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01-11-2021, 07:12
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After a gap of a few years, I've visited Düsseldorf twice in a few weeks. First with Mikey and then with Dolores.
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The upside of travelling with Dolores is that I can hang around in the brew houses as long as I like. Dolores liking Altbier almost as much as I do. And hanging around pubs was pretty much all I did.Getting to Düsseldorf from Amsterdam is a piece of piss. 2.25 hours in a comfortable ICE train. Just enough time to down a few cans of Gulpener Gladiator any you're there. In the beating heart of Altbier land.
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We kicked off with a few beers in Schlüssel. Very nicely they went down. Bitter enough to keep your attention, but drinkable enough to keep the waiter busy.
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It was a very simple smash and grab visit. Just the two Alt places. There would have been one more, except Goldener Kessel. the Schumacher pub in the Altstadt, was close. I had to make do with just Schlüssel and Uerige. Not so catastrophic, then.While Dolores did all the shopping stuff, I sat outside Uerige coughing into my Alt. Coughing is a real skill of mine. Years of asthma have left me a world champion in coughing up my guts. Sometimes literally. Where better to indulge my favourite pastime than outside my favourite Düsseldorf brewery?
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AB6lZso4s-Q/YX6hnr23Q_I/AAAAAAAAjso/1pWGai_oZ1E6oFaGDZVslGBwJ3oP9uSXQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/Haxe.jpg (https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AB6lZso4s-Q/YX6hnr23Q_I/AAAAAAAAjso/1pWGai_oZ1E6oFaGDZVslGBwJ3oP9uSXQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Haxe.jpg)
Dolores is such a wonderful partner. She even picked up a bottle of my favoutiter impilse Scnapps - Chantré - for the ride home. Some beers, too. But for some reason I slept most of the ride home.
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After a gap of a few years, I've visited Düsseldorf twice in a few weeks. First with Mikey and then with Dolores.
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r4wA_9Q0LFw/YX6gjtBVlsI/AAAAAAAAjsQ/2bzhsYzogwA-xBIoCygw-nWzceO5aBmSACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/Centraal_train.jpg (https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r4wA_9Q0LFw/YX6gjtBVlsI/AAAAAAAAjsQ/2bzhsYzogwA-xBIoCygw-nWzceO5aBmSACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Centraal_train.jpg)
The upside of travelling with Dolores is that I can hang around in the brew houses as long as I like. Dolores liking Altbier almost as much as I do. And hanging around pubs was pretty much all I did.Getting to Düsseldorf from Amsterdam is a piece of piss. 2.25 hours in a comfortable ICE train. Just enough time to down a few cans of Gulpener Gladiator any you're there. In the beating heart of Altbier land.
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AVJafkdSWJI/YX6g6aT3wFI/AAAAAAAAjsY/jQvS_g0y2AgPztOGpsSGGBFBsMdtbVFNwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/Duesseldorf_Hbf.jpg (https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AVJafkdSWJI/YX6g6aT3wFI/AAAAAAAAjsY/jQvS_g0y2AgPztOGpsSGGBFBsMdtbVFNwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Duesseldorf_Hbf.jpg)
We kicked off with a few beers in Schlüssel. Very nicely they went down. Bitter enough to keep your attention, but drinkable enough to keep the waiter busy.
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-14WdJHPV_X0/YX6hTl5V2XI/AAAAAAAAjsg/cgnjSm4kTDY5WXDo1j50s3AQ1IPQwFAlgCLcBGAsYHQ/w300-h400/Schlussel_Alt.jpg (https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-14WdJHPV_X0/YX6hTl5V2XI/AAAAAAAAjsg/cgnjSm4kTDY5WXDo1j50s3AQ1IPQwFAlgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Schlussel_Alt.jpg)
It was a very simple smash and grab visit. Just the two Alt places. There would have been one more, except Goldener Kessel. the Schumacher pub in the Altstadt, was close. I had to make do with just Schlüssel and Uerige. Not so catastrophic, then.While Dolores did all the shopping stuff, I sat outside Uerige coughing into my Alt. Coughing is a real skill of mine. Years of asthma have left me a world champion in coughing up my guts. Sometimes literally. Where better to indulge my favourite pastime than outside my favourite Düsseldorf brewery?
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AB6lZso4s-Q/YX6hnr23Q_I/AAAAAAAAjso/1pWGai_oZ1E6oFaGDZVslGBwJ3oP9uSXQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/Haxe.jpg (https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AB6lZso4s-Q/YX6hnr23Q_I/AAAAAAAAjso/1pWGai_oZ1E6oFaGDZVslGBwJ3oP9uSXQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Haxe.jpg)
Dolores is such a wonderful partner. She even picked up a bottle of my favoutiter impilse Scnapps - Chantré - for the ride home. Some beers, too. But for some reason I slept most of the ride home.
More... (http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2021/11/dusseldorf-again.html)