Drunk in Germany - EDITED
Posting while drunk is never a good idea, but I feel I must. So many things to tell you. Before we go anywhere, let me warn you that any instances of the letter Z may actually be the letter Y. Unfortunately I am drunk and using a German keyboard. Oddly enough German keyboads have the letter Z excatly where you might expect the Y key to be. QWERTZ instead of QWERTY -- Which is bad.

So no promises re: Spelling.

It's One A.M. and Bridget Jones is playing on the box. Whipped Justin has gone off to bed and I am left with a large glass of wine, a chip on my shoulder and a laptop. Instead of skiing, today we drove into Zurich to watch the second installment of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. The good thing about seeing films in Switzerland instead of Germany is that they play in English (with German and French subtitles) rather than being dubbed into Deutsch.

I'm sorry, but has anyone else noticed, couples are just pathetic. Justin and Ramona might not yet be what Bridget Jones calls Smug Marrieds (give them 4 months to sign the paperwork) -- but they are just so sickeningly one rather than two that I cannot but feel a strong desire to slap all involved.

Lots of alchohol imbibed on this trip. Confessed un-die-ing (is that how you spell it?) love to a certain barmaid in Uberlingen. I have hopes, but no real reason to suppose, that my embarassment was lost in the translation. What is it about women carrying beer on trays that seems to inspire such endless devotion in my heart?

Where is Rene Zelwinger when I need her?

Actually it's been a pretty good Christmas. Lots of food, a marvellous outdoor Christmas market with Gluwine and carols, stuffed animals, sage and onion stuffing, gurgling babies and forced smiles.`

Flying back to London and broken freezer on Sunday, back to work on Monday. Last Sunday morning I was forced to empty the entire contents of my fridge freezer into the bin before catching my cab to the airport. No real point replacing anything food-wise until freezer can actually freeze stuff. May be forced to return to the largely under-appreciated take-away chips and ginger beer diet.

Love that Ginger Beer!

Love fried stuff!