CarrionCrow: No need to apologize. Just hope that things will even out, get better, less stressful for you and yours soon.
Also, if that headache doesn't go away within maybe the next day or two, you should probably have it checked out. Going to the doctor's a huge pain in the ass, but you don't need some stress-induced problem knocking you flat while you're trying to deal with everything.
EndreWhiteMane: Glad to see you Tom! I sincerely hope everything starts to get better for you and the family soon.
You've had a rather rough time of it, you deserve a break.
Hello everyone.
*Huge hugs *to you too. Yes, if the headaches persist I'll probably have to do something about it.
Sadly, a break will not be possible for the time being... I'm responsible for a huge new stage of my project that will hit the customers in the next few weeks and there are already lots of extensions and upgrades planned that need to be integrated ASAP. :-/
Empress_Owl: I need to try some German beer anyway. I wonder if I could find some arouond here... any brand you'd recommand ? :)
Depends on what you like, harsh/bitter or sweet, "normal" or wheat beer?
For me,
the representative of "typical German beer" is Radeberger, which is probably available world-wide. It's like the lowest common denominator of what "good German beer" is like, a "standard". It's my "I want some beer but nothing special" kind of beer. A lot of my friends don't drink it any more, because it's so... boring. Back in the days of East Germany it was considered a very special treat, since it was produced almost exclusively for exporting and hard to come by even in Saxony.
Another standard beer which is probably available almost everywhere would be Becks. This is a typical representative of Northern German beer, lighter taste - some would say more "watery" (but not as thin as American beer like Bud). I prefer the beers more from the south, although when I was at the North Sea it was okay to drink.
That's another thing about beer - how it tastes is greatly influenced by the location you drink it in. For instance there is a very sweet beer from near my hometown called "
Lausitzer Porter" (it can't be called "Bier" in Germany, because it contains sweetener). When I'm with my parents I don't like it - it's too sweet for me. But in Leipzig it's ok to drink. And this is not because of different bottlings (which can also influence the taste). I even took a bottle from my parent's cellar home to test this. It really doesn't taste as sweet here. Also
Eibauer Schwarzbier - also from around the corner of my home town - is really delicious when drunk where it originates and even in Dresden. In Leipzig I find it tastes a little more bitter and loses a bit on drinkability - still good, but not as perfect.
When I was on holiday in Turkey I really liked the Turkish beer Effes. It's rather light and there in the sun and with the salty humidity of the Mediterranean sea it was perfect. It's available here too and I've tried it - tastes like shit IMO.
Currently my favourite beer for "tasting it" (as opposed to just "having" a beer) would be
Landskron Edition No. 1 - with whisky malt. Unfortunately it's rather expensive: 10€ for 0.7l.