@distel thanks - I've been reading it to try to restore my extremely rusty German. My vocabulary is better than I thought it would be, but my grammar needs work. Fortunately it is coming back, but there's a long long way to go before I'm confident of writing or speaking.
Plus it's fun to read of your adventures!
@MightyBigCar ah cool, thanks for the lovely feedback!
I want to post the next days but again I've been sucked into a full work week!