It began in February 2006 I had book to go to Nuernberg it was a a cold icy day<\/p>\n
that a took a car to Stanstead and caught the plane to Nuernberg.<\/p>\n
arriving in Germany there were signs of snow but most had melted off the streets<\/p>\n
it was just large clumps I noticed behind the bushes clearly in the clearing of the roads large amounts had been rolled into places and had taken longer to melt<\/p>\n
it was however extremely cold and there was a sleet falling which I remember was very cold on my head.<\/p>\n
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I was to meet my friend Janet at some stage who was coming over from the Isle of Man with her friend and I got a taxi to my Hotel. I had met a friend from Tring<\/p>\n
who had come for the first time to visit Biofach but had not bothered to arrange his hotel before he came and so I helped him shared a taxi with him and tried to find a hotel for him.<\/p>\n
the sun was out a bright blue sky but a bitterly cold wind. I did find a place for him<\/p>\n
and went on to my own hotel to book in and get ready to get the tube to the exhibition centre.<\/p>\n
My hotel was at the rear of the railways station and there was access down an allyt into the station<\/p>\n
After I booked inI walked down to the station through to the metro and caught my train to the BIofach everyone was going there and so without knowing which side I should wait I just followed the crowd.I was feeling elated, cold but excited<\/p>\n
to be soon entering the greatest organic show in the whole world.<\/p>\n
through the door I entered into a large open space and registered myself got my lapel badge and began the journey into the unknown<\/p>\n
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on the second day I met a supplier who had been supplying soups and various other goods from Spain from Andalucia and he insisted oin sharing his lunch with me<\/p>\n
I remember he had some fish whole herring or something but he gave me some vegetables and a nice drink of juice of some kind.<\/p>\n
we talked over lunch and it felt good to sit down and chat<\/p>\n
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afterwards I walaked and studied and met the Italian family that provided<\/p>\n
our Rice and Rice from \u00a0Florence and actially sang an aria on their stand<\/p>\n
for them where I had re weritten the world to include their operation and how<\/p>\n
it had benefitted the shop<\/p>\n
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I was in good spirits but I remember leaving the hall to go and look at the wines<\/p>\n
and feeling how dreadfully cold it was.<\/p>\n
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I did look at the wines and tasted a few very small amounts<\/p>\n
and carried on back in the food halls up in the skin hall<\/p>\n
and so on through out the day.<\/p>\n
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in the evening back my hotel my wife rang and asked had I been eating well I said I had to a point but hadn’t been out at all to spend any money in restaurants.<\/p>\n
she suggested going to a Chinese and relaxing before coming home early the next morning. so I had noticed a largish place by the viaduct and took a taxi there although I realised it was easier and quicker to walk.<\/p>\n
I went there and it was almost empty such a big place \u00a0I ordered a meal<\/p>\n
but I remember it came up deep fried I was hungry and didn’t want to return it so slowly I ate it<\/p>\n
they gave me some liquor a rose wine a house speciality something very small<\/p>\n
I drank it and \u00a0`I decided to walk home,<\/p>\n
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it was very close I could almost see the hotel from the outer door but I had to cross over a viaduct and walk through a tunnel which was dark and not very well \u00a0lit, I remember looking down on the train terminus below Germany at night reminded me on war films I had seen in my youth it was black and all the trains were black and I walked slowly across the road over many tram tracks to the other side and started through the tunnel.Again I felt very cold it was very quiet<\/p>\n
and despite that I suddenly felt very hot and I fell against the side of the tunnel and slipped onto the ground, my head was turning the world was turning and I must have passed out and a lady saw me and asked if I had been mugged<\/p>\n
as I was bleeding from a hand wound.I said that m hotel was nearby and I woukd go there but realised I couldn’t walk so I dragged myself to that hotel said goodbye to her went up in the lift to my room and fell on the bed.<\/p>\n
I had an early wakeup call at 3.45 am to catch my taxi to go home<\/p>\n
so I washed as best I could and laid down to sleep I went through wa<\/p>\n
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It began in February 2006 I had book to go to Nuernberg it was a a cold icy day that a took a car to Stanstead and caught the plane to Nuernberg. arriving in Germany there were signs of snow … Continue reading