit Germans may give me for the next 5 days I'm here, he's ensured that I'll look kindly on the populace. We parted ways on a high here in Bremen with a Brick Brewery-like tour of Beck's brewery then to a Bavarian restaurant for schnitzel and *insert German sterotype here* a Maß (mass) of wheat beer, which is an entire litre's worth of the liquid gold.