Headed off by train on friday night - met up with Karen J in Amsterdam, and continued by train together. Arrived in Koln late evening - to find covered cars parked along the road. A bit chilly!!brrrrr We found the hotel and checked in, nice and warm inside. Warwick & Karens friends also had arrived from Leiden and had found a small brewery (pub) down the road so we set off to join them. We found the place and stepped inside to find them sitting at a small table. We weren't terribly hungry as we had eaten sandwiches on the train. The others had already ordered some food sausages and sauerkraut. Luckily one of W & K's friends spoke German so was able to explain the procedure.... The bartender was a rather large woman (wouldn't want to mess with her - she looked like she could just pick you up by the scruff of the neck and toss you out the door without any trouble), apparently the brewery pubs only serve one type of beer (Kolsh) which is the local Koln beer when you sit down, the bartender comes along an places a beer in front of you and puts a mark on an upturned coaster on the table..whenever your glass becomes empty the barmaid automatically puts another in front of you - if you don't want any more you have to put a coaster on the top of your glass. The barmaid seems to spend all night walking around with a tray full of beer plonking them in front of people! inally headed back to the hotel - next day we head off to find the christmas market.
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